I spy with my little eye a fluttering fairy nearby..

www.herecomesthegirls.blog.com

Victorian English Fairy art

artdiscover.info.com

Victoria fairy photo

youknewwhatimeant.wordpress.com

"And as the seasons come and go,

here's something you might like to know.

There are fairies everywhere:

under bushes,

in the air,

playing games just like you play,

singing through their busy day.

So

listen, touch, and look around -

in the air and on the ground.

And if  you watch

all nature's things,

you might just see

a fairy's wing."

- author unknown

Fairy Queen Titania

www.quoteko.com

fairyland manxscenes

Build a 3-D poster from Dover

creeping thyme plant and fairy cottage

blog.pennlive

"Garden fairies come at dawn,

Bless the flowers

then they're gone."

- author unknown

www.etsy.com

Carmel, CA, USA

maisonetlamode.tumblr.com

little fairy, by Le-Regard-des-Elfes

kiwiaa.deviantart.com

Build a 3-D poster courtesy Dover

www.ebay.co.uk

"The fairy poet takes a sheet

Of moonbeam, silver white;

His ink is dew from daisies sweet,

His pen a point of light."

 - Joyce Kilmer

KirstyMitchellPhotography.com

foun on: www.laughingsquid.com

Lady Fitzroy by Alexander Bassano

vintage-spirit.blogspot.com

Build a 3-D poster courtesy Dover Books

fairy queen by KirstenStar.deviantart.com

Anita Louise as Titania

A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1935

Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle

www.retro-vintage.blogspot.com

"Raindrops

are like

fairy whispers."

- author unknown

anster fairy paintings, perhaps by Fitzgerald

www.houseofwinterspells.com

New Creation Fantasy Print

www.SelectYourself.etsy.com

Dallas Arboretum Garden

palmbeachdailynews.com

Chinese fairies by LeMabang

lemang.wordpess.com

Middle Mountain Gourds fairy house

heartsongs-crystal-wands-crowns.com

"It is frightfully difficult

to know much about fairies,

and almost the only thing for certain

is that there are fairies

wherever there are

children."

- J.M.Barrie, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

Toothfairy.capturethemagic.com

found on

isntshecrafty.blogspot.com

I think fairy....

by Ruth M. Mallock, courtesy Dover

avatri631.wordpress.com

Build a 3-D poster, courtesy Dover Books

fairy in the bluebell wood

www.paintermagazine.co.uk

wire sculpture

found on: www.bajiiroo.com

"A rustle in the wind

reminds us

a fairy is near."

- author unknown

Fairy Queen in the forest

siliadityr.deviantart.com

peeking

brendasweddingblog.com

themagiconions.com

have a fairy happy day!

'til next time,

inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

and on pinterest:  K.Kloberdans

"Fairies Chatting"

original Collage Paper Painting made from all recycled junk mail

by inkspired

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

thank you to these web sites where I found quotes:

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/fairies?page=2

http://www.quotegarden.com/fairies.html

Dreamy summer cottages

baris

'peace' in the Turkish language

Hagia Sohia, known as 'The Blue Mosque'

Istanbul, http://www.shesoverseas.com/

I'm dreaming of summer cottages today.

Little get-aways with fairy-tale features.

I'm thinking words like

charming

adorable

peaceful

secluded

fantasy

I'm thinking

thatch roof

fireplaces

rock siding

interesting gardens

woodland creatures

Let's get started!

'storybook cottage' England

"Some say you will be old enough

to start reading fairy tales

again."

- C. S. Lewis

I have several cottages and homes that I have no information about.

I really tried to find the name of the cottage,

or the country that the cottage was in.

I apologize for those that reamain unknown.

If you know anything about any of the cottages,

please let me know so I can give credit to them.

Thanks!!

The size of the fence/tree and leaves makes me think this is a miniature.

"All that you see or seem,

is but a dream within

a dream."

- Edgar Allan Poe

"Hansel Cottage"

There's just something about crooked fireplaces,

and stone steps....

"Hansel Cottage"

built about 1925, in Carmel, California

"Invent your world.

Surround yourself with people,

color, sounds,

and work that nourishes you."

- SARK

A cottage teahouse

In my dreamy cottage world,

I have included teapots

and miniatures

and doll houses.

All to inspire me....

crocheted English country cottage, found on etsy

Japanese vintage teapot, http://www.theporcelainowl.etsy/

"Come along inside...

We'll see if tea and buns

can make the world a better place."

- Kenneth Grahame, 'Wind In The Willows'

miniture cottage teapot, about 1 1/4" high by C. Rohal

http://www.artisticspirit.etsy.com/

from the 1960's, http://www.pastmadepresent.etsy.com/



Sometimes 'cottage' can mean different things,

to different people.

Perhaps the 35 room 'cottage'

is smaller than their home, with 142 rooms?

'Wedding Cake' house, Maine, USA

a cottage style home

another cottage style home

Oh yes, my cottage will have at least one turret!

But probably not as big as this one....

stamped card by Tyra Smith, using Stampscapes stamps

"Sometimes we have the dream

But we are not ourselves

Ready for the dream.

We have to grow to meet it."

- Louis L'Amour, 'The Lonesome Gods'

"Stone Cottage"

This is a paper house made by http://www.cinderellamoments.etsy.com/

Perhaps you would like to try cutting out your cottage?

Here are some fun scherensnitte patterns for you to try:

From the BackStreet Designs book 'The Spotted Farm'.

You can include or delete as many of the 'spots' as you want!

Let's finish up with a few 'rock' cottages -

http://www.fairygardenrocks.etsy.com/

'Misty Meadow Elfin Cottage'

http://www.lulurocks.etsy.com/

That's it for today!

I have lots and lots more cottages to share at another time!

See you soon....

inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com