Anything you couldn’t explain was magic then.

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

It’s easy to believe in magic when you’re young. Anything you couldn’t explain was magic then. It didn’t matter if it was science or a fairy tale. Electricity and elves were both infinitely mysterious and equally possible – elves probably … Continue reading →

Woodland fairies new cottage from Between The Weeds.

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

This is the second cottage fairy house Briar and I completed this week for our shop. Every fairy house I create once the carcass framing is finished starts to form its own personality. There are times when I do not … Continue reading →

Great gift idea for woodland weddings.

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

Bed before added to fairy house.

Briar, head fairy at Between The Weeds, is busy at her drafting table with plans for some of her newlywed friends. It is a lot of fun having someone so energetic assisting me in the fairy shop these days. This is one of the newly constructed woodland fairy house wedding cottages in my fairy shop at BetweenTheWeeds. What I like the most about this woodland cottage is the detailed work on the sides and the custom fabric bed. I have added a few more photos here of this sturdy mystical tree magic fairy house.

Woodland Honeymoon Fairy House Cottage

Fairies have honeymoons too. A woodland cottage fairy house constructed by hand out of branches twigs and wood form this enchanting honeymoon cottage. Inside is a painted custom bed for two with canvas linens and a teal ribbon throw across the bottom. Next to the bed is a table from a branch. On the other side of the room is a chair and table with a clay pot hanging from the rafters for light. There is a chair at the foot of the bed and a bark floor. Moss is growing around the edges and twigs soften the one wall. Both side walls are painted a pretty shade of Indian Sky.

The outside of the house has bits and bobs of sea glass and raffia and a blank piece of wood across the front (for personalizing the house) with the name of the newlywed couple or date or just a sweet blessing to mark a special day. The back is formed with split branches and the sides are split branches moss pebbles and cones combined.

Outside measures 12″ x 11″ x 8″ roughly.
Built over a wood carcass and weighs about 4lbs.

These are my original designs and I hand craft each piece for my woodland fairy houses..
All rights are not transferable with the purchase of this painting and remain with the artist.
The copyright is for photographing and does not appear on the original.

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Dragonfly fairy and a garden topiary complete this picture.

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

Always drawn to garden topiary ever since my years in the floral industry is the inspiration behind the topiary painting and wood box. One of my favorite weddings I designed was on the theme of garden topiary. Each table stood … Continue reading →

Garden topiary with fairies and dragonfly in Etsy shop.

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

There are some new woodland inspired fairy art in the studio and over in the Etsy shop BetweenTheWeeds. The fairies told me they are fascinated with topiary trees. Dragonflies are great very good friends of the fairies and Briar just … Continue reading →

Wish you were a wizard? Maybe the faeries will show you.

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

A wizard fairy works his mystical magic with this enchanting faerie house setting. Great for ladies and gents of all ages after all the fairy wizard does not mind. Every piece is handmade and hand embellished. This fairy house is … Continue reading →

New Faerie Cottage in the Woodland Fairy House Shop.

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

Have you ever seen a better looking faerie cottage than this one? Briar explained to me just the other week she knew of a fairy in need of a one room cottage. Of course I had to oblige and created this woodland shabby chic style cottage. The walls are painted white and there is even a royal blue mattress on the four post bed. Honestly I wouldn’t mind one for myself. Would you like to know more about the chic fairy who lives inside and is willing to move to your location, cottage and all. Well buy the house and with it comes a tiny bio of this whimsical little faerie.

Now isn’t this a house you would like to buy? Visit my shop at BetweenTheWeeds.

Fairy House Cottage Custom Made with Faerie Furniture

Woodland Fairy House, a custom made cottage made from branches bark moss and bits and bobs. Inside is a burlap rug with a large comfy chair, four posted bed, bark bureau, side tables, and a sculpted painted twig fantasy light (use the imagination to see the light).

Can be placed inside or out. Outside it will last for about 1 to 2 years and in for a little girls lifetime. I like to spritz my houses to keep the moss supple. It is not preserved and has no chemicals and if in the right environment has been known to start growing.

Measures: 10″ x 12″ x 8″h. and weighs about 4lbs.

The branches are nailed into place and the main carcass is glued and nailed. It is very sturdy.

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Let me introduce you to Briar Goblinwitch, head faerie.

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

When the winds of March are wakening the crocuses and crickets,
Did you ever find a fairy near some budding little thickets,…
And when she sees you creeping up to get a closer peek
She tumbles through the daffodils, a playing hide and seek.
~Marjorie Barrows

Sweet Pea Fairy House for Garden

My studio is very busy collaborating with my faerie friend. New houses and furniture are in the works for all those wonderful gardens.

By the way let me introduce you to the head faerie and my dear friend Briar Goblinwitch. She has been very annoyed with me for not introducing her sooner. I do apologize. I am very lucky to have her in my life. She is indispensable in my studio, she coordinates her faerie friends who find all the bits and bobs of nature I use in the making of the houses and furniture.

In her faerie realm she lives in a leafy dell and a bluebell glade is near. Though I see her whenever I ask because she has deemed me worthy, to everyone else she can be seen in the enchanted moments between sleep and waking. Briar has dark spiked hair and intense blue eyes pointed ears with tiny wren feather earrings. She wears the softest suede navy pants, a bluebell blue wispy tunic with silver threads, a gold sunbeam belt cinched about her tiny waist and green wings like a butterfly. Briar is tall for a faerie and always has a devilish smile. You can not help but feel good when Briar is around. She has high flat boots and keeps her magical wand tucked in the right boot. Dangling around her neck on a silver chain is something that is very sacred to all faeries, their faerie dust. It is how they move from our realm to their own and without it, well you do not want to know. Forget about mama if a faerie ain’t happy nobody is happy.

Fairies moved out today.

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

I can not say how thrilled I was when the fairies in my living room moved into their custom-built woodland fairy home. Last night it was nice to hear silence and not the little giggles from my cheerful house guests. … Continue reading →

Fairies pick out furniture.

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Between The Weeds: LRStudio

Fairy Terrarium with chair.

Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
~William Butler Yeats, “The Stolen Child“

I have just finished another little fairy house ready to be furnished for the woodland fairies that are sharing my home. I can not wait for them to pick out the furniture. They have taken up residence in my living room and the racket they are making. I finally had to lay down some rules and restricted them to the living room for the evenings, they taunted poor Tucker with all their shenanigans. All night long, giggles and music float on the air up into my bedroom. At first it was fun to hear the whispers and to see a flash of light as they shimmered from their realm into mine. I know once they are settled in their new woodland fairy house things will settle back down to normal. Well my normal at least.

Check back and see the completed house and maybe the fairies will allow their pictures to be taken too.