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Images by Chris Craymer.

Fairy Tale Dress!

How can one not fall in love with a name like Meadow Doe? Nineteen year old Michaela Meadow of England creates delightful clothing inspired by 'tea in the woods, feathers, and the secret life of birds.' This dress "Made from coffee, lace, poetry, painted acorns, birds, flowers and seedpods...with a belt of autumn leaves ...suitable for frolicking in the woods... with original illustrations painted onto the bottom and pockets..." is available on Ebay!

FOUND ~ Fairy Shoe!

I am truly blessed to have friends who think of me when they 'find' amazing treasures! Today this precious little slipper arrived by 'fairy post' from Dawn of The Feathered Nest! Somehow she just knew that something so delightful would be perfect for my collections! THANK YOU DAWN for being Inspired and THANK YOU for sharing your Inspiration with me!!!

Fairy Tale Glasses...

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COBWEB CHANDELIER...

(From Carl Dern Studio via Daily Poetics.)

The Pirate Queen's Soiree!

IT WAS SAID SHE WAS LURED BY THE GIFT OF A PARROT, WITH FEATHERS LIKE A RAINBOW, BROUGHT BY HIS MOST TRUSTED PEER... BUT I THINK IT WAS THE SPARKLING JEWELS ON A MOST PRECIOUS CROWN ~ WORN BY THE BIRD, THAT TEMPTED HER TO FOLLOW HIS PATH...

BENEATH THE PARROTS WING, HE HAD HIDDEN AN OLD PARCHMENT MAP, WRITTEN IN EEL'S INK, NOTARIZED BY A DRAGON AND SEALED WITH HIS PERSONAL MARK... "COME MY QUEEN, PLEASE JOIN MY SOIREE..." IT WHISPERED IN THE WIND...

AWAY SHE TRAVELED, ON DISTANT SEAS OF RICH EMERALD BLUE... FOLLOWING EXOTIC FLYING FISH BY DAY, AND TWINKLING STARS BY NIGHT... IMAGINING THE MAN SHE WAS TO MEET AT THE OTHER END... WOULD HE BE TALL, WOULD HE BE DARK, WOULD HE BE KIND, WOULD HE BE TRUE???

ON AN EVE DARK AS EBONY, A GIANT GHOST SHIP SLIPPED OUT OF THE WAVES AND NESTLED BESIDE HER'S... "I AM READY!" SHE CRIED, GRABBING HER SWARD AND FLINGING IT INTO THE AIR...

"SHE'S A TRICKY ONE, THIS QUEEN OF CROWNS!" HE THOUGHT... "I'LL HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND MIND HER WELL!"

SHOUTS WERE HEARD, AND CANNON'S SET AT THE READY... OFF THE BOW OF HER SHIP, THE QUEEN LET SAIL HER SWARD AND DEMANDED; "IS THE SOIREE READY, ARE THE CROWDS CONTAINED? WILL YOU BE MINE, EVEN IF MY RIBBONS ARE TORN?"

"YES MY DEAR" HE REPLIED WITH A DELIGHTED LAUGH AND A GRIN, "NO PARTY WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT ONE AS FAIR AND DIVINE AS YOU!" HIS REWARD? HER ENCHANTING SMILE... AND HER'S? LOVE EVER AFTER!!!

(Links: Moor & Parrot, Crown, Pirate Party Photos, Pictures of Donna Taken at Lauren's Magic Party!, Flying Fish, and others found on Google Images)

Inspiring me today...

This room is like a fairy tale, but its that Sleigh Bed/Seat that pulls my heart! Oh My... And what about this charming display? A bed to suit any figure? LOVELY... Via a new favorite blog: Musings - Brocante.

Perfect Button Timing!

My day Buttoned up perfectly when a package arrived from England this afternoon! The amazingly talented Lynn of Sea Angels sent me copies of her wonderful 'Button Watercolors' that I've admired for quite a while. Along with the prints came a delightful frolicking pink rabbit pillow which will now keep company with my other artist dolls in the big birdcage! Lynn also does beautiful textile work which she shares with us HERE! THANK YOU LYNN!!! You truly are a "sea-angel", sending your art across the sea to be with me!

Polaroid Fairy Tales...

There is something otherworldly and moody about good polaroid photography. Sarah Moon is truly an “Impressionist photographer” of the highest caliber! Her photos invite us to look within ourselves and discover what she shows us... a phantasmagoric vision of the world that makes me think of fairy tales...! (suggested via Dans le grenier de ma vie...)

Where Do Fairies Go To Read?

I love this idea!!! The fairy reading room IN the books in the fairytale section of the Youth department of the Main branch of the Ann Arbor District Library. LINK