ALICE COLLECTORS: Meet Jenn Thorson ✨ @jenn_thorson_author

 

Writer, collector, and dreamer from the U.S., Jenn has created her very own Wonderland at home. Every corner is themed: books, dolls, original artworks, and reinterpretations of Alice fill her shelves and rooms. Everyday objects turn fantastical, blending into dioramas and mashups where Alice meets wizards, monsters, Doctor Strange, Oz, and other heroes. She organizes her treasures mostly by color palette, with older pieces downstairs and newer Disney or Gothic Alice items upstairs. Her fascination began with Carroll’s original books, especially Through the Looking-Glass, along with the 1970s Fiona Fullerton film and Tim Burton’s Alice. She fell in love with the Wonderland aesthetic and extended it to her entire house.

 Jenn also explores creative expressions beyond collecting: she makes cosplay costumes and creates decoupage art inspired by movies, adding even more layers of imagination to her world. Online, she shares her passion on Instagram and through a richly illustrated Facebook profile, where she posts about her collection and connects with collector communities. She also gives updates on her creative projects, including The Curious Case of Mary Ann, a whimsical mystery novel about the White Rabbit’s housemaid, which gained a continuation with The Trouble with Tweedle, the second book in the series. 

For her, collecting means pure joy and the everyday feeling of living inside Wonderland. Among her most special pieces are paintings by an artist friend, including the White Rabbit dressed as a Whovian Time Lord and her cat Alice portrayed as an adventurer in blue. She still dreams of adding American McGee figures to her world. 

 🌟 And what is Alice to her? “It’s a wonderful blend of imagination and magic, escapism and satire. It explains the mad things that go on in life but also adds a sense of whimsy to it. I love the wor
dplay and imagery of it, and the sense of a world within our world. There’s a line from the song Cheshire Kitten that, in reference to Wonderland, says ‘if you can find it in your dreams, you can find it in your day job.’ And that’s sort of how I feel about it.