Frabjous day and happy bloggy birthday to us! We’re turning 3 this week aw how the babies grow up and, as is the Notebook Sisters custom, we’re throwing a happy birthday party. To ourselves. WOOT.
For the next week (25th to 30th of May) serious celebrations will be going down. Trust me: you don’t want to miss this madness. And here’s a fun fact: before we were so obsessed with all-things-books, this blog was quite the homage to Alice in Wonderland. You just trot on over to our very first post of ever. (We even recited the Jabberwocky poem!) Because Cait loves the Moth is seriously committed to the asylum Splintered series by A.G. Howard, we decided to go back to our roots for this partying week.
What frabjous insanity should you look forward to?
– A.G. Howard will be stopping by for an interview + giveaway of Unhinged swag tomorrow! Eeep, my fangirling heart.
– We have some terrific Etsy store owner sponsors and YOU could win fabulous Alice in Wonderland notebooks.
– We have a party game to play.
– And OH: discussions!
– Plus of course there will be virtual food. Cait IS throwing this party after all.
To kick off today, we’re starting with a little Tea Party Blog Tag. We love to talk about books, and why not do it in an Alice in Wonderland themed way?! Plus: virtual party games are awesome. Am I right?
how to play the Tea Party Blog Tag:
– Snag our 10 questions below and answer them on your own blog.
– If you play you will be able to add in EXTRA points to our rafflecopter widget for the giveaway!
– Link to our blog and add our snazzy party button (below) to your post!
– It’s basically a tag, peoples, juuuust a tag.
– Go just a little bit crazy.
1. Just Alice: What book cover(s) has made you super curious?
2. Mad Hatter: List the craziest character(s) you’ve ever read.
3. Red Queen, Off With Your Head! What book have you felt like beheading?
4. White Rabbit: What books or series have been insanely popular but you’ve been “late” to pick them up?
5. Caterpillar: What’s the most confusing book you’ve read?
6. Dormouse: What was the last book that sent you to sleep?
7. Cheshire Cat: Book that made you laugh and smile?
8. Knave of Hearts: Most recent character who stole your heart?
9. Jabberwocky: Best villain you’ve read this year?
10. Down the Rabbit Hole: What’s the latest book/series/author that’s completely swallowed your interest?
Now just add your post linky (so we can stalk you politely) and you’re done!
We have two fantastic Etsy Stores sponsoring our giveaways! WOOT. Huge thank you to the immensely talented Crafty Pagan and Notbook! (We hope you can go check out their stores. Like, right now. Go go go.) Because we’re Notebook Sisters we’re giving away notebooks! See what I did there?! And not just any notebooks: Alice in Wonderland themed ones.
– giveaway is INTERNATIONAL
– there will be 6 winners: 3 of each kind of notebook
– prizes will be shipped from the etsy sellers
– to enter, you must recite the Jabberwocky poem. BACKWARDS. Okay! Okay! Not really. But kudos if you know any funky words from the poem.
Happy blogversary!
Sorry but I do not know any funky word from Alice in Wonderland! Haha
Woohoo, what a delightful blog-party, girls =). Happy 3rd Birthday to Notebook sisters! And it is all Alice in Wonderland-themed. So sweet. I haven’t really read/watched Alice in Wonderland, but I have got the whole collection of Lewis Carrol’s works and I should like to read all those delightful whimsical stories!
If I have any time, I shall try to join the blog-tag, cause they are good questions. Happy blogversary!
Brillig! Slithy! Toves! Gyre! Gimble! Wabe! Mimsy! Borogroves! Mome raths! Outgrabe!
And we get to find out some of them from Splintered 😀 also, tulgey wood.
I LOVE ALICE IN WONDERLAND I LOVE THIS CELEBRATION THIS IS INDEED A FRABJOUS WEEK. Unfortunately I can’t do the blog hop because next week is all planned out 🙁 but maybe when I get around to posting my book bloggers tag, I’ll answer those questions anyway – they look like fun!
I am extremely excited about this coming week, and the virtual food. Also A G Howard’s interview. Of course.
THOSE NOTEBOOKS ARE BEAUTIFUL. I’m going to have to get my hands on them…somehow… *thinks of evil plot*
Happy blogaversery 😀
Yay, frabjous day, happy blogoversary!
MIMSY is one of my favourite words from the poem. Also uffish.
Callooh callay! Happy blogoversary! This sounds like such fun and I would love to do the tag but I’m on vacation without a computer and do not want to write a post on my uncomfortable phone keyboard. 🙁 I will be back to check out all the other posts though!
