Alice so Far

Hi there. So today I am back with as much of my Alice book 2 as I have done so far. You might remember she has gotten up and it is a beautiful spring day. (Yes, wouldn't it be nice to be able to sleep through much of winter, or at least the cold and the touch weather parts-smile) She realizes she is very tall, and she hears a humming noise coming from outside.

So my next page is my take on the Father William part, which if you don't remember, he is standing on his head.

"You are old, Father William," the young man said,
    "And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
    Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

I made my William Uncle Bill.

Here's what my page says:
And she saw her Uncle Bill
but he was standing on his head.
"Uncle Bill, what are you doing?" Alice asked.
"Why I a doing my daily yoga." He replied.
"Oh dear,"  said Alice " I think I need some air."

The next page then says:

Outside it was a glorious spring day.

Birds were singing .

Leaves were popping out on the trees

Flowers were blooming and bees were buzzing.

And then Alice noticed 

something strange in the garden.

Why

it was a flamingo.

"What are you doing in my garden?" Alice asked.

Then Alice saw a face

she thought she should know.

"Think. Think. Think. Why should I know that face?"

"Come play on my team girl."

"Play what? I am Alice not girl."

"We are playing croquet of course.

That's why the flamingoes are here."

And the next couple of pages.

"Curiouser and curiouser." 

Sketches and doodles as well as some images from Art By Marlene. And yes, Alice has a different outfit on here.  Well, socks and skirt because all you can see is her legs. Remember, Alice has  gotten very tall. And the lady on the far right is the queen, who has been seen before.

I'll get back to this book and should have the rest of the story soon also.

Thanks for visiting.

Alice

Hi there. 

I am back today with another couple of spreads from my Alice book.  You can get a good idea of the size of this book from my fingers at the bottom of the page.
I left off in book 2 with Alice rolling out of bed on a nice spring morning, The sun is shining and the birds are singing.
The words on the left say
She walked to the table to get her breakfast and
for some reason the table seemed
very very short.  And Alice seemed
very very tall.

And on the right

Then Alice heard a strange noise.
Hmmm. 
Hmmm.
Hmmm.
Alice walked away from the table
and went off to explore the noise.

And I'll leave you with that question-what is making that noise?

Happy mid-week.
And thanks for visiting.

Alice is Back

Hi everyone.  Our temperature is starting off warm today, and although we have a bit of rain, it makes me think of March or April. By tonight we'll be back in the normal January chilliness, but this little January thaw has been super and I even managed a walk yesterday.   And a rainy Sunday morning means it is a good time to have a lazy morning. Hurrah!

The puddles and melt in the driveway made a cool photo with the reflections of the trees.

For the last few weeks I have been working on my Alice in Christmasland second book, since I ran out of paper in the original book.  And even if I wrapped up the story enough in book 1, I was having too much fun to stop.

 I didn't have another copy of the same type of book, so I went with something a bit different. For book 2 I used something I believe is called a zig-zag book. It has  2 hard covers and one long folded piece of watercolor in between.

Here is a photo of a blank one which is similar only the ones I have (I bought a few last year on a major markdown at Hobby Lobby) although mine have a few more paper folds.

To refresh your memory, let me recap part 1.

Alice climbs up on the roof of her home because she wants to look down the chimney to see how Santa can fit. In the process she falls down the chimney, shrinking in the process. Alice spends most of the rest of that story trying to get back to her normal size, and the book ends with Alice falling out of bed. I never said whether she was just dreaming and back to her normal size or not.

This is where book 2 picks up. Here's the first couple of 2 page spreads.

 As you can see it is now spring. The page says

" Oh Chessie, you are a regular sized cat." Alice said.

She had woken up on the floor wrapped in her blankets.

"I dreamt I was very very small and you were very very big."

Alice wiped her eyes and looked around the room.

"It was also Christmas in my dream.,

but it doesn't look like Christmas at all."

Myy spread is a mix of my drawings/paintings as well a bits of Studio Light/Art by Marlene punch outs. 

And here is the next section.

Alice walked out of her bedroom and noticed indeed it was spring.

The sun was shining through the windows,

and there was NO Christmas tree.

"And I am NOT very small." Alice said again in a voice that was very relieved.

This page is mad with some inking, painting, doodling, a die cut as well as some Studio Light Art by Marlene dots.

Just a tease. More to come another day.

Thanks so much for stopping by.