Go ask Alice

 

Happy Halloween to those who observe it.  This is my final entry for Elle from Empire of the Cat, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Her theme, which I'm sure you know by now, is Fairytales, Folklore, and Fables - Tell Me A Story. Bleubeard and I want to thank Elle for her wonderful hosting skills and her great prompts she shared.  We are delighted she joined us as this month's host.

For my final entry, I am grabbing three napkins.

My friend Jo has put napkins we received in the swap to good use.  Instead of three posts with napkins, I am using three napkins in one spread, two of which I received in the swap and one of which I was gifted.

I'm going to be perfectly honest.  I have never read the story of Alice In Wonderland, but I found a one-page synopsis on the internet. 

This, however, is my interpretation based on the napkins I have. It all began when Alice was sitting with her sister along a river bank and fell asleep.

Alice thought she saw saw a rabbit duck down a hole, so she followed. 

The rabbit was yelling something about time, then ran into a room behind a door. 

 

She lost track of the rabbit, but noticed a Cheshire Cat sitting in a tree.  It was then she found a cake that read "eat me," which she did.  She immediately grew smaller and the cat seemed to grow larger and grin bigger. She then followed the rabbit into the room.

Inside the room, she was surprised there was no rabbit, but instead a walrus.

The walrus told Alice not to miss the tea party.  When she got to the party, she ran into the dormouse and the Mad Hatter, who was eating a sandwich. 

 

The caterpillar slithered under the teapot thinking the spout was actually his hookah.

The baker stood in the corner crying.

That's when the rabbit reappeared, brought out his pocket watch, and told Alice to leave the tea party because the Queen of Hearts had requested her presence.

Alice was now her normal size when she went to meet the queen.  The Queen of Hearts insisted Alice join her in a game of croquet.  Alice rescued her flamingo the queen was using as a mallet, but the hedgehog the queen was using for a ball managed to escape.

It is all curiouser and curiouser.  Then it was time for Alice to awaken from her dream.

I suspect Lewis Carroll is rolling over in his grave the way I fractured his beloved fairy tale.  I began by coloring 110 lb cardstock with several Staz-on reinkers and 91% isopropyl alcohol.  I then used the images I had from the three napkins to concoct this fractured fairy tale.

 

Bleubeard and I are really thrilled you joined us today, our final entry this month at Art Journal Journey honoring Elle's theme of Fairytales, Folklore, and Fables - Tell Me A Story.

We would like to thank Elle again for her great hosting this month and all the great prompts she shared, too.