(And my sister and I have also had Jabberwocky memorized since we were tiny people. That poem is a big thing at our house, especially with my sister, who writes nonsense poems herself!)
Hooray! This looks like it’s going to be such a fun week. I shall have to have a go at your lovely tag, on Wednesday maybe (I think the link up’s open all week?) I’d post some of my favourite words from the Jabberwocky, but I can’t spell any of them, so I shall have to content myself with quoting parts of it in my head. Gah it’s been too long since I last read that book. Anyway, happy bloggy birthday! And, free cake!
This. Is. Awesome!! I’m going to try and do the tag questions! I’ve done so many lately haha Happy Blog Birthday! *throws copious amounts of confetti* Plus lots of cake! (mmmmm, cake) I still need to read Splintered…… Why do I have to be so busy 🙁
Happy birthday ladies! What an awesome way to celebrate!
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
Oh those notebooks are beautiful! I’ll definitely be doing this once the internet stops being an a**. HAPPY BLOG BIRTHDAY, GIRLS! *throws cake* (because confetti is so overrated)
PARTYPARTYPARTY. This is so exciting!
Happy Birthday, O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! I plan on posting the tag on my blog either later today or tomorrow.
I love Alice! What a frabjously delightful theme for a party!
A very merry unbirthday to you both!! I love that you guys are doing something so fun! I love Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland! I actually love the word ‘vorpal’ from the Jabberwocky. It’s a weird word -like most of his made up vocabulary in that poem lol! 🙂
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 3 YEARS GUYS!!!
And here is to tons more (because there need to be more or else…..)!!!
I share your love of all things Alice, so I shall try to join the party! Happy blog-birthday! :)))))))
WOW! Happy blogoversery! xD It looks like you both have a lot of fun activities planned for the week! 😀 (And AG Howard is visiting!? *fangirls*) And I love how you incorporated Alice in Wonderland into your tag questions! 😀
And…let me guess…there’s going to be a lot of mentions of the Moth? 😉
Have a great time with your blogoversery week! You deserve it! <3
Happy bloggy birthday you sassy smushies, I’m so getting my cake on later today and posting.
I’ll also be taking one of you ransom, clearly none of these people here love The Moth and Alice in Wonderland like we do. Those notebooks, NOOOOOOTEBOOOOKS! I’ve clearly lost my mind.
Your blog is as good a place as any.
SMUSHIES!
Happy Blog Birthday! 😀 We’re all growing up so fast. *sniff*
Happy blog birthday!!! It’s a PARTYYYY! 🙂 I brought you cake!
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Happy blogoversary! 🙂
I'm still undecided as to whether I'll answer the questions, but… HAPPY BLOGOVERSARY! 😀
Happy Blogeversary! YAY!!!Alright! Let's see if I can remember the first little bit of Jabberwocky…'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gire and gimble in the wabe… And that's it besides the last bit about momeraths outgabe.Then the kid is supposed to beware the jabberwocky and the bandersnatch, Then the kid goes and kills the jabberwock with his vorpal blade. ~Robyn Hoode
"Beware the NoteBooksisters, my friends! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the blogoversary, and shun The frumious NoteBooksisters!"LOL. But I tried my best. Hahahaha!Happy happy birthday to your blog Mime and Cait!More blog birthdays to come!! <3 <3<3Yani of http://paperboulevard.tumblr.com
*clears throat*Outgrabe raths mome the andBorogoves, the were mimsy allWabe: the in gimble and gyre didToves slithy the and, brillig twasWant me to continue?! 😉 I can if you like!HAPPPPPPPPY BLOGGGGGGY BIRRRRRRRRTHDAAAY!!!!!!!!! *throws confetti. And Cake, because a birthday without CAKE isn't a birthday. It's a day where you curl up in bed, cry into your pillow and wonder what the world has come too*My favourite word from the Jabberwocky Poem is Frabjous 😉 I use it to much and people often look at me weirdly when I say it (I can't really blame them). AND OMG, ALICE IN WONDERLAND THEMED BLOGGY BIRTHDAY??????? *faints* IT'S A DREAM COME TRUUUUUUE.AND THOSE NOTEBOOKS? *salivates* MY PRECIOUSSSSSSSSSSS.This is going to be the BEST BLOG BIRTHDAY EVVVVVVER.
