Bergdorf's Does Wonderland Windows for Christmas

    

photo from Bergdorf-Goodman

     

     Last week, I discovered the most fabulous blog, The Well Appointed House. Despite my penchant for literature and yoga, and my passion for green living, most of the blogs I devour are devoted to lifestyles and interior design. Over the past year, I've been schooled in Chinoiserie and Southern design, and I've watched a young couple decorate their gorgeous new home (props, Averill). I even had the opportunity to make a virtual entrance at a Blog Ball wearing Stella McCartney!

     That's the beauty of the blogosphere: I'm surrounded by cornfields, Walmart art, and seasonally-costumed concrete porch ducks, but I have friends in every major metropolis who can subdue my craving for big cities and the West Coast. It's been years since I've been able to go to State Street after Thanksgiving to see Chicago's Christmas windows - hell, Fields isn't even there anymore! But blogs like The Well Appointed house bring Manhattan and SOHO and Michigan Avenue right to my screen, rekindling my childhood memories of posh, sparkling, magical mechanized department store windows.
     This year, TWAH featured Bergdorf-Goodman's nod to Alice in Wonderland. Visit the original post. And then shop their eponymous store. OOOh la la! If I had the time this holiday season, I'd totally go to NYC just to see these amazing dioramas.

Merry Unbirthday: Get Your Peace and Love Here!

Did the holidays drive you mad? It's bloody starkers out there! 

Better go Get Your OM On! Click here for some peace & love content from me to you!

Have a Very Merry Un-Birthday (or whatever you're celebrating over
the next few weeks!)

Love, Kitty.

PS If you need some free domain Mad Hatters, click on our crazy little friend 

above to get the links.

Printable Alice in Wonderland Coloring Pages

I found this today, a link to printable Alice coloring pages. Perfect for keeping children entertained when the weather outside is frightful! Now if I can just figure out a way to cordon off the dining room from dudes and dogs to keep my Alice Christmas trees safe...

New and Improved Alice in Wonderland Christmas Trees

     As promised, I'm posting my newly redesigned Alice in Wonderland Christmas Trees. For the last several years, I've done an Alice tree with glass hearts, golden keys, little mushrooms and a collection of resin ornaments (of indeterminate provenience). This year, however, I discovered the wonderland that is Ebay, and scored some delightful Polonaise pieces.
     The new ornaments include Alice herself (who is very pretty but arrived broken-curses!), the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit and Red Queen. Once they arrived, I knew they needed their own place without their resinous counterparts (which are cute but not nearly as interesting). They were given pride of place on my tallest spiral topiary, and the old collection was moved to a smaller bush across the room with blue and silver pieces. Now there are two Alice trees to complete my Winter Wonderland! I'm actually working on a third as well! My newest quest is for the perfect fabric roses.
     Unlike so many of my blog friends, I'm not much of a photographer so I know you'll forgive my less than perfect pictures. I haven't finished the dining room completely, but I'll be displaying little vignettes containing other pieces from my Alice collection to create a whimsical holiday scene sure to enchant all the children in my family from now until January. Please feel free to throw in your ideas, or tell everyone about how yooouuu roll at Christmastime! Oodles of Toodles, Your Kitty.

My brother and my nephew think these ornaments, especially the Hatter are "creepy."

I had to tuck Alice and her flamingo into the tree strategically; the bottom of her dress broke in transit. Apparently, I'll just have to deal with it and spend the rest of my life looking to replace this lone piece of the set. Bollocks!

The Red Queen of Hearts is my favorite; this old girl is bigger than my palm.

The blue and silver Alice tree with my old resin ornaments.

These Alices feature a tiny, glittery red bottle. I love the way she falls off the branch with her dress billowing as if she's headed down the rabbit hole!

I haven't found a perfect Cheshire Cat yet, so I'll leave you with this mysterious grin for now. Meow!