The Footmen

The Fish-Footman began by producing from under his arm a great letter, nearly as large as himself, and this he handed over to the other, saying, in a solemn tone, `For the Duchess.  An invitation from the Queen to play croquet.'  The Frog-Footman repeated, in the same solemn tone, only changing the order of the words a little, `From the Queen.  An invitation for the Duchess to play croquet.' 

Then they both bowed low, and their curls got entangled together.

Barristers in Britain still wear the same style wigs as worn by the footmen of the past, so they are still available for purchase. We're not sure if you'd actually want to wear one, but we've put together a footman inspired outfit post so thought it best to include one.

Barrister's Wig

Angler Fish Necklace

Tree Frog Finger Pet Ring

Bird by Juicy Couture Taylor cotton military jacket

Military Dress by Wal G** in beige or purple

Tapered Cropped Trousers

 Malachy Patent Ballet Pumps

By the way, if you'd like to have a boot scraper, such as Tenniel portrayed in this illustration...

...you can get one here.

All the Gorey Details

Gorey Details is an online store which specialises in the works of the wonderful Edward Gorey and related collectibles. But they also sell a great range of gothic ephemera and they have a rather impressive section entirely devoted to Alice in Wonderland.

 Crab Scrambly - Dark Wonderland Cheshire Cat - women's babydoll t-shirt

 Arthur Rackman-Alice In Wonderland Tea Party-11x14 Print

 Alice in Wonderland Playing Cards

 Mad Hatter Pill Box

 

 They have a great range of rubber stamps.

 Caterpillar, Dodo and Tea Party notecards by Delamare

 Amazing, atmospheric porcelain nightlights of the Caterpillar and Humpty Dumpty

And much more besides...

Pink And Sweet And Girly

It's cupcake heaven over at Ditsy Daisies, an online store for folk with a sweet tooth when it comes to getting goodies for their home.

They have a delectable looking range of fragranced hand creams which will aid any endeavour to make a dressing table resemble a cake shop...

...and these delicious looking cupcake lipglosses.

They also have these yummy trinket boxes in a selection of 'flavours' (We fancy the chocolate.)

They even have cupcake cushions, featuring either great big, or teeny little cakes.

There are also kitchen items available. We love this insane cupcake teapot and think it would feel quite at home at any mad tea party.

You could seat your tea party guests with these card holders and serve them from the range of china cake stands (or, forget to send the invites and nosh all the goodies yourself.)

If you like to bake your own cakes then the oven gloves would come in handy, and a tea tray is always handy, don't you find? (We like a tea tray in the sky.)

Lastly, we're rather taken with these salt and pepper shakers. (We seem to keep encountering salt and pepper shakers - at some point we may do a review of the archive...)

More Mushroom Madness

While looking for items for yesterday's mushroom themed post, we found an amazing outfit which we can't resist sharing with you.

This mushroom print silk dress is made by TBA and available from ASOS and makes the wearer look as though they are donning a fairy tale.

They also have a matching skirt and jacket made in the same fabric.

We can imagine the ASOS items teamed up with the magical little mushroom vial necklace and the decoupaged wooden box purse.

Of course, mushroom is also a colour so, while you're visiting ASOS, you might like to pick up this nail polish set in mushroom and grey.

 

We enjoy the visual pun of teaming the literal mushroom items with a selection of mushroom coloured items which we found at Topshop.

And there must also be art.