YAY HAPPY BLOG BIRTHDAY ALICE IN WONDERLAND HOMAGE THINGY WEEK AYYYYY. (:Hehe so glad I've discovered this blog and have the pleasure of visiting it over and over to see some fantastic posts. And then I can leave blog comments that obviously rule … let's pretend okay [;:o those notebooks are so pretty. I want. Haha, and I actually need notebooks. Mine for school are quite destroyed. I shall speak to Mel about doing this tag because it seems very fun…. and I haven't read Splintered yet. I'M SORRY.
Happy bloggy birthday!!!
Do I get bonus points when I mention some Jabberwocky words in Dutch? 😉 He's called the 'Wauwelwok' in Dutch, don't ask me why. It doesn't mean a thing at all, just so you know ;-)But ANYWAY: Of course I'll be partying with you, guys! And I maybe kinda am gonna do the linkup 😉 I'm addicted to notebooks, you know. Author interviews are always fun!By the way: Many happy returns of this frabjous day :)arendedewit.blogspot.com
You guyyysss!! First of all Happy 3rd Bloggy Birthday! That's an impressive achievement. I just realised if I blog for three years I'll be 27. I'm scared. Secondly, I had a 10 questions tag scheduled this morning as part of my, "I can do this, lets get organised" bloggy melt-down!! It's ok, I've rescheduled it for next week, because OBVIOUSLY I had to take part in this one!! Great post, your tags and celebrations are very well done, mine would be all over the place!! R x
Happy, happy blogiversary, girls! I adore those notebooks, so vintage and sweet! Mands @ The Bookish Manicurist
To the two of the funniest and fab-est book bloggers out there, happy blogversaaaary!!! And three years on the run? JUST WOW! <33This tea party blog tag is awesome-sauce!! <333OFF WITH YOUR HEA— I MEAN IM OFF TO DO THIS! x
Congratulations Cait & Mime on your 3 year anniversary! I look forward to your upcoming weekly celebrations. And yes, those notebooks are gorgeous. I love your blog and your witty and hilarious writing, keep up the good work!
Happy frabjous blogiversary!! *sprays confetti* Also, thanks for giving your awesomeness for three years! Keep writing :).
I mean, giving *out*
Happy Birthday!!! That was a fabulous first blog post ever by the way. Three years old?! My, the babies did grow up didn't they? Big girls now!
Happy Blogaversary Cait & Mime! I haven't been around the past few weeks because of my finals (though I am back now!) so I hadn't seen the new design yet! I love it, it looks all kinds of pretty!
Happy blogiversary! 3 years is awesome, I hope I make it that far :). And thanks for inviting us to participate, what better way to celebrate!
Happy, happy birthday, Notebook Sisters!! =) This is SO fantastic, I love your blog and your posts!! Ooh! Doing the tag, defs. =D
Actually I can recite "Jabberwocky" in its entirety from memory along with "Walrus & the Carpenter" and "You are Old Father William" – I won a lot of bar bets from English majors in college from this 🙂 – it's part of how I got the nickname WonderlandChick 🙂
HAPPY BLOGVERSARY! I was supposed to comment earlier but I didn't because I'm an idiot. How does it feel to be 3? Old? Scary? Or exciting???
I've read the Jabberwocky poem, but cannot remember any of it at the momentXD But….HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE NOTEBOOK SISTERS BLOG!!!:D
Happy blogoversary! Just about to start on my Tea Party post. Thanks for the giveaway! 😀
Happy Birthday to the notebook sisters may you have a frabjous day!
Happy Blog Birthday!!! 🙂 🙂 Will definitely try to take part in the tag if and when I find the time! I'd have to pick gyre & gimble 🙂
Happy Blogaversary! I really want to dress up as a gothic Alice for Halloween. You've renewed my interest! Jabberwock will always be one of my favorite words 😛
Thanks!!! *whispers* That's okay, but you're totally missing out if you don't have "frabjous" in your life. XD
OH they're my favourite classics of EVER. (Aside from Peter Pan, I guess.) Absolute insanity. x) I hope you get a chance to join in the tag…I loooove reading everyone's answers so far. x)
HUZZAH YOU VORPAL BLOGGLING YOU. (I love Splintered's interpretations of what they mean too.) I LOVE ALICE IN WONDERLAND SO MUCH TOO AND I KNOW YOU DO BECAUSE: RETELLING THAT I WANT TO READ. *hint hint* Virtual food is the best. And that's totally fine not doing the tag. x) I stalk your blog relentlessly anyway.
