At long last I present you with the winner of the "Inspire Me" contest. Laura said that she and her friends would like to host a Mad Hatter Tea Party. And what a mad tea party it was... Thank you Laura for taking us all to Wonderland...
This amazing shoot really was a group effort, so I would like to thank Ian and Felicité for allowing us to take over your garden and pilfer paraphernalia and furniture from your beautiful home; Margo for the magnificent make-up, fantastic coat and helping Alex, Laura and I make mushrooms; Alexandra, Laura and Alex for a messy evening decorating cookies and cupcakes; Candice for her beautiful cupcakes and being on hand all day; Alexandra for being the most beautiful and animated Alice, creating an exquisite necklace and other jewellery for the shoot and bringing her father's antique pocket watch; Michelle for being a decisively, dormant doormouse. Kieran for being a charming Cheshire cat; Rachel for helping set up and stepping in to be the March Hare at the last moment; Jen for her cupcake stand; Sacha for her rug and tablecloth and for holding a reflector; Liz for Alice's ravishing red tutu; Nikki for her fabulous antique gramaphone; and last, but by no means least, Alex Masters for assisting and for shooting - I cant wait to see your images...
I was truly inspired... by Laura's idea and by the incredible generosity and enthusiasm of everyone who helped, I can not thank you all enough... And I'll post some more images in a few days...
Omigoodness - so fabulous! Love love the one of Laura's eye really close in the looking glass - worked perfectly this time! And the whole set up looks lovely - such glowy light and so many divine details - like a wedding but mad - just heaven. I know it is not what I should say, but will - I can't wait to see more!!! They all look so great - just wonderful! xxxx
ReplyDeleteThese are absolutely beautiful Amanda.
ReplyDeleteSO much fun,... can't wait to see them all. I want to do it with a bunch of children,...just feed them a few cupcakes pre shoot,. and let the fun begin!!!
ReplyDeleteAmanda.. as always your photo's are simply amazing.. what a fun shoot and such great images you captured.
ReplyDeleteSarah Norfleet
Breathtakingly beautiful...
ReplyDeleteHaving grown up in Bermuda with Alex I appreciate the beauty of these shots. It looks like you all had an amazing time, as based on the amazing photos =)
ReplyDeleteAmanda, these pictures are as everyone says, absolutely incredible! You have a wonderful gift and I for one think that you have an amazing eye for color.. Well done! I am sure that the best is yet to come from you.. Peace
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Yves
I stumbled across ur pictures on some of my facebook buddies profiles. These tea party pictures are amazing. Love the amount of thought that went into the details!
ReplyDeleteCheers
I am so inspired by these pics
ReplyDeleteI will totally be having a mad hatter tea party for my 37th Birthday April 6th 2011
You all look fantastic!!!!
Love Springflower:)
Brilliant and inspiring! So colorful and playful! It was fabulous to see Kieran in the photo shoot, as we just met this winter up here on the edge of the North Atlantic in St. John's, NL.
ReplyDeletesimply breathtaking....what colour and detailing....Splendid...!
ReplyDeletethose are wicked. so inspired.
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