alice's adventures in wonderland...

I've been really excited about Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland coming out... so I decided to sketch out my own interpretation of the characters.

Take a look and see if you can match my doodles with the correct character. Choose from: Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts, Alice, Caterpillar, Cheshire Cat, White Queen, and White Rabbit. Some are completely obvious while others aren't. I don't have a scanner so I ended up taking pictures of my sketches... and so blah. Anyway...

Have fun! (answers at the end...)

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This was the first Queen of Hearts that I drew. But, I ended up not liking it and felt it didn't really fit in with the mood of the rest of the characters. *shrugs*


1. Cheshire Cat: Did you notice the belt smile and the whiskers on the shoulders?
2. White Queen: She's in all white!
3. White Rabbit: The pocket watch, and the headband is supposed to be reminiscent of bunny ears
4. Queen of Hearts: She's got the flamingo and a big heart on her shirt
5. Caterpillar: You know how caterpillars have those sections... well, use your imagination. (I have no idea why her head is so small...)
6. Mad Hatter: She's got the card tucked into her equestrian hat. (Though, doesn't the hat look like an army hat? Arg...)
7. Alice: No explanation... it's just how I imagined Alice to be.

How'd you do? I wanted to do Tweedledee and Tweedledum as well as the Red Queen and Jabawockee... but guess what? They're not from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. They're actually from Through the Looking-glass. Interesting right?

a fun valentine's day craft...

this year for valentine's day, i decided to make andrew a gift. i got the inspiration from color me katie. she has the cutest ideas ever! anyway, i had a lot of fun making it so decided to post it on my blog. it turned out super girly so i baked andrew a cake to make up for it. haha!

this is what happens when you leave your camera on manual focus and then forget to change it back to autofocus... oops!

here's the cover...

"hi."

"i have a surprise for you"

"ready?"

"Happy Valentines Day!
i love you
2.14.10"

the back...

it's pretty self-explanatory and you can probably figure out how to make it just by looking at it, but just in case:

what you'll need:
cardboard
glue
scissors
paper (i used scrapbooking paper)
cardstock
ribbon/lace
wallet-sized photos of yourself
embellishments
photo corners (optional)

*you can cut out cardboard into any shape you want and punch a hole at one end. i just bought the cardboard pre-cut =) makes life easier.
*cut out the scrapbooking paper/cardstock in the same shape as the cardboard and glue it on. glue your photos on to the paper. (i then used sticky photo corners to make sure they don't fall off)
*decorate with embellishments (paper flowers, rhinestones, brads, buttons, ribbon, lace, etc.)
*tie it all together with some ribbon.

have fun! =)