Eve's Mad Unbirthday Tea Party: Part 1

It was a lot of fun! I'm waiting on a bunch of pictures from my friend because my camera decided to die (well the batteries) after taking two pics! Ugh...but I got some pics with my camera phone. So here's a little bit of pics of the decor. :)

Some Alice Pictures for the Day

Hi friends! In celebration of Tim Burton's Alice being in theatres, I just wanted to post some Alice pics every now & then. All of these (and I'm sure most of the ones to come) are ones I've had saved in a folder...and that I probably used in some shape or form in a blog post. Enjoy and have a nice night...and day tomorrow!

I'm STILL here...and I have wonderful news!

This very cool lady bought my piece, Rabbit Hole, yay! And she said it was her very first art purchase. Very sweet! :)

There it is in black & white, with that sweet RED mark saying it has SOLD, yay!!!

My 3 pieces (not including Rabbit Hole) at Wonderland. All made for the show. And with Wonderland love. :)

Hi friends and fellow bloggers. Woweee, things have been kinda hectic but in a good way. I was part of an art show last week, Wonderland, in Detroit. And YAY, one of my pieces sold. Very exciting. The performance was quite great too...as was all of the art up in the gallery over last weekend.

And now for even more exciting news-Wonderland will be going on for one more weekend, yay! And it's this weekend, which so happens to be the same weekend as my 2nd art show of the year, Bad Channels, a cult film inspired art show. Umm....this is never gonna happen again! That is 2 art shows in a day that I'm attending...both with my art. Yikes, out of control!

OK, just wanted to say HI & BYE and a FYI. Ok, that's a bit cheesy...but you know what I mean. Take care friends! Oh, and I'm on FaceBook btw (Eve Noir, Detroit)...just like everyone else in the world right now. LOL. Adios!~~~

Quick Notes about Etsy and Art Shows I'll be in

Hi everyone.

Just a quick note about my ETSY shop, Looking Glass Gallery. I am having an XMAS/End of 2009 Sale. Everything is either 17 or 19 dollars at the moment, with the exception of one set of dolls (shipping is not included, sorry). I am unsure if I want to continue having an ETSY shop...have yet to make a sale and I'm not getting much traffic.

I heard of another "handmade art" website and I may re-open LGG there. I guess I'll see what happens. Plus I'm not really selling (or attempting to sell) the kind of art I REALLY make there. You know what I mean...canvas, mirror stuff, etc... I'm basically trying to sell what I can easily ship...as it's not so easy to ship canvas and delicate things with glass or mirror that I do....so my ART website is uncertain at the moment. But I'll keep you all updated for sure!

Some cool things happening with me lately: 1) I'm going to have an art piece in a local art (cult film inspired) show called Bad Channels on January 8th. I did a piece called "Cellar Door" inspired by one of my fave films, Donnie Darko. Should be a lot of fun. 2) There's an event taking place New Years Eve through the 2nd of January 2010 called Wonderland. I talked about it in the spring on here but was unable to go. So it's cool that it's happening again AND....ready....???....one (or more) of my pieces will be in the show. Yay! They definitely accepted one...they may select another. So this is wonderful news for me....as you all know how much I LOVE Wonderland and Alice. So I'm also very excited about that.

I'll be checking in soon again. I hope you're all doing good and enjoy the rest of your week.
XoX!~EVE

Shirt, Tin, and a few gifts from friends

Here's an Emily the Strange shirt I got when Hot Topic had a half off their half off clearance sale a while back. Yes, I haven't even worn it yet...I have one too many shirts...but when they're that cheap (5-6 dollars), it's hard to resist.

A Skelanimal small tin box from Target. Only 1.99! My fave Skelanimal there is the owl, Oliver. Now on to some gifts I've received from some friends lately...

First a really nice cross-stitched bag w/Hello Kitty on it made by Carien (Sullivan's owner). She knows I love Hello Kitty! And I love this bag lots. She also sent me the two pins on the bag. Thanks so much Carien!

Next is a box (a small mint box) of LOTS of buttons from my friend at the library, Karen. She hand-picked them...I like the colors lots. Thank you Karen!

