My little fairy cottage!

So, if you're asking yourself, "What the heck is a fairy cottage?!"...this is a fairy cottage (house).

And if you still don't get it...I can't explain it! It is what it is, LOL. I had seen a fairy house somewhere in my internet hopping recently and my daughter and I just decided to make fairy houses the other day! Simply because it sounded like a fun thing to do together. And I have to say...it was fun indeedy!! It kind of turned into a competition of sorts, LOL--apparently we are competetive crafters!! I will post pictures of her house when she finishes it. It's very clever.





I have very bright fairies! Their home is made out of four books: an economics book, a psychology book, a literature book, and an encyclopedia! Oh, ok, 5 books! It is topped off with a little light reading for the roof--a Reader's Digest Condensed book!! I/they also used findings from the junk drawer, small stones from my driveway, twigs from our yard, old spools from yard sales, etc.! The hanging light is made from a chain out of the junk drawer, a piece from a broken caster, and a light bulb that was for the power mate to our vaccuum that was in the junk drawer...but apparently shouldn't have been--oops! My bad.

The arch over the door is a strap from our rain gutter. Possibly another "oops"! My bad.

Notice the text in the window. You can see "Pooh and Piglet"! I have no idea what condensed book it was in, but I just had to make sure that "Pooh and Piglet" were framed in the window.

Fairy houses remind me of moss houses from my youth. So, now you're asking, "What's a moss house?"! Well, when I was in 6th and 7th grades, my brother (2 years younger) and I went back packing with my parents in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. The second year two of my aunts came also--both of whom are pretty close in age to me (one is four months older than me, and the other is 5 years older). Well, the year they came, when we were camped at one of our camp sites, my brother, my aunt (four months older than me), and I made little houses at the base of a tree out of anything we could find--moss, stones, twigs, etc. That is a moss house (because that is what we dubbed them!). And they were AWESOME!! We made roads and fences and drove pinecone cars--we truly had created a memory that has endured. So, when I saw the fairy houses...they reminded me of the moss houses...

This was really a fun project to do with my daughter, in fact--I would highly recommend it for a mother-daughter fun day!! It was an awesome diversion from the summer doldrums. I totally plan on doing this with my granddaughters. Oh yeah! First I need one, LOL. You two get right on that, would you please!!

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Have a great weekend!

Yvette