BOGOROVES. (Is that how you spell it, though?) x) I like Mimsy too!!
I understand that!! (Have a fun holiday…sooo jealous right now. XD) The Jabberwocky poem is the BEST. Although I'm not sure I ever pronounce any of the words right….
Yup, the linkups open aaaall week for your frabjous use. x) *whispers* I can't spell many jabberwocky words either. >_< Oops. Except: FRABJOUS and MIMSY and OUTGRABE.
*throws copious amounts of cake* IT'S A PAR-TAY.
Thanks, Missie!! What can I say? We have frabjous ideas… xD lol!
HUZZAH!! AND THANK YOU!! *throws more cake* THROWING CAKE FTW.
I KNOW RIGHT?! I AM EXCITED TOO.
Oohhh! I can't wait to read it!!!
It's freakishly fantastic, I do agree. x)
Happy Blogaversary! I would totally participate in the tag post if we weren't so swamped with ABEA posts this week! I love your theme for your blogaversary and can't wait to see what else is coming this week 😀
To celebrate my love and affection for the blog – I've added you all to the blogroll! Which I've been meaning to do forever, but now I've finally gotten off my procrastinating a** and done it 😀
Sweet giveaway! I'm so happy that you guys made it to 3 years! It can be so hard to keep going, especially in the early days:) Keep up the good work!
Vorpal is the BEST word. Second to frabjous. 😉 I'm fond of that one.
HUZZAH FOR 3 YEARS. WE ARE SO OLD. BUT NO ABOVE THROWING CAKE. *tosses cake at Rashika*
Oooh! I HOPE YOU ENJOY EVERYTHING.
(I have been plotting literally aaaall month. Mwhahaha. It's fun. xD) The moth? Mentioned HERE? Noooo. Of course not. x)
And I totally enjoyed reading your post!! Eeeee, that adorable little blog button. x) NOTEBOOKS ARE THE BEST. OBVIOUSLY. JUST LOOK AT US.
Eeeh, how we small-fry grow up, right?
HEY. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SHARE THE CAKE WITH ME.
Thaaaanks.
I'll give you cake anyway, don't worry. *smushes cake in your hair*
Woooooow! YOU did well! *squints suspiciously* Did you google? x) loooool I'M JOKING. *throws cake at you*
Gimble!!and happy bloggiversary
I am SO glad I found this blog! I am a huge Alice in Wonderland fan – I've even played the Red Queen in the pantomime tour around the UK (lost my voice very quickly on that one, as you can imagine!) Will definitely be taking part in this 😛 Also – if you need any more prizes for the giveaway, I'd be happy to donate some A4 prints of my Red Queen design from my online store (I'm a freelance artist 😛 ) You can check her out here and I'd be happy to send them on myself to the winners http://anastasiacatris.com/portfolio/ravenous-hea… I'm off to gyre and gimble in the wabe. Have a frabjous day! (And stay away from my jam tarts!)
Happy Blogoversary! I didn't read the books… but I do have the movie… o_oI don't remember. I was 6. Why do I have a movie 10 years old? I have no clue. I even have nemo still. And spirit Horse. And… and… I don't know. :p
HAPPY THIRD!!! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! May is definitely full of happy anniversaries! Yay, US!Your blog is one of my favorites to visit. Your blog posts always put a smile on my face. I love how you, guys, are so friendly and accommodating. I imagine we'd be a happy bunch if we all partied in a room full of book bloggers. Thanks for being awesome! <3
Happy Birthday! Alice in Wonderland is awesome, and so are you! I love this blog.
Uffish – maxome- frumious – snicker-snack!!Happy blogoversary, ladies 🙂Jen @ YA Romantics
Woop! I love the Jabberwocky poem – and I can actually recite it. But not backwards, though. Um…
NOT backwards? Gosh, you slacker. XD I can't even recite it forwards…
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gire and gimble in the wabeAll mimsy were the borogroves, and the…something…something something.That was from memory.I need to work on that.Just found your blog; I'm super excited!! World domination FTW!!!!
HUZZAH FOR WORLD DOMINATION. And oohhhhmygosh! SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE. XD
YESSSSS. We are so frumious it is BRILLIG. Thanks for stopping by Yani!!! XD
YOU DID SO WELL. *throws cake as well, because cake is just great for sloppy throwing* Birthdays = cake. There is just no variable in that. I LOVE frabjous too. I used to use it like it was going out of fashion…which is probably true BUT WHATEVER. I've toned back to fabulous more these days. x) So I don't scare people too much. x)
Yes you're comments OBVIOUSLY RULE. THEY DO. FTW. And aren't the notebooks the best?! I need them in my life. *strokes laptop and drools* WHAT? No Splintered?! GO GO GO. YOU NEED IT IN YOUR LIFE.
