Mad Tea Party, Painting Tea Cups, and Roses! Oh MY!

So the past week I have been throwing some ideas around for this Virtual Mad Hatter Tea Party I found on one of my most FAVORITE BLOGS ! This blog is so inspirational to me, and I really wanted to become involved and Miss Valencia's Creations!!

So I was thinking, and since Avi and I were The Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts this past Halloween, we still have costumes !

So I was thinking since we already had our costumes all sorted out, all we have to do is set up a tablescape and take some pictures....

But what is a Mad Tea Party , with NO tea cups!?!?

I searched and searched online, but real china tea sets are so expensive ! So I figured I would go on an excursion. I checked out a Marshall's by my house, and I found these really cute white porcelain cup/saucers ! They were only $2.99 a set , so I got 4 sets, and even a tea pot for only $18 !!

I loved that they were white porcelain, my wheels were turning as I was looking at the cups in the store. The fact that they were practically a blank canvas, was enough for me to scoop them up and take them home! I painted them bright colors ( Blue, pink, yellow, green) , and I accented the design around the plates with some gold craft paint I had....

I was so excited how they were coming out after the first plate I had done !! Once I was finished, painting the cups and saucers I sprayed them with a clear gloss sealant spray I purchased at home depot.

The only thing that sux about it is that , it is not Glass Paint, so the cups and saucers are not actually useable :-( ... which is a shame, cuz they are so beautiful... but I guess I can settle for them just being decorative pieces, and able to use them just for the photo shoot...

Here is a little sneak peek of just one of the plates :-)

This project is to be continued... I have 2 more sets to spray paint, and sometime this week , I want to set up a mock table scape to kinda practice and figure out how I want to lay everything out for the shoot....

Until then, guess what I found bloomed in my backyard this past week??

Beautiful Roses!!!!

Finally !! It's about time, I have ben waiting for these beauties to come out :-D

Here is also another exotic flower growing in my backyard.... I'm not exactly sure what they re , but they are just as beautiful :-D

On a sadder note, the clematis leaves only last about a week or 2 :-( .... it's beautiful pinkish purple vibrant leaves have withered away and wilted off the little wisps .....

I miss them already ! Well it is getting late here, I just wanted to share a bit of this weekend with you all ....

Have a good night !!