2015 Fairy Garden Season is here!

I love, love, love making fairy gardens. I have a friend that is beyond amazing at it, but I learn a little more from her each year. Fairy gardens are a fun way to scratch the creative itch. I have had it worse than ever since I completed school in February.

This year I want to try and remember and get "progressive" pictures, especially on the outside ones.

My "Not so Fairy" Fairy Garden:

The Walking Dead "Fairy" garden I did last year was crushed under a couple of kittens who thought it was fun to sit in, and the loved to steal the chibis too. Which was okay, because over the winter I found a "new" container for them and I love it even better than the first. (see, that learning curve)

2014-The one that was attacked by puddy cats

2015-Redone I need to get toothpicks added behind the chibis so they stand up better.
They weren't exactly made for this purpose. My creative itch doesn't care!

I will be building a second on in a few weeks as "season 2" of the Walking Dead Chibis are out, and I only have 5 more to go. I have the perfect "pot" too, an old chicken feed pan.

Two REWORKED Indoor Fairy Gardens: 

I reworked these two pots, the first one from last fall. I used the same house (which I had made from a wooden bird house I had gotten at Joanne Fabrics for less then a dollar. I used thick twine, gluing it on, and then bark form a fallen branch. This was kept inside, so the house has done well. I removed all but two plants, taking clippings from one that was hopelessly over grown, another was put in the "rabbit" Fairy Garden. I trimmed another plant and have been rooting it too. The green spiky one came form a fun pot I had gotten in Kansas City at a farmers market. The succulent by the house from what was orginally in the "rabbit" garden. I added the purple one right behind the wheel borrow and the green one right behind it were completely new. I have since added a little skunk. 

The "rabbit" Fairy Garden. The tall plant was originally in the above garden.

My First OUTDOOR Fairy Gardens:

Last year while at Red Cedar Gardens down in Kansas, I found some pieces that reminded me of summers at my grandparents ranch in Valentine NE. This is done in their honor. Since I have collected a few more pieces. I needed a bigger pot and decides this old wash tub was the perfect match. There are still pieces I want to add, some I will be making.

While asking friends to watch for a beat up little round, metal cafe type table for me to set the ranch Fairy Garden on, my Aunt spied a bird bath that we thought might work, until we discovered it was plastic and not metal. No worries, I rescued it from the trash and turned it one of my all time favorite Fairy Gardens.

Check back at a later date for more, or take a look at some of last years at http://purpledragoness.blogspot.com/2014/05/latest-two-fairy-gardens.html

For more views of the original Walking Dead "Fairy Garden" go here: http://purpledragoness.blogspot.com/2014/04/walking-dead-fairy-garden.html