And last but not least is my long-awaited surprise gift from Erin (Queen of Clearance). Drumroll........

An awesome plate of Alice (and all the characters) from Wonderland. How thoughtful and sweet of her! Thank you so much Erin, I love it! It's exactly my style! ;)

Big thanks to all my very cool friends for the nice gifts. I appreciate you thinking of me!

Take care~

New Alice/Cheshire Cat Collage UP!

Please visit my Etsy shop to check it out.

Hope you all have a good weekend. I'm off to get ready to meet VNV Nation soon. Yay for meeting great bands! ;)

Please click HERE to see the piece "Wonder Moments."

Thanks!!!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Heads Will Roll video

...as some of you know, I HEART the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. And I happen to really love their second single, "Heads Will Roll," which will be released (w/awesome remixes) July 14th on I-tunes. This song is special to me because 1-Hm, the words "Off with your head!" are used...2-as well as the great lyric "Looking-glass, take the past. Shut your eyes, realize." Can we say very ALICE-inspired?!!? And I just found their video for it so I just HAD to post it. (Included in this video are: a dancing werewolf, confetti/glitter, and chopped up bodies-that's at the end...so watch the WHOLE thing, o.k.?!!?)

I think this song is my Looking-Glass theme of the year...for the reasons listed above. I'm bummed Mike and I didn't get to see 'em live-$$$ is very tight until we get our roomie next month. So hopefully they'll come around again. We've seen 'em twice before and they are AWESOME live....LOVE Karen O.-she's one hell of a great singer/front woman/entertainer!!!

Please enjoy "Heads Will Roll!"~

It's Good To Be Happy...

...is now up in my Etsy Shop,
Looking Glass Gallery.
Hope you like it!!!
Take care.~

Hello & welcome to my MAD TEA PARTY!!!

Hello there!
And welcome to my MAD TEA PARTY.
I'll be your host for the next few moments.
My name is EVE...very nice to meet you...
but first you must...

...Sooo....
Did you drink it?
OK, good.

Now, we can start the picture part
aka: picture party...
and then I'll do some Tim Burton Alice ramblings & more...
at the bottom.

First up.....

{FYI: I wrote more about this 'stuff' at the bottom of ALL these pics.}
But I'd like ya to know that....
these great stampers were purchased off a really cool website...
that caters to ALL of your ALICE needs.
It's called GOREY DETAILS.
I put their website link all the wayyyy at the bottom.
So you just MUST read on now...
I'm bad, I know! ;}

I just opened my own ETSY art shop last week called...
LOOKING GLASS GALLERY.
And I wanted these stampers,
so when people purchase something from my site,
I can give 'em some nice stampings!
I really LOVE 'em!

Some lovely postcards that I purchased from Gorey Details.

One of my collages I made with some ALICE images.
It is called THE BIRTHDAY GIRL...
AND...
is for sale on my ETSY page.

This is another half-Alice collage that I recently made.
It's called...
Curious Poe & Curiouser Alice.

The inside of a small wood box I painted/etc...
Also on my ETSY page.

Next up...

One of the original illustrations for Lewis Carroll's book.
I love these illustrations very much.
I use 'em often in my ART...
but I do alter 'em...
so 'technically' I'm not stealing.
I think these illustrations are wonderful!!!

A nice painting I found on ETSY (sorry can't recall her name at the moment).
All the MAIN characters are here...
Alice...Mad Hatter...White Rabbit...and Queen of Hearts.
I am most like ALICE and the White Rabbit.
WHO R U most like?...
even if it's not one of the characters above.
Just being curious as usual....;}

How about another TEA PARTY pic!??

Emily the Strange having her own MAD TEA PARTY.

The first picture of WONDERLAND...
from Tim Burton's upcoming film.
STUNNING is all I can say.

And this young lady, MIA,
will be the new face of ALICE...
by Tim Burton.
She's very pretty...

...And I HEART her dress lots!!!
I mean skirt...well, forget it,
I love everything she's wearing...
right down to her awesome lil' boots!

I like this cute lil' dollie of ALICE.
Would love to get her but very pricey!
Alice stuff can sometimes be very pricey-OUCH!

