fairy fire picture

The image that made the last mandala.

Another Temporary fairy garden

Fairy Henge with a small star fish, sheet moss over the dirt holding the stones up and the Scarlet Pimpernel Fairy who was sitting.  Since there were no plants except the small one in back - there was nothing binding the earth together.  So when it slipped off the stair in my window well greenhouse - that was the end of this garden.  I think the fun of creating it is the best part anyway so I will try something different with the stones next (after our snow melts).  

Gnome Cottage

Back in the 1970's my husband made this gnome cottage out of a gourd and a piece of drift wood.  It's about 9" long. Rabbits, frogs, a crystal and a 'air' plant decorate it now. At Christmas, the fake walnut hanging from the driftwood branch opens up to a tiny nativity scene and I hang a star above it.  Anyhow enough on 'little' things, back to flowers which are in glorious bloom now - in the next post!

Day at the beach

While not truly a fairy garden - I bought this "Day at the Beach" from American Zen with the hopes of turning it into a mini beach garden.  It was so complete I just set it up as it was sand, sling chair, umbrella, beach ball, sandals and sea shells to boot. The whole thing is just 4 inches square. I had started my search looking for a mini Adirondack chair but the shipping cost was prohibitive. 

Fairy Picnic

Again you have to do some hunting - for the fairy.  I put a mini table and chairs under an arbor, which is much overgrown.  The red in the middle is the edge of a red mushroom - the ceramic kind you can buy to stick in various pots.

Fairy Garden

May be a bit hard to see but you have to look for fairies and elves hiding in the foliage.  When I first put this together - I had a door, a bench, an elf and some plants.  You can still see bits pieces of theses things in the mandala, but the ivy sort of took over.   When I was looking at the picture before uploading it, I thought it looked like the middle was a table set for six.  Have fun looking!

Flower Fairy in the Thistles

If you look closely you can see a figure of light between the thistle heads.  I have chosen to call this 'flower fairy between the thistle heads', a bit whimsical on my part, but I fell in love with the fairy flower books of Cicely Mary Barker.  This year I have been refining my real 'fariy gardens'.  The thistle above is a white thistle from the mountains, with tinges of pink.