I used succulents because I have some serious skills when it comes to killing plants. I have noticed that succulents don’t mind so much. They ignore me and keep on living anyway.<\/p>\n
The little people came from themed Studio 100 box with chocolate eggs that have little gifts in them. Abel chose a Plop box, Gabriel Maya De Bij.<\/p>\n
Whichever little creatures you use, take care that they are tiny enough. Otherwise a lot of the fairy-ness gets lost, if you put a big old giant in your fairy garden. I think, anyway.<\/p>\n
Mine, a rabbit and a little pig, are many times more pretty, for adults at least. I got them from my sister who brought them from her honeymoon. So far, I haven’t found anything quite as pretty online. Let me know if you find some \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
You could make tiny things from clay and paint them, but we haven’t gotten that far yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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For the rest, we used a whole bunch of single earrings I collected over the years. Butterflies, ladybugs, bees, a frog, flowers…just stick them in!Pinecones make good trees, the bark of a birch tree becomes a cute little bridge, blue shards of a teacup are a creek.<\/p>\n
In secondhand stores there are lots of cups to be had for just a few cents. Get your hammer and hammer away for the creek. For the house you need to be more careful, as you want it to crack open down the middle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The thingamajigs that the fairy gardens are made in also come from the secondhand store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
And then you still need a bag of dirt. It’s smartest to not randomly rip it open somewhere in the middle. Just sayin’.<\/p>\n
So, there you go. Let me know if you make one too? I want to see it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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Sunny summer afternoons. I close my eyes and I am lying beside a little creek that happily rumbles on by. Little flowers brighten the grass.<\/p>\n
A cottage stands a few meters away, doors open, and inside the teapot stands, making a little chimney of damp up in the little kitchen.<\/p>\n
A rabbit is eating clovers unders some bushes right behind me and I don’t move, not wanting to scare if off.<\/p>\n
Butterflies and birds sing in the trees, the sun shines and everything sparkles in a calm, bright sort of way.<\/p>\n
? <\/p>\n
A loud crash sends me running to the kitchen to see what it is that broke and there it was, my most favoritest teacup, in a whole lot of pieces.<\/p>\n
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My smartness and brains and remarkable intelligence all tell me that is not possible. So I do what anyone would do in such a predicament.<\/p>\n
I Google it.<\/p>\n
Pinterest has some very pretty links, to make jewelry and mosaic platters out of broken china.<\/p>\n
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