Somewhere in Katlandia an entire group of characters live in a mint green house. They have been waiting since last year for another mad tea party.
The painting is so large, in fact, that it hasn’t been able to be seen until today. She’s waited and waited and waited to be introduced into the world.
I made a tea pot especially for the occasion, because I don’t have my own. (Out of gourd, of course!)
Everyone can share! I have a lovely flower tea…
Would you like a cup?
Or two?
How do you take yours? With Cheshire or without?
Getting here is sort of difficult. There is an enchanted forest you have to travel through, just to get to the mint green house in Katlandia.
It is dense and humid, it will *wreck* your perfectly styled hair.
Dangerous creatures lurk around every branch.
Or maybe not so dangerous, just your friendly neighborhood floating Cheshire cat head. These guys give terrible directions, and don’t care at all about the frizz situation.
You wanted to get to the Mad Tea Party you say? Eat some of this mushroom.
Yeah, I wasn’t born yesterday, buddy. Would you trust a cat with a grin like that? Oh well…
One bite can’t hurt…
Well, what do you know. The crazy cat was right.
Tea party time!
I hope you enjoyed your little stay here in Katlandia! Be sure to watch out for crazy Cheshire cats as you are traveling to other bloglands, you never know if they are going to trick ya.
Thank you Miss V for hosting such a fun event. ^_^ I love being silly.
<3 Kat
Kat Can Paint 
The painting is LOVELY! Such soulful eyes.
I hope you'll visit my Tea Party and see what I'm decking out the party-goers in!
Wow, that painting is gorgeous! Thank you for a lovely party, I enjoyed the tea very much!
You're madly invited to my tea party, I do hope you'll stop by (if you haven't already of course)! :)
Lovely mushrooms! Thanks for the party fun~ Theresa
Isn't it fun to party amongst the creatures of the wods? Loved your party!
i enjoyed your tea party so much! very nice! :)
Look at that Cheshire cat! Such fun and whimsical creations!
Beautiful blog! Beautiful art! LoVe the painting! Stop by for tea with Alice and me! We have a little give-away too.
What a lovely story. Your painting is beautiful and I loved the Cheshire Cat.
Cool mushrooms! And that cat is awesome! I love your paintings too!
I enjoyed being in Katlandia for your tea party. Your painting is luminous
Your cheshire cat has stolen my heart. So many lovely creations. Your painting is beautiful.
Happy Mad Tea Party,
Karen
Gorgeous painting! Thank you so much for letting me stop by your fanciful party! Please come over and visit at mine…if you haven't crept in quietly already!
beautiful painting! I did enjoy my stay, thanks for having me.
You’re invited to please visit stop by and visit my party where we’re having a tea of a time!!
The painting was beautiful. Thank you for inviting me to your lovely tea party. I would like to stay, but I must go. Have a magical weekend! Twyla
I love your art, WOW! Great tea party, I'm glad you weren't sent to take a nap. :)
What a beautiful painting! The tea party is lovely, I shall have my tea WITH Cheshire thank you! :)
Jessy
I'm so impressed by the handmade teapot! Thanks for stopping by my Mad Tea Party at Hina's Aprrentice.
Hi Kat! Your party is such fun! I love your painting and your little characters. THe chesire cat is scary! Thank you for visiting my party to, it was great to meet you!
I did add clay onto the cloth to make Alice's face-just put gesso on first then use air dry clay or paper clay(these may or may not be the same-I can't get paper clay in the UK so have tried various kinds)
I learnt the technique in a class last year with Jane Des Rosier-Gritty Arts studios)
I enjoyed looking throuhg your blog too on my visit. Your paintings are lovely and your little elf baby is just adorable!
Kat…your artwork is AMAZING…just BEAUTIFUL!
Thank you so much for visiting me :)
LuLu~*
Thank you for your visit…Solange and I are having a wonderful time at your tea…Please without Cheshire cat please.
Love you art…the painting is amazing and your gourd tea pot is brilliant
I see that Katlandia is the place where many beautiful women come from.
Your blog is lovely.
Renee xoxo
Great party! Your art is very beautiful!
Such a fun party!
May I have a little more sugar?
Just one more lump….
Clink clink our teacups to sweet Vanessa!!!
What a beautiful painting. Thank you for letting me drop by your party. I love being silly too. :)
The painting rocks, and I loooovvveed your story-I know, right? Why would we trust a cat who looked like **that**? :)
Thoroughly enjoying myself at your tea party- thank for stopping by mine!
PS-I take my tea without the cat, please! ♥♥♥♥♥ xoxoxox Roo (also not 15 anymore!) ☺
Your painting is stunning! Thank you for posting it! And thank you for visiting my tea party also! Have a great day!
What a great post! That teapot is amazing, so beautiful. And Alice and the cat and mushroom are adorable too!
