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Coffee\/Cocoa Station all themed out in Alice in Winter Wonderland<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The inspiration for a theme for a party often sparks from just one thing I find. This time was no exception. I found this “Alice Drink Me Hot Chocolate”<\/em><\/strong> sign from the Etsy shop, Heart 2 Heart by Helen<\/em><\/strong>. I got it’s companion piece for the drink bar from there, too. I have a lot of Alice In Wonderland dishes and pieces to draw from already, so I was excited to begin. I’ve done several Alice tea parties, but never with a Christmas spin.<\/p>\n The coffee station was the first to be themed. My husband recently made the shelf for it. I knew I wanted to use my vintage salt and pepper Alice and White Rabbit shakers. They were the perfect size to make a vignette. The sign was the star of the show and I went from there. I added a little teapot to put by Alice and a gingerbread house. I used wintery picks of ice and snow flakes on either side of the sign. The teapot is part of my Alice dish collection. I got all dishes and serving pieces in this line from Home Goods.<\/em><\/strong> The top tier of shelf has a house from Target <\/em><\/strong>that i had be the White Rabbit’s home.<\/p>\n Pottery Barn drawer sets make the perfect holders for coffee, cocoas and sugars.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I got these drawers from Pottery Barn Outlet. <\/em><\/strong>I labeled them with the contents. The top of the drawers provides a nice ledge for the mugs which are also Alice themed. A drink me sign calls one to have a cup. The Alice in Wonderland “Welcome to Wonderland” sign came from Jim Shore<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n In front of the drawer sets, a little cutting board holds a rabbit marshmallow container, peppermint sticks and salted caramel syrup. the white rabbit dishes are from Pottery Barn. <\/em><\/strong> They carry the line each year and I love to add to it. I use these dishes for Easter, spring, and yes, Alice parties.<\/p>\n The white rabbit carrying the basket has a cocoa tray perched on top. I just love this little detail <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The drink bar came next to theme. This is where we serve cold drinks and later in the day cocktails if we have a party. This themed event was a brunch tea party. I served Wassail punch from Trader Joes.<\/em><\/strong> I had another white rabbit dish that held munchies of Chex mix, muddy buddies and gummies. The Alice glasses were from Home Goods<\/em><\/strong>. My mom painted the snow men. A wonderful Etsy shop called The Pink Hutch<\/em><\/strong>, made the lovely bead garland that matches my mom’s snow people perfectly down to the patch on the hats. I highly recommend her shop. She had great customer service and her bead garlands are just so pretty. I placed bottle brush trees that I decorated in little red bead garlands in tea cups, The Alice figurine came from Precious Moments,<\/em><\/strong> Alice themed bar<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The drink bar food and drink <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The rest of the decor for tea were pieces I had already. I had an Alice doll, Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, and Queen of hearts that I placed around the room. The signs were made by a niece of mine. She came to a themed Alice party years ago and helped me with parts of it. I love the signs so much for their whimsy and they also remind me of a very special time. The Alice silhouette I got at Disneyland. <\/em><\/strong>I collect them from there.<\/p>\n The bench holds Alice characters and snowmen…the perfect mash up for Alice in Winter Wonderland…that Alice album was given to me by one of my students. It’s a piece of art in itself,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Close up of one of my favorites signs my niece, Torrey made <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Alice silhouette <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The tablescape was one long scene. Another mash up of Alice and winter. Flanking at each end of the table are two tall bottle brush trees. I got these several years back at Crate & Barrel.<\/em><\/strong> I decorated the bottom of the trees with mini ornaments, glass snowflakes and Alice playing cards, Near one tree is a mad hatter shaker and near the other one an Alice one. In the center was the tea tray of desserts. That’s a party pointer<\/em><\/strong>: centerpieces often can be functional like this tea tray. It’s functional, it’s pretty and it carries the theme across the table, The beautiful knit runner that looks like a winter scarf is from Crate & Barrel<\/em><\/strong>. The teacups in each end are from Mary Engelbreit<\/em><\/strong>. I filled them with winter florals and snowflakes. Ornaments and cards added to the whimsy.<\/p>\n The middle of the centerpiece and table setting <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n One end of the runner with the tree and teacup with winter picks. Mad hatter is ready to pour tea.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Close up of teacup. Filled with snowflakes, ornaments, and themed Alice playing cards <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n A another view of table with hutch in background.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The place settings were all dishes I had. I combined winter dishes with clock ones ( to represent the white rabbit’s watch). I added white rabbit pieces in as well. Each place setting had a Christmas dinner dish ( from Crate & Barrel<\/em><\/strong>), a dessert clock dish (from Pottery barn<\/em>), <\/em><\/strong>an embossed snow print was the pattern on the appetizer plate (from Crate & Ba<\/em>rrel<\/strong>). <\/em>Stacked in it are a smaller square Alice plate ( from Home Goods<\/em><\/strong>) with a round divided dish for jams. The mitten came from Crate & Barrel<\/em><\/strong>. The petit fours are from Swiss Colony<\/em><\/strong>. The place tiles are from a shop called Details 2 Enjoy<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n This tiered tray held the hot brunch food<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Our potatoes were served in these cute white rabbit ramekins <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n This white rabbit dish holds the lemon curd in style.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I had a brunch menu for this tea, I served quiches and little Brie bites with fig jam. We also had little smokies (from Hillshire Farms) <\/em><\/strong>with bleu cheese mustard ( from Trader Joes<\/em><\/strong>). In the little rabbit ramekins, by place settings, were our potatoes. <\/em><\/strong>The desserts were a combination of store bought and homemade cookies. Gingerbread, shortbread, jam cookies and petit fours were the stars.<\/p>\n Close up of dessert trays<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I did this whole theme for a dear friend who has a birthday in December, we celebrate both her birthday and Christmas together. One of the things I love about tea parties is you can savor the food and the conversation. We chatted away while feasting on various bite size treats,<\/p>\n My tea food<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Alice themed “drink me” and “eat me” gift basket <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The birthday girl has to have a gift. I made that Alice themed, too. These tags came from the same Etsy shop, Heart 2 Heart by Helen<\/em><\/strong>, that made the Alice signs. They hang on bottles. It was the perfect take home. I filled the basket with various goodies to eat and things to drink labeling each with tags of “eat me” and “drink me”<\/p>\n Lady hanging out with Cheshire Cat …I wore that Alice themed scarf at tea <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The birthday girl, Jeanette, at her Alice tea <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Hope you enjoyed coming along to our tea party. It’s fun to have a mad tea party here and there in life. To stop and enjoy time with friends even during the busy season of Christmas. I try to build in these events to stop and enjoy it. 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