Thaaaanks! *gobbles more cake*
YES YOU DO. Because now I want to use it in Dutch. That is the best word ever…Wauwelwok. Love. Huzzah for the party and thanks sooo much for doing the linkup. I loved your post. x) Interviews are merely just here for me to hyperventilate nosily because omg authors on my blog omg.
WOOOHOOO! YOU CAN DO IT. If I blog for three more years I'll be 23…which doesn't feel daunting right NOW, but probably will then. x) Haha. Omg, but you rescheduled FOR US??!! *flails* YOU ARE THE BEST.
Aren't they?! I seriously need them in my life too.
HUZZAH FOR 3 YEARS. I feel old now, though. And I've nearly hit 1,000 posts. Gosh, I apparently have a lot to say.
Eeeeeh. IT'S BEEN SO FUN. And thank you for being a frabjous bloggy friend, Jeann. Happy Indulgence FTW, too!!
WE WILL KEEP WRITING. *throws cake in celebration* Thanks so much, Melody!!
Yes it was. I wonder who could be the fabulous author behind that wonderful first post?
Good luck with your finals!! Awww, so glad you like the new design too. XD I'm rather pleased with it. (Mime did the drawings!)
Eeeh! PARTIES FTW.
I can't wait to read it!! Thanks so much!! XD
OMG YOU ARE AMAZING THEN. And look at your profile-pic. You are awesome. That is all. x)
SCARY. Kind of. lol I feel rather puny next to a lot of other blogs who are quite younger. XD Haha!
THANK YOU SO MUCH JORDAN. IT IS A FRABJOUS DAY INDEED.
Eeep! Thanks, Emily. XD Can't wait to read it!
WE DID. IT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Gyre and Gimble are AWESOME words. At the moment, I'm rather drawn to "frumious". I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THESE WORDS EVEN MEAN THOUGH.
Oooh, that would look so so so wonderful. XD I absolutely adore all things Alice and mix it with gothic? Yuuuus.
Oh, but your ABEA posts have been AWESOME. XD
Omg! Really?! I'M SO HONOURED.
As soon as I got over the "how the heck do you blog" I've pretty much loved it the whooole time. But it WAS frustrating in the early days. Gee, we bloggers are dedicated, right?!! XD
MIMSY!!!!
OMG, really?! You are soooo awesome. And I totally didn't get a chance to contact you about this, but omg, I LOVE your drawings. You are seriously talented. *pretends not to be jealous* lol XD*snatches all the tarts and gobbles them*
The Tim Burton movie??! I luuuurve that one. I like the animated one, but not as much. (There goes my creepy side, hehe…Tim Burton FTW.)
CHORTLED IN HIS JOY. Thanks so much, Dre!! XD Obviously May is the time to start a blog, right?! But omg, thank you so so so much for this comment. Eeeep. I'm freakishly happy right now. xD
*offers birthday cake* HUZZAH. I hope you enjoy the rest of the party, Anna!!
SNICKER SNACK. Oh gosh I forgot that one. XD thanks so much, Jen!
Happy birthday! That's so exciting! My favourite word from Jabberwocky is "mimsy", I justt find it funny for some reason! hahaThank you so much for the giveaway, I'm obsessed with Alice in Wonderland so this is perfect! 😀
Happy birthday notebook sisters!
Happy Birthday!!! Warmest wishes of every success!!!Thank you for the chance!ksyshenka(at)yahoo(dot)com
HAPPY BIRTHDAY~ you're stuff are so pretty!!
Happy 3rd Birthday Notebook Sisters !!!!These are amazing collection of notebooks. Uffish is my favourite word from the poem.
Happy 3rd Birthday <3 More power to this awesome blog !! <3
happy birthday!!
(sings) Happy birthday to you, happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you ( :
I love these lines: `Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
Happy blogaversary, Notebook Sisters! Sorry that I don't know many of the words from that poem. It's been such a long time since I read it– time to go reread that book!
Happy 3rd birthday!
congrats!!!!!cogitoergosum8587@yahoo.it
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! 🙂
Woo hooo! Party like it's 1995! Haha
Thank you so much, I replied to you with my mailing address :D, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.