One of our favorite contributors at the Cinderella Tea is "Murals by Missy". She paints murals, but she creates so much more... I say she creates magic! Her paintings and many other great and creative things make a child's imagination come alive.... and might even make a grown up believe in magic.
You'll see her expert work in places like Tiny Toes Ballet, and the Rocknoceros' Tshirts, in their book Colonel Purple Turtle's Purple Turtle Journal and many other great and wonderful places. She has a very special talent of using art to stimulate the mind of a child, in a way very few artists can do.
The pictures in this blog post are the paintings she is contributing to the Cinderella Tea, and with a little luck you just might get to take one (or both) home! You can see more of her work on her blog: http://muralsbymissy.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/studio-work/; at her web site: www.MuralsByMissy.com; and on her facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/muralsbymissy.
The best part about Missy? She's fabulous....overall, just fabulous! We at the Cinderella Tea truly appreciate her generosity with her many contributions. At the Cinderella Tea you will see some more of her handy work, as she created our hand painted signs and helps with many of the special touches that will transform the National Conference Center in Leesburg into the grandest place you can imagine.
If this is your first time at the Cinderella Tea, you simply must check out www.Facebook.com/Blue.Ridge.Princess.Tea where you can find videos and still pictures of previous year's events. Then rush over to www.CinderellaTea.org to buy your tickets!
Stay tuned to this blog to learn about other contributors and sponsors and the types of events you'll get to experience at the Cinderella Tea.
Before we are called to tea by King John, each attendee will be invited to gussie up at the Bibbiddi Bobbiddi Boutique, learn to tippie toe and twirl with Tiny Toes, and once they've got "the look" and "the moves" they will make their own wand, and go to see the Fairy Godmother, who will present them with their very own tiara and proclaim them an official princess of the land... and the new princesses will be invited to meet Cinderella...live and in person! 
At an event like this, your daughter is guaranteed to want to dance and spin like a real ballerina! And, lucky for you, before we "sit" for tea, every little girl will be invited to learn a few ballet moves, courtesy of Tiny Toes Ballet. So, by intermission, when she can no longer resist dancing in the isles, she'll already look like a professional!
~ Professional face painters will be on hand to make sure "you've got the look"
