Alice & Clement

Two things.

Firstly, thank you, lovely people, for your Alice charm bracelet enthusiasm!

Alas, silver flamingos and white rabbits are in short (hence, expensive) supply, but I am working on suppliers of both (and hats, tea pots, hearts ...) RIGHT NOW! Yes ... on a Saturday night! THAT, my friends, is how dedicated I am to the cause. I will get some more made up as soon as practical and let you know what, and when (and how much **cough cough**) as soon as possible.

Secondly, and purely because it made me laugh until a little bit of wee came out, I heard this joke the other day, which I would like to share with you. I make no apology if you've heard it before. Rather appropriately, since it's a year this week since the great man died, I give you ... Clement Freud.

Curiouser and curiouser

Last week, I had an email from a friend of a friend.

"I'm looking for a charm bracelet for a birthday gift for a colleague, on an Alice In Wonderland theme. Do you think you can do something? She really loves flamingos, so we definitely want to include that."

Time from order to delivery ... one week and one day. EEK!!

So, with visions of blue caterpillars dancing in my head, I indulged in a little

hardcore Ebay and Etsy time (can we have three cheers for internet shopping? Hip, hip, hip hooray!), within a couple of hours, I'd ordered up mushrooms, keys, Cheshire cats, tea pots, love hearts and ... a silver flamingo!

All week, little parcels have dropped through my letter box from

'round the world, and I've added them to the bracelet, and on Tuesday evening, I got to hand deliver this ...

Cute, no?

And look!! There is even a silver flamingo!

There was just one small glitch. You know how they say that art mirrors life? Well the White Rabbit, entirely in character, was late! He arrived this morning, and has been put on a clasp to be added to the bracelet in due course. Dapper, isn't he?

I've had so much fun finding all the bits for this bracelet. I think I see some more themed charm bracelets at loulouworkshop in the not too distant ...