Heaven and Earth Designs
Autumn, for me anyway, always seems like the perfect time to get creative. The nights are getting longer and making things nicely whiles away the long, dark evenings. If you are looking for something to do, Heaven and Earth Designs might be the answer. They make counted cross-stitch charts suitable for beginners to the more experienced, with a huge selection of designs based on art from many of the leading fantasy artists working today.
Filed under Crafts | Comment (1)Mystical Fairies Enchanted Parties
Mystical Fairies began life as a small shop tucked away in Hampstead, London which has since grown to include a sister shop in the Bluewater Shopping Centre and a Fairy Party enterprise. The shops, described as a ‘treasure trove of all things pink, sparkly and perfect’ cater for the young and young at heart who like their fairies glittery.
Lucky girls and boys can have party to remember at Mystical Fairies’ very own Enchanted Garden, including dressing up, games, karaoke and magic. Mystical Fairies can also bring the magic to the venue of your choice, and offer a full party planning consultation. Or you can pop into the shops at any time for a Fairy makeover, so you can do your shopping in style.
The Amy Brown Collection
The Amy Brown Collection is a new site, created to bring you new art and unique items from one of the World’s best loved faerie artists. The shop offers signed prints, ceramic tiles and books and hand embellished cards, as well as original paintings and pencil drawings. Items are very limited but this is a good opportunity to add that special piece to your Amy Brown Faerie collection.
Filed under Art & Illustration | Comment (0)The World of Faery
Following on from the Art of Faery, World of Faery revisits the contemporary Fairy art scene. With a forward written by no less than Alan Lee, co-creator of the best selling ‘Faeries’ with Brian Froud, the book explores a diverse range of international artists working in many mediums. Included are big names like Amy Brown and Jessica Galbreth, with Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Linda Biggs, Natalia Pierandrei, and Linda Ravenscroft. My only gripe (if indeed you could call it such) is that some of the artists were repeated from the first book – it would have been nice to see the space given over to some of the other multitude of Faerie artists who are not so well exposed.
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Filed under Books & Magazines | Comment (0)Faeries Are Real
Although it doesn’t appear the site has been updated for a while, a visit to Faeries Are Real is still worth it. There is an extensive gallery of curious and mischievous faeries and goblins complete with little stories for each character. There is also a step-by-step guide by the artist Izabela where she shows how her paintings are created.
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