I'm building a fairy garden with my kids and one of our neighbor kids. I should say, I'm building it for me and occasionally I remember to try to include them. They are all loving it, actually, and I'm looking forward to us having this project to tinker with all summer.
It started with some cutesy little flowers I picked up at the Trillium Festival a few weeks back. When I started adding them to the trillium, columbine and maidenhair fern I bought at last year's festival, it all seemed so delicate and whimsical. And a fairy garden was born...
Half the fun has been seeking treasures and found objects to add to it. I raided my "I'll fix this someday" box of broken jewelry and pulled out some treasures that I know I'm not really going to fix.
Here's our progress so far. I have to agree with our neighbor girl and co-creator when she says, "Now I just wish we could make ourselves small so we could play in the garden!"
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| The "Great House" meeting hall (in process), with earring chandelier & jeweled bracelet fence and the beginning of the twig boardwalk. |
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| We chose these little white flowers because they look like perfect fairy dresses. I. Love. Them. |
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| While we were working, a little ladybug flew in to enjoy the garden. |
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| Working hard! |
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| Yashi made this for us, and it's perfect in the fairy garden, nestled between grape hyacinth and a tiny red tulip. |
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| That's a hammock back there, and the beginning of a beaded path in the lower right corner. |
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| The twig path leads from the Great Hall to the center of the garden, then the blue glass stones lead to the "Dance Circle" |
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| The Frog Bard, waiting to serenade some dancing fairies. |
This is such a cute idea! I think I may have to set aside a little corner for fairies in my own garden :)
ReplyDeleteYou totally should! We are all having so much fun. The neighbor girl even comes to work on it when we're not here, which I love because it looks different every time I see it. It's as if fairies are really living there! :)
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