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The new Du Buh Du ladies were quite excited to receive an invitation to the second annual Mad Hatter Tea Party. Rumors have been swirling around that last year's party was a blast and so the seven headed on down to Arizona to join in on the the event hosted by Miss Vanessa.
Last year as you may recall, a few Du Buh Du ladies took a rather fanciful balloon ride there but after hearing that Miss Violet fell out and broke her neck the new ladies decided to take a safer mode of transportation (closer to the ground) in the form of a Gypsy Caravan. Here's just a snippet of their two day journey...
taking a leisurely break after their first day traveling..
Susanne with a doll for the hostess
a little tarot card reading to pass the time
Trilby daydreaming her afternoon away
An evening at the gypsy camp, where dancing under the moon ensues
The next morning lends itself to sightseeing with the realiztion that they are oh so close to the Tea Party..
Rushing to get to the party in time~Hope to see you there!
To "mingle" and meet other guests, head on over to Vanessa's place. List of participants are on the right hand column of her blog , A Fanciful Twist!
Special Thanks to my husband Mark for building the gypsy caravan for me (it actually moves !) and for putting up with my taskmaster ways~You did an a-m-a-z-i-n-g job ;) Happy Birthday and Anniversary to you (both on Sunday)!!
xo
In celebration of my 150th post (a few weeks back ) and the Mad Hatter Tea Party I am having a giveaway! I will pick one winner via the random number generator and that person will get to choose one of the seven dolls posted here to take home with them (each doll comes with a small handmade wire lantern by the way). Just leave a doll name suggestion, music , book or movie suggestion or a simple hello and where you are from. I will pick a winner on Thursday July 2nd ~if for some reason you can't leave a comment just email me at dubuhdudesigns@aol.com and I will add your comment :)
The next few weeks will be busy for us as we're heading out of town followed by family visits here, but I will try and have a small shop update with the remaining dolls in the next two weeks. I will post that info
here or you can join my mailing list to hear first when that will occur (info in right hand column).
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