Wednesday 3 August 2011

Down the Rabbit Hole...

...A Tea Party awaits you...

Celebrate the coming of spring with a Tea Party to go mad for! Rich plum velvet furniture with a wild twist, funky purple and lavender flower balls intermixed with moss for texture,  specimen vases with feather butterflies, and a cake to top it all off! 

Styling tip: Break up a monochromatic look with contrasting colours such as purple and green, and interject metallics and glass to give it a polished elegant look. Although mixing textures and opposing colours may seem scary, it creates a visual appeal that draws the eye from one element to the next in excitement.

Recommended additions: Always make sure to throw in your favourite personalised touches such as peacock feather plumes sprouting out of the flower balls, decorated tea cakes enticing guests to "eat me", or tea light candles for flickering ambiance in the evening. 

Interesting fact: Do you know why the mad hatter was mad?
In 17th and 18th century hat making, mercury-based compounds were used in the creation of felt hats. This often led to mercury poisoning for the haberdasher, hence the phrase "mad as a hatter."


  - Paige Jones
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