Saturday 29 March 2014

A Flutter of Fairy Folk

Forget-me-not

Spring is in the air here in England, and with flowers appearing I just thought I would put all my fairy folk together, for a bit of a fairy gathering. What to call a party of fairies? After a bit of research I decided a flutter sounds nice. These are all knitted and adapted from my Mermaid and Flower Fairy pattern.

I do like it best where I have managed to photograph them in a natural setting. Most of these fairies have already found new homes, although one or two are still in my shop. There is such variety in nature that I have only once or twice repeated a design. I am already thinking of a few new ones: primrose, blackthorn, or honeysuckle.

So if you have a flower or tree that means a lot to you, please get in touch and I will have a go at making it.


Holly



Dandelion

Oak Tree

Lily


Apple Blossom


Stitchwort
Bluebell

Lavender

Cherry Tree

Snowflake

Mermaids

Christmas Fairies




Pohutukawa (New Zealand Christmas Tree Fairy)
Echinacea (but photographed on a sunflower)

Daisies




30 comments:

  1. Adorable! All dolls are beautiful and unique! Forget me not on the first photo are amazing! Thanks for sharing.
    Have a wonderful day and weekend!
    Hugs from Portugal,

    Ana Love Craft
    www.lovecraft2012.blogspot.com

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  2. How talented you are! They're adorable.

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  3. The fairies look awesome and I agree that the natural backgrounds make them pop out and look even better. Glad spring is finally come to you in England. It is trying to come out here in Virginia but we could always get another blast of winter yet.

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  4. I am a doll collector, but yours are truly awesome. I love the way you posed them with the flowers, too. Thanks for sharing...and here's MY SATURDAY SNAPSHOT POST

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  5. Your fairies are wonderful. I must check out your shop, my SIL is into fairy gardens at the moment. She would love one. Thank you for sharing, you are so talented.

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  6. Interesting combination and backdrop... intricate hand-made crafts in a natural setting, how wonderful! The first one gives the idea of decorating a Christmas tree.

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  7. Aww I love these so pretty, quite a flutter of fairies I love that term
    Clare x

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  8. My granddaughter would be delighted with your fairies! (So am I.)

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  9. All so lovely, especially Cherry Tree and Bluebell. Hope you have a good week.

    Jill, Christmas Pie Crafts

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  10. They are all so gorgeous and 'Rippleeffects' is right they would be perfect on a Christmas tree. Your creations are always fantastic, as are your photos! Already looking forward to seeing next week's.......!

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  11. Your fairies are so cute! They each look like they've got their own little character :)

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  12. A flutter of fairies, I like it. Sounds just about right to me. I do like the cherry fairy with her cherry hat on, so cute. Animals can be quite selective in their t.v. viewing, can't they, funny how your kittie enjoyed Rio!

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  13. Hehe they're all so cute and i just know you had lots of fun making and photographing them! I think apple blossom is my fav of the bunch, she's adorable :) x

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  14. Oh my gosh! My girls would have loved to play with these little folk! Back in the day, they were the little queens of make-believe play! A question ...are these finger puppets?

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  15. They look great, I agree they look lovely in the natural settings:)

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  16. your tiny fairies always make me smile, so gorgeous and so clever. Lovely seeing them together like that. Apple blossom is a real beauty - even looks like she's wearing a little blossom crown x

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  17. Aww such beautiful faries and I love the natural backgrounds too.

    Hope you have a good week xxx

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  18. What a gorgeous 'flutter' of little fairies. I hadn't realised you've made that many. If I had to pick a favourite it would be Snowflake as she's got a cute little smile and fabulous red hair xx

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  19. A flutter of fairies - just delightful! I'm definitely going to be dreaming about these tonight! x

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  20. A fabulous flutter of fairy folk, I love all of them and the pictures of the ones in their natural habitat are really the icing on the cake.

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  21. Forget-me-nots are my favourite flower, so your first picture cheered me up! I love your little oak fairy and the dandelion fairy with her tufty top!

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  22. What a fabulous collection of fairies :)

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  23. These are so beautiful and I love seeing the whole collection together.

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  24. My favourite is Dandelion, for sure! Never wanted to try rose-bud? :)

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  25. Wow! What a lot of fairies you have, they are gorgeous!

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  26. I love your flutter of fairies. :-)

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  27. You have a fantastic talent for knitting these little dolls! I am quite amazed!

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  28. They're all cute!

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