Fairy Houses
Last year we made a little fairy garden on our Shanghai balcony. http://mamadrool.blogspot.ca/2013/07/fairy-garden.html
I've been reading 'Creative Family' by mama blogger, Amanda Blake Soule http://www.soulemama.com/
In this clever book, she mentions the fabulous read Fairy Houses http://www.fairyhouses.com/about-fairy-houses/, so we set to work yesterday on our Annual Fairy Architecture.
My Granny was a frog collector (whether she wanted to be or not, people always gifted her frog trinkets. At one time I counted over 60 odd frogs scattered around her apartment. Several from lands far and wide.)
I inherited part of this collection, thus we had some inspiration to start with.
Granny's Frogs
The Library Book Sale was last week and we scored with a lovely book that we have been perusing.
This is a classical-style Fairy Book, with loads of little snippets about how to attract Fairies and tasks of the Fairy World to really evoke a sense of wonder about who could inhibit our Fairy Home when we are sleeping.
The Seamstress
Another strong source of inspiration was O's Nature Sill.
She collects lovely little bits of nature and puts them on the child-height sill near the back of our house.
She has saved leaves, flowers that I found for her, acorns from her morning walk with Daddy, pine cones and stones. She was quite happy to make all these treasures useful to the Fairies.
Nature Sill
Then we got to work.
I mostly stayed out of the creative process, letting her imagination have the fun.
I only assisted with was the making of some Clover Garlands using needle and thread.
Clover Garland
O loves the little rocking chair, that used to seat one of Granny's frogs.
It is a tiny, spindly and ornate; perfect fairy furniture.
Contractor Contemplating the Space
Once everything was laid out as O thought best, we set the potted Home near our Herb Pots, lest the Fairies get feeling like a little midnight snack!
Cilantro, Basil & Mixed Lettuce
EXPAND ON FAIRY WORLDS
Pressed Fairies. Year's ago in Denmark, I was gifted with the most clever Fairy Book yet, Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book. It is written like an Old English Garden Journal, complete with pressed flowers, leaves and grammatical errors...and the amazing artistry of 'pressed fairies' being smushed into the pages! Nothing short of brilliantly written and illustrated!
