faery Friday

ooh I was so excited when I stumbled across this website - what fun! so get your colouring pencils out - all the glitter you can find and let your inner child express herself . Let her colour outside the lines if she wishes, let her use as much glitter as she wants, let her scribble, draw, cut and paste. let her have fun!!
colour in with the faeries

faery friday

what better faery than the sugar plum faery - to start the month of December - the month of Christmas, of magick, of childhood dreams & wishes?

Sugar Plum Fairies

Sightings.

Very rarely seen and then only at dawn particularly favoring the birdsong dawn chorus when they have been seen resting singly or as dancing pairs working as a team. These fairies were the inspiration for Peter Tchaikovsky and his Nutcracker Suite when the famous Sugar Plum Fairy and her attendants welcomed Clara at her court in the Kingdom of Sweets. Beautiful costumes from Spain, Arabia and China worn by delicate dancers representing coffee, tea, chocolate and sugar candy with clowns and toy flutes dance delightfully as The Sugar Plum fairy and her Beau, dance a Pas de Deux to music now famed throughout the world. At the end of the party The Sugar Plum Fairy and toy maker Drosselmeyer grant Clara a Christmas wish to dance with the Prince.

Best Time.

Early spring at blossom time and at harvest time for the sweet ripe fruit, failing a sighting in the orchards, it would be an encouragement for small children to have ballet lessons so that Sugar Plums Fairies may be seen throughout the year world wide and for lovers of music and ballet beautiful Sugar Plum Fairies can be seen performing in most cities.

Habitat.

In orchards and plum groves world wide and the court of flowers where friendly bees share the apples and cherries blossoms.

Likes.

Sweets, Bees, ballet dancing, making jam and wine, organic cultivation, music and Christmas time.

Dislikes.

Mice, and powdery mildew on the plums.

Type.

They vary in size blending in with the color of the surroundings and the color of the plum fruit. Generally they are never more that three to four inches high and there is more chance to see them when the fruit is ripened and falls to the ground.

Names.

Victoria, Prunella, Mirabelle, Diva, Damson, Ruby Sweet, Reine Claude, Angelina, Pearl, D’Agen, Santa Rosa, Doris, Laroda, Queen Rosa, Kelsey, Ivanovka

Friends.

Snow King and Queen, ladybugs, Toy soldiers, The Nutcracker Prince, Dragonflies and Butterflies.

(taken from fairies world.com)

faery Friday

would you like your very own faery? there are some up for adoption:

adopt a faery

FaErY FrIdAy

LAVENDER FAERIE COOKIES

1/2 c Butter
1 c Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 ts Vanilla
1 tb Finely chopped lavender flowers
1 1/2 c Flour
2 ts Baking powder

Preheat oven to 375 F.
Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla; stir in the dry ingredients until well blended. Drop by half-teaspoons on ungreased baking sheet.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes, and cool slightly on baking sheet before
transferring to plates.

*From "Where the Wild Thyme Grows" article in "The Herb Companion."
April/May 1993*

faery Friday

let me introduce you to our very own Australia Bush faery folk - Snugglepot & Cuddlepie - the gumnut babies from May Gibbs. An Australian icon, I believe.I was first introduced to the adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie when I was a little girl of about 4. My dad was an interstate truck driver and when he was away, I would sleep in my mums bed and before I went off to sleep, she would read me a few pages each night. Oh how I looked forward to bedtime then! She would read from her very own book from her childhood. It is dated by hand - Christmas 1947. The illustrations were entrancing - I was mesmerised and felt that I knew these bush folk personnally. And I did. I saw them when I was a little girl. I played with them. I made homes for them, I fed them honey and water. I have faery magick around me, you know. Although I can't see it now, I can still feel it. I feel the faeries and pixies skipping around me sometimes. I love it! oh, but how I wish I could see them now.

And then, when I had my own children ~ I began to make memories for them, by reading the same book to them at night. They grew up with it and many times as we went on bush walks - we would look for the bush faery folk - mr Lizard the big bad banksia men and little ragged blossom.
read an excerpt from the adventures of Snugglepot & cuddlepie

and if you really & truly believe in bush faery folk & love magnificent illustrations you simply must buy a copy! If I were really, really wealthy - I would send each of you one for sure xo
go here to buy the book!