Fairy Island: An Enchanted Tour of the Homes of the Little Folk
In this, her field diary, botanist Christine Newkirk documents five magical fairy houses she has found while living on a remote island. Each one of crafted from natural materials – a woodland cottage filled with bent twig furniture, a Japanese house with tiny bamboo slippers by the door; and a beach house with a bath made entirely from shells.
Each page is a delight - the story unfolds though letters from the fictional botanist to her granddaughter along with wonderful colour photography and drawings.
Created by noted botanist, writer, storyteller and nature crafter Laura Martin, Fairy Island is a magical book for children and adults alike.
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Filed under Books and Magazines | Comment (0)How Do You Read Fae Nation?
No, it isn’t a trick question! There are a couple of ways to get your Fae Nation fix each day.
One, you can visit the site once a day to read the latest entry.
Two, you can subscribe via the RSS feed and read entries on your favourite reader. Simply click on the buttons to the left to add FN to My Yahoo, My MSN or one of the other popular sites. If your preferred reader is not there, just click on the ‘RSS feed’ link to get the URL. This can then be added to your reader manually. I’ll run through how to do this using Live Journal as an example.
Log into Live Journal then click on ‘Search’ then ‘Feeds’. At the bottom of the page you can add the URL of the Fae Nation feed. Click ‘Add’ and you’re done! Simple really!
Filed under General | Comment (0)Fairy Letters for Special Occasions
Brought to you by Fairies World and Special Letters, Fairy Letters make excellent little gifts for children and adults to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, remembrances and other important occasions. The letters can be from the tooth fairy or a birthday faerie (featuring art by Myrea Pettit); and each one is individually personalised especially for the recipient. They are at least two pages long and come bound in a ribbon and sealed with wax, with lashings of faerie dust. You can also choose gifts to accompany to the letter like trinket boxes and necklaces.
The letters are a quite delightful way to surprise someone on a special occasion and are sure to make a treasured keepsake. Filed under Gifts | Comment (0)
Kubiando!
A word heard on many a tongue of faerie revellers across the world, the Kubiando site tells how this magical word was a gift from the Fae via a little girl with one foot in Faerieland. ‘Kubi’ relates to a House Spirit, and ‘ando’ means blessing or bliss, so quite literally a blessing from the heart (for the home is where the heart is). But Kubiando is more than a word, it is a way of living, of relating to the universe and planet Earth and being an inspiration and inspiring those around you. The Kubiando tale is now being transformed into lyrical verse so it’s message can continue to be spread around the world.
Filed under Faerylore | Comment (0)Kindred Spirit Magazine
Kindred Spirit is the UK’s leading Mind, Body, Spirit magazine. The current July/August issue’s cover story is ‘Attracting Fairies to Your Garden’. The article explores the best flowers and trees to plant in your garden to attract butterflies, bees and nature spirits to the enchanted area. Filed under Books and Magazines | Comment (0)
