Harvest Fairy

This fairy was a gift from mother to daughter. It started with the idea that its future owner liked retro colors. My original plan was to mix the harvest golds, oranges and avocado greens with a neoclassical design with the fairy in the center encircled by butterflies.

I'm sure in part because I was watching HBO's ROME at the time I was working on her she started to take on the form or a tiny Roman harvest goddess with her headdress of grain and draped gown embellished with drops of gold. Some stronger reds found there way into her color palette as well.

Her wings are patterned after the Field Crescent butterfly.





Fairy Day Question - What is the name of your favorite fairy queen (from stories, legends, google...wherever)? Tell me her name and something about her.

White Octopus

This little box was made for a gift exchange I did with a group of friends in August. The box has a small glass fronted shadow box on top that contains a shell from Sanibel Island and crystal glass sand.

The octopus is one my favorite creatures. I did this one in white so he would really stand out from the tropical summer colors. One of my favorite images from a book called Archipelago is of a white octopus. Whenever I look at that picture I'm put in mind of a fairy creature of the sea.

It doesn't come through in the picture but the octopus' skin has an overlay of pearlescent glimmers.

Oracle Box

This is a new item I came across. The top image is under glass. It can hold either a painting by me or a photograph. I made mine to hold a deck of Brian Fround's The Faeries' Oracle cards. The box would be perfect for any sort of fairy/angel/tarot/inspiration/motivation cards or for holding precious photographs.

One new detail on this box is that in addition to the cut paper I added fabric trim. The thin borders of red and gold are nicely dimensional. All the paper images are deconstructed from an illustrated fairytale page. The text lines the box while the border adorns the sides of the box. The top image is a painted fairy laid over a portion of the illustration.

The fairy herself comes from an earlier sketch for a lily fairy in the shape of a fleur-de-lys. She has been bugging me to paint her ever since. Oddly enough, in the original sketch I thought she was quite stately but her finished painting makes me think of her more as an acrobat or jester.

Happy Customer!

I just had to share a great picture I received of one of my fairy box recipients enjoying her treasure box. A big thank you to Nancy for letting me share it.

If anyone else would like to share pictures of boxes with their owners I'd love to post them:)

And the Winner is...

The winner of the Fairy Day Contest is Michelle.

Thank you so much to everyone who entered.

Happy Fairy Day to all.

Meeting the Queen

This box is larger than the others I've posted so far, about recipe box size. I believe it is going to house perfumes in its new home.

On the top there are a few tiny details that don't come out in the photo. There are tiny crystals on the Butterfly Queen's crown and at the Fairy's waist. The Butterfly's eye is made of green glass beads.

The Butterfly Queen is a variety called Sara Orangetip. The Fairy's wings are based on the Gulf Fritillary.

The quote: "What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly." Is by author Richard Bach, a favorite of both mine and the owner.

The outside decorations are made of cut paper.

I wish we had some sunnier weather going on right now. The combination of my antique digital camera and cloudy days really robs the colors of vibrancy.

Fairy Day Contest

In honor of Fairy Day on June 24th (and to build a mailing list:) I'm going to have a drawing to win a fairy magnet hand painted by me.

To enter just e-mail me through my profile with your name and e-mail address.

Here she is! Her wings are based on a butterfly called the Mourning Cloak.




Entries will be accepted until Midnight CST on the 23rd of June. I will draw and post a winner sometime on the 24th. Good luck