Okay, not really twenty years, but Pinterest is so user friendly and fascinating that it IS easy to get lost there! I just started last weekend and the fairies and I already have 11 boards, nearly 400 pins, have discovered several new creative blogs to follow and have been inspired with new ideas for art projects and jewelry designs! A sampling of the boards & treasures I have curated this week~
Magic Forest Home Decor
I grew up dreaming about faraway magic places like Rivendell and Neverland and I have determined that one day I WILL turn my home into a magic forest...
Among the things I have discovered to aid in the transformation is this fanciful Jasmin Swing from Myburgh Designs (not to mention the magical hand crafted caravan it is sitting next to;)
Gypsy Starchild Groovy Stuff Style Board
I was born a poor hippie child...well, okay not that poor, but guitars, patchouli, long hair and rainbows are some of my earliest memories. Oh yes, and I am a REAL Bohemian by birth...
On this board I am collecting things that express my style - hard to "pin" down, so it has a wide range-clothes, places etc that make my inner gypsy sparkle (why yes, I did include Johnny Depp & Jimi Hendrix on this board as well;). The beautiful ancient roses dress below was pinned by a friend who pinned it from a friend who originally found it on Sarah Froud's costume board!
Fairy Things
Some of my bestest friends are of the fae...
This is one of the first boards I started, a place in include all manner of random things fae. I had seen a photo of a gorgeous building with fairy like architecture on Facebook a few weeks ago and someone told me it was in Barcelona, Spain. When I pinned it to the board I got a comment from a fellow pinner that informed me it was by Antoni Gaudi. For a lover of all things Mucha, I was woefully under-informed about Art Nouveau Architecture, and I found that Gaudi was someone I needed to investigate further..I will be doing a post exclusively on him soon:)
Are you on Pinterest? Let me know and I will follow you~ Leave a comment below with a favorite pin or suggestion for one of my boards so I can add to the fun! I will be featuring more boards and discoveries here soon~ I can tell this is an adventure that is just beginning!
The Magical World of Etsy's FAEteam
If you love handmade art and you love fairies, elves & magic then the Fantasy Artists of Etsy (aka FAEteam ;)is a team you should become acquainted with. I joined the team a couple of years ago and have made some wonderful friends and discovered some amazing artists. This latest treasury Forest Fairies by AJ from Erthfae features just a few examples of the fine work you can see when you search faeteam on Etsy, or follow the hashtag #FAEteam on Twitter
Poppy's Cottage II ... $5000.00 | Fairy Wings - Baby Luna... $25.00 | Miniature Potion Bottle... $3.75 | Fairy Elytra Jewel Beet... $149.00 |
Copper Shawl Pin- Wire ... $54.00 | Garden Fairy Goddess Sc... $42.99 | Fantasy Fine Art Print ... $10.00 | Faerie Magick Orb - Fil... $13.50 |
Elvish Celtic Ivy Leaf ... $135.00 | Tree Sprite - Fridge Ma... $3.00 | Tree of Life Elven Circ... $125.00 | Fantasy Girdle Belt for... $45.00 |
Horned Green Man Mask $70.00 | Peacock Feather Hair Co... $12.00 | Leather Birch Leaf Earr... $18.00 | Spring Leaves Batik Fur... $45.00 |
Fire and Ice and 2012 Wedding Color Trends
I need to warm up to the idea of tangerine orange & aqua (blue?) as a 2012 wedding color trend. Im more of an earthy girl myself, so those colors just dont pop into my head, but the more Im exploring the idea, the more I like it. My FAEteam friend Sarah from ToadstoolsandTreestump on Etsy put together this fiery winter treasury and it reminded me how beautiful that palette can be:)
Handmade Felted Scarf c... $49.00 | The Lohikaarme Leather ... $249.00 | Sapphire and Ice Weddin... $69.00 | Winter Ice Blue Photo -... $10.00 |
Needle felted sculpture... $350.00 | Dancing Fire Embers - M... $75.00 | OOAK Handmade Polymer ... $23.00 | Flamenco Felted Scarf ... $89.00 |
NewFire lava earrings $24.00 | Fire and Ice, Pendant n... $35.00 | Water Fairy Dress - Mad... $499.00 | Blue Abstract Art - Win... $30.00 |
Fire Sky Sunset Wiscons... $7.00 | Fire Opal and 14K Gold ... $550.00 | Crystal Glass Renaissan... $12.00 | Blue Horned Yeti Plushi... $60.00 |
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