Oh and I'm definitely a bit like the Cheshire Cat.
but aren't we all?
I mean "I'm mad, you're mad, we're all mad here!"
^_^

PIPOS makes these adorable Alice figures.
This is one of the Cheshire Cat.
I just adore him!

Artist Jasmine Beckett-Griffith made this painting of Alice & Lewis Carroll.
I HEART it very much and own a print of it.
Her ALICE prints (well, all her prints) are very reasonably priced.
Check out her site HERE.

This was the first Jasmine print I purchased.
It's called CLOCKWORK ALICE...
And I love it!!!
I can't help but to want all of her ALICE prints now.

Soooooo, that's the end of the picture part or picture party...
next for some words from me to YOU...

First I would like to say I'm very excited about participating in this, as I love EVERYTHING Alice in Wonderland (hence the name of my blog & I chat about Alice-related things from time to time too). I really love this idea of "party hopping"...& I hope to be a part of more to come! I think it will be great to hop around to other blogs to see their tea parties & what they'll chat about.

Sooo...I don't know about YOU, but I am super super EXCITED about the new Alice film. As I said, I HEART almost everything Alice-related and Tim Burton happens to be my favorite director of all-time...so this film will be like a DREAM COME TRUE to me. (Have you seen any pics yet? I posted some in a fairly recent post...and they look AWESOME! I am beyond excited! Everyone looks so great & Wonderland looks beautiful!)

So I would like to chat about 2 things that you may be interested in. One you may already know about but I'll throw it out there anyways. And that is, if you're ever looking for really nice (as well as unique) Alice In Wonderland merch you should definitely check out Gorey Details. They have a HUGE selection and most of it (the Alice stuff mainly) I have NEVER seen in any store. Their ALICE section can be found HERE. I've given them business a couple times now. I have to admit they are a bit slow with shipping because they carry SO much. But good things come to those who wait, right!??!

The second {and last} thing I would like to share is (ahem, shameless self promotion but hey you guys are ALICE fans right!??)...I JUST opened my very own ETSY shop called Looking Glass Gallery. I don't have many items up right now but hm, 3 out of the 6 art pieces are ALICE-related. Alice is one of my 'specialities' but I do other types of art as well. So if you're ever curious, please take a look at my gallery...which can be found HERE.

Thank you very much for stopping by my MAD TEA PARTY. I hope you enjoyed your time here. If you leave me a comment, I will do my very best-est to 'hop' over to your party too! Have lots of fun celebrating this wonderfully MAD day!

To participate in this MAD TEA PARTY or to simply check it out, please visit HERE to see what's happening! Thank you so much A Fanciful Twist for creating such a great idea! Hope you'll be doing it again next year!~

Big ALICE IN WONDERLAND (by Burton) Update w/PICS!

Alice in what looks to be the flower garden...look closer....
you can see creepy faces on the flowers...
LOVE this pic and the beautiful gate.

It's the WHITE RABBIT...and he's...
LATE LATE LATE!!!

ALICE will be played by a 19 year old (not very well known)...
Australian actress named...
Mia Wasikowska.
Please click on her name to find out more about her.
She DEFINITELY looks the part!
Love her dress!

Anne Hathaway as the WHITE QUEEN
(she looks really beautiful!)

Helena Bonham Carter as the RED QUEEN
(she looks freakin' AWESOME!!!)

Last but not least...
HERE's....
Johnny (Depp)
as the MAD HATTER.
(He's looks MAD MAD MAD...
and I LOVE it!)

OMG I just have to do this post & NOW, because the news is getting around fast, and I gotta stay on top of this. It is my BLOGGING DUTY! ;} And this is Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland. When I was first thinking about doing a blog, I kinda wanted to do it in anticipation for his ALICE film (since I knew it was in-the-making or in-the-thought-process 6+ months back)...doing updates, etc...but this blog turned into more than that...and I'm happy with that but of course ALICE is a big focus here...and Tim Burton is my favorite director EVER so it was a match made in my heaven! ;}

So first I found out about today's ALICE news HERE. That was when I was at work. Then I found out a lil' more on USA Today's website. And then my blogging friend over at Follow The White Rabbit did a post HERE. So READ/SEE all of these posts & pics. I can't really add too much besides I saw the picture of ALICE walking through the gate & was in AWE!!! A-MAZ-ING! And Johnny looks awesome, Helena looks perfect-can't wait to hear her say "OFF WITH HER HEAD!", Anne looks so pretty all in white, and Mia looks innocent and curious as the leading lady-ALICE. It's gonna rule & you know I'll be there opening night!