Hi Kat! Your doll is really beautiful! And that Cheshire cat,he is incredible :o What a fun tea party/picnic~your tea pot is really beautiful to. Off to mingle with the other guests:)
Your painting is gorgeous! I very much enjoyed my visit to Katlandia. I'll take my tea with Cheshire, of course ;)! I love your creations; the teapot and Cheshire and Alice. I've enjoyed your Mad Tea party so much, that I will surely be coming back to Katlandia for a visit.
xo dragonflydreamer xo
Thanks for sharing
and for visiting our blog – glad you liked our garden xx
Your gourd tea pot and backdrop painting are exquisite. Thanks for inviting me to your party.
I actually like a lot of color too! Very unusal for me to do anything in neutrals! Thank you for visiting my party. Thank you so much for inviting me to yourlovely party
Oh how fun!! Your painting is beautiful. Such a haunting face. I had a cup of tea with cheshire of course!
I love your doll! She's beautiful!
A very Merry Unbirthday!
Erin :)
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Oh Katlandia is my kind of place. Thank you for letting me join you!!
Your painting is beautiful Kat!
xox
Constance
What sweet little characters…the ones I LOVE! Your banner is wonderful, too!
I am just loving the paintings you are very talented. The party was fun and that silly cat I wounder where he is now?
Thank you for the kind Birthday wish.
Hugs, Bobbi Jo
What a lovely story.
Beautiful art!
Hugs
oooh such FUN! I can't believe your amazing tea pot!! It is beautiful! Thanks for being a lovely hostess:) xox…jenn
I am so excited to be here at your party! Your painting is beautiful! I am having so much fun! :)mendy
Your painting is absolutly stunning! and how clever of you to make your own teapot!
Madly talented!
>:0)
Tracey
WONDERFUL! Thank you for visiting with me!
Everything was just too cute. Loved the beautiful painting and your gourd pitcher. I'm growing gourds this summer and have given me some project inspiration.
xo-junie
Sweet illustrations! Lovely party over here! I'm getting fat eating all the food.
`grin`
Your characters are just Fabulous!!
Hugs!
Michelle
So sorry I'm late. I just escaped from my own mad party.
Had a truly enchanting time visiting with you. I shall be back because I find your place to be magical and restful.
I sure did enjoy. I also enjoyed meeting those quirky characters :-)
Have to say, your painting, she's very beautiful and that creamer container with the purple swirls is just something.
Hi Kat
Thank you for dropping by my party. I was so pleased to see someone that late because I was starting to feel lonely!!
LOVE your party here – what at amazing painting. I am off to visit you on Flickr right now!
Carol :) xoxo
A very enchanting tea indeed.
The painting is wonderful and so is your teapot..
I am so happy I stopped by…
Louise
Your tea party was very sweet!! I loved the rest of your blog too! Your baby is very dear and I admire you for still fitting in time for your art in between caring-for-the-baby time!
Thank you for coming and visiting my tea party too! I'm glad my choice of music caught your attention!
Hope you have a wonderful day,
Betty
Great painting and I love your gourd teapot!!!
Nice blog, thanks for visiting me! :)
Beautiful painting and a wonderful tea party :)
Thanks for stopping by my tea party! Those photos you have of driving from Florida into Georgia…That's my homeland! North Florida and South Georgia….it makes me homesick!
Hello fellow belated tea party goer! Thanks for your note. It looks like you had a great Mad Party yourself :)!
Thank YOU for visiting my lil tea party! Phew! I finally made it here! LOVE the painting and the lil gourd teapot!!
thank you for everything. what a treat!
A bit late, I am, you see…my clock decided to let me be…and of course I have no sense of time, as I have been partying since early 2009. Thanks for visiting our little 'Mad' Adventure though and so glad I came by to see yours too!
Jamie :)
p.s. I'll take mine without the Cheshire kitty, thank you…he makes me sneeze ;-)
Hi Kat. I'm so sorry I'm late to you party. It was a rough weekend…but I made it! Your art work is just lovely. Thanks for coming over a having tea with me. Great party!
Karen
My Desert Cottage
I love your painting! She is beautiful!!!! And I am guessing you also did the wonderful little sculptures! Loving your Cheshire cat!Hope we visit again soon!
xoxo Sheri DeBow
It is so curious that these Mad Tea Parties are still going strong! I've yet to clean mine up, so please feel free to follow me back down the rabbit hole before life goes back to mundane!
I'm late, I'm late! Still trying to make it to all the parties. Yours was wonderful. I especially like that Cheshire Cat … he looks whimsical and threatening all at the same time, in short … perfection!
NICE painting!
-HurricaneKassi
What a nice tea party and the teapot you made is lovely!
Happy Party Hopping!
Stacy❤
The painting is lovely. I love my stop in Bloglandia …See you next year
So sorry I am late
For this important date
I've been making my way down the list.
With too little time
I've been leaving this rhyme
For I'm adamant about wanting to persist
I am happy to see
That you're still here for me
And you’re so worth the trip, I insist
And happier still
You're not some run of the mill
But a delightful blogger I haven't missed.
Hope your day has been beautiful
What a wonderfully mad tea party! Thanks for having me! ^-^
Just poppin back for more silliness!!
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Gorgeous party and I adore the painting.