I have to admit, that I'm totally addicted to black tea since I can remember.I drink it every time of day and night, usually pure, black and bitter, but sometimes I add some lemon or a bit of raspberry syroup. When I was a child I tend to drink it with sugar, but it changed of course...I love the taste of a strong, hot tea... it wakes me up every morning - and gives me loads of inspiration!
So...let's talk about tea!
Here are the fragments from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll - Mad Tea Party :)
There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head.`Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,' thought Alice; `only, as it's asleep, I suppose it doesn't mind.'
The table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it:
`No room! No room!' they cried out when they saw Alice coming. `There's plenty of room!' said Alice indignantly, and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one end of the table. (...)
The Hatter was the first to break the silence. `What day of the month is it?' he said, turning to Alice: he had taken his watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shaking it every now and then, and holding it to his ear.
Alice considered a little, and then said `The fourth.'
`Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter. `I told you butter wouldn't suit the works!' he added looking angrily at the March Hare.
It was the best butter,' the March Hare meekly replied. (...)
Alice had been looking over his shoulder with some curiosity. `What a funny watch!' she remarked. `It tells the day of the month, and doesn't tell what o'clock it is!'
`Why should it?' muttered the Hatter. `Does your watch tell you what year it is?'
`Of course not,' Alice replied very readily: `but that's because it stays the same year for such a long time together.'
`Which is just the case with mine,' said the Hatter.
Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. `I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she could. (...)
`Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.
`No, I give it up,' Alice replied: `what's the answer?'
`I haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hatter.
`Nor I,' said the March Hare.
Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'
`If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, `you wouldn't talk about wasting it. It's him.'
`I don't know what you mean,' said Alice.
`Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. `I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'
`Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.'
`Ah! that accounts for it,' said the Hatter. `He won't stand beating. Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he'd do almost anything you liked with the clock. For instance, suppose it were nine o'clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you'd only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling! Half-past one, time for dinner!'(...)
`Is that the way you manage?' Alice asked.
The Hatter shook his head mournfully. `Not I!' he replied. `We quarrelled last March--just before he went mad, you know--' (pointing with his tea spoon at the March Hare,) `--it was at the great concert given by the Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing
"Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!`Well, I'd hardly finished the first verse,' said the Hatter, `when the Queen jumped up and bawled out, "He's murdering the time! Off with his head!"'
How I wonder what you're at!"
`How dreadfully savage!' exclaimed Alice.
`And ever since that,' the Hatter went on in a mournful tone, `he won't do a thing I ask! It's always six o'clock now.'
A bright idea came into Alice's head. `Is that the reason so many tea-things are put out here?' she asked.
`Yes, that's it,' said the Hatter with a sigh: `it's always tea-time, and we've no time to wash the things between whiles.'
`Then you keep moving round, I suppose?' said Alice.
`Exactly so,' said the Hatter: `as the things get used up.'
`But what happens when you come to the beginning again?' Alice ventured to ask.
`Suppose we change the subject,' the March Hare interrupted, yawning. `I'm getting tired of this. I vote the young lady tells us a story.'
Inspired? Hope so!
To express my deep love to tea I made a layout titled "Bitter Addiction". I think my smile on this photo is almost as mad as the Madhatter's ;)
I used Graphic 45 papers, Glimmer Mists, Prima flowers and laces (coloured by mists), chipboards, brads and Glossy Accents by Ranger. I also added some natural objects as a dryded tea-bag as a tag, tea labels and wrapping :) The flower centers are aniseeds and cardamon which I sometimes ad to my tea during winter.
And for those who liked the Disney's verson of Alice I found this - enjoy!
Hugs - Finn
Cool!!
Posted by: txscrapaddict | March 10, 2010 at 05:16 AM
Yummy... literally!
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Beautiful layout!
Posted by: Kathryn Johnson | March 10, 2010 at 07:02 AM
Gorgeous work Anna!!!!
You always inspire me and make me want to try harder!!
Posted by: fairyrocks | March 10, 2010 at 07:02 AM
Fabulous! Every single detail!!!
Posted by: Leslie | March 10, 2010 at 07:03 AM
Thanks so much ladies!!!
xoxo
finn
Posted by: finnabair | March 10, 2010 at 07:56 AM
So fun!!! I love this photo of you smiling!
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