3 cheers for ALICE...it's gonna be quite a sight to see!
Take care~

Taken from Wikipedia today...

Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton

Main article: Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)

An Australian actress named Mia Wasikowska was cast as Alice. The 19 year old featured in shows such as In Treatment and Defiance. The original start date was May 2008.^[7] Torpoint and Plymouth will be used for filming from September 1—October 14. These will be scenes set in the Victorian era. During this time, filming will take place in Antony House in Torpoint.^[8] 250 local extras were chosen in early-August.^{[9] [10]} Other production work will reside in London.^[11] The film was originally to be released in 2009, but was pushed to March 5, 2010.^[12]

Johnny Depp will play the Mad Hatter, Matt Lucas, star of Little Britain, has recently been cast as both Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Helena Bonham Carter will be playing the Red Queen, Stephen Fry is to play The Cheshire Cat, Anne Hathaway has been cast as The White Queen, Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar, and Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts.

And dear Demented Wench, IDK why there's still no name for the White Rabbit! Hmm....curious!~

Today is another special day because it's...

...my 6 month Blog-iversary. Yay!!! Yes, Oh My Goodness, it's been 6 months. How the time flies when you're having fun, right? :) I want to thank YOU (insert your name here) for making me so happy to write, to share, and to meet such cool new friends/followers over these past six months. YOU all pretty much ROCK! Thanks so much for being such great readers. ^_^ I hope to continue to blog until my fingers fall off....;} So that'll be a while I'm thinking!

I plan to do a nice giveaway soon for this BIG ol' anniversary. Please look forward to that post (which will be coming soon). I wanted to write about it now but alas, I'm running late (as always) just like the White Rabbit from....well, you better know where he's from if you've been reading my blog!

OK, I better go. I didn't even eat the most important meal of the day yet...it's breakfast of course! So I better do that or else I'll be running behind. Once again, thanks for your continued support & luv. It's very much appreciated every day I come on here to write.

And remember to always stay curious!
XoX~Your friend, Eve

Shakespears Sister: White Rabbit

Cover of the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit." Unsure if this is a fan made video. Hope you enjoy it and also enjoy your Sunday.~

Alice & Lewis Carroll Print-signed, yay!

Yay, I got my Alice & Lewis Carroll print in the mail yesterday. And it was signed, as I requested. My first signed artist print-oh boy! I had a choice to get it on the front or back & I chose back because I didn't want the artwork to be 'touched.' Maybe in the future I'd get one with her name & to Eve on the front....maybe.

The artist is Jasmine Beckett-Griffith and her work can be found HERE. She does all types of art from fairies to Alice in Wonderland to gothic girls (& everything inbetween). I have 2 previous prints from her hanging in my living room-one Alice (Steampunk w/clocks)...
and the other is called The Scarlet Sofa
(sofa is just like this one but with a gothic girl on it).

She is definitely one of my fave artists.
And I've talked to her via email a couple times &...
she seems really sweet too!

(Sorry so dark, it's really not THAT dark, my camera=sucky.)
Here it is framed in my bedroom to the left of my tv & entertainment center (w/Dunnys & other toys on it). Lewis Carroll is painted a bit more ghostly than Alice. Meaning: he looks a bit unfinished when you look closely at him (can't really see that in the very top pic)...
but that's kinda cool, I think.

Sooo, my TV is right in front of my bed so I can either glance over at it while watching television or when I'm listening to music (and in my bed)...or whatever else I might be doing in bed. And get your mind out of the gutters, people! I'm talking about doing art stuff...which I do on my comfy bed sometimes. ;}

Here's the back. Oooo, I like how she signs her name. Can't really make it out, but still very cool. Take care peeps & have a good Wednesday. I'm off to work soon.