Alice in Wonderland Tea Party

As a continuation to my last post about NY mad-hatters, here are some beautiful images from outdoor tea events inspired by Alice in Wonderland.  They make me want to dream up an excuse to host a Alice in Wonderland themed tea party myself!  Bridal shower?  A birthday brunch? Baby shower? a themed wedding like Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz’s?

Photo credit: Sarah Maren Photography

Photo credit: Sarah Maren Photography

Photo credit: Sarah Maren Photography

photo credit: Sarah Maren Photography

For more info. on the details of the above photo shoot and styling see Style Me Pretty.

photos from Kim Le Photography

photo from Kim Le Photography

For more details on the above shoot visit style me pretty.

If you like these photos, you must see the ISES slideshow that Sparkliatti put together. (ISES is a special event planner’s network which recently hosted a tablescape event under the Alice in Wonderland theme which resulted in glorious photos.
Inspired by these photos, I created an Alice in Wonderland collection online using Polyvore.com, a fun editing tool that allows you to create your own image boards.  You can think of Polyvore.com as an online scrapbook, or virtual magazine layout creator and use it to highlight everything from your interior design plans, to your wedding theme to your family vacation photos.  I just got started with it and though it took a little time to figure out how to best use all the tools ( I watched some Youtube videoclips to help myself out), I was able to create the below fantasy Alice in Wonderland set using some of the images above and the images already in the Polyvore library.
Alice in Wonderland
So now that you have some inspiration on event and outfit ideas, here are a list of suggestions on what to incorporate at your Alice in Wonderland themed event and here is a pdf for all your paper needs!

Easter Bunny and Parade in NYC 2010

Easter (2010) in NYC was unseasonably warm and beautiful.  Case in point, last Easter in NY, I wore a winter coat and gloves to see the Easter parade.  This year, I got to wear this springy outfit below.

strapless dress – Shoshanna (bought at sample sale),  ruffled cream cardigan – Express (bought on sale),  suede baby pink stilettos – Sebastian (bought at Barney’s sample sale),  skull tote – Storets.com

One of my favorite Easter traditions in NY is to see the Easter bunny ice skate at Rockefeller Center and then to see the mad-hatters parade down 5th Ave.  This year did not disappoint.  Here’s all the colorful eye candy for those of you missed the fashions on 5th!

The man on the left actually owns his own millinery called Vanity Society (based in NYC)!

Dont’ these lovely ladies (I’m including the dog here) look elegant?

for more on vintage inspirations see my earlier entry 1 and 2

These women must have some serious superpowers being able to get their men to dress up with them

rainbow brite!

the 3 ladies on the left creatively made hats out of body exfoliators!

two very different takes on the top hat

The lady on the left is a Bergdorf Goodman saleswoman who is famous for winning the Easter hat contest

photo from gossone.com

If you had to award a winner this year, who would you choose?  And is anyone else inspired to get a little more creative next Easter? 

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