Some New Faerie Houses and a New Bird Potholder Design

So, it's been forever since we posted.  Sorry.  In the meantime we've been working on lots of things.  First we have a new design of a bird potholder.

We've also used a similar design on notebook covers.  There the bird is bigger and has eggs and a hatchling around it.

Next a new faerie house by Aline.

And one by Lorena.

Recent Projects

Here's a faerie pouch i made for a swap on swap-bot.

 

I also made a tea faerie house

 

I hope you like them <3Aline

Whole Opens and We Teach There

There is a new artist community center opening up in Athens, Whole Mind Body Art, and we are part of it!  We have planned definitely two workshops, one for faerie houses and one for felt items.  They are not happening until November but I got some great shots of the inside of the center where some of our items are on display.

 

I think they go really well with the art of the flowers that they are displayed with.

New Faerie House!

I'm blogging form the library! Be proud mom!
So I have some new pictures of another finished faerie house that I'm finally going to put up. It was inspired by sort of a Mongolian yurt mixed with Peruvian mountain houses, but its not exactly based on anything, just my strange imagination.
I liked the idea of these cultures using carpets on the walls as insulation, so I wanted the whole thing to be covered in carpets.
I bought a ton of carpets from ebay and used most of them, I had one left that I'm using in a faerie sewing room that's set in an embroidery hoop.
But more of that when that's finished...









I hope you like these and please comment and let me know favorite parts and such!
<3 Aline

Finally finished faerie bedroom

I finally finished this fairie bedroom. It's just been waiting for the bedclothes. Last week I discovered a stash of crocheted and antique lace trims for 25 to 50 cents each. Crocheted circles for faerie rugs, lacy linens for canopies, and pretty trims for blankets, like this one here (even though you can't see it in this pic).

Today I spent the afternoon traipsing through the woods in 100 degree heat, searching for wooden treasures that are decayed enough for interest but not so decayed that they're falling apart. One piece is a network of roots. I sawed them off so that they stand on a flat surface. The result is the framework for numerous faerie rooms, with branches to hang mini windchimes, faerie laundry, lanterns and prayer flags. I can't wait to get started (but, alas, the work week starts tomorrow - maybe next weekend.)

Anyway, here is my newest bedroom. I'll post it to etsy when I get take some better pictures. Thanks for looking.
----Lorena

New Faerie Houses on Etsy

Here are a few of the newest faerie houses. We have several more completed but haven't had time to photograph and post. Check back often.

Our etsy shop is at thegreengriffin.etsy.com