faerie wishes: March 2011

12 March 2011

Faerie Gipsy Wagon

The painted Wagon after it has been altered........

I purchased a cheap and cheerful.....If not badly made, tricycle planter! It was the nearest thing to a wagon I could find, since you can't seem to find those old horse and carts anymore :( ....I took the front wheel off, and the handle bars, which was easy as it was so badly made! I then started to add little bits and pieces to make the 'shelves. I had an old trinket box which I took apart and glued on the sides of the wagon.

I broke up pieces from an old crate and cut them to make shelves.........

Faerie Gipsy Wagon

I have my favourite Flickr post EVERetched into my brain! I will try and put a link to this up........As I owe all my inspiration to this piece. I have wanted to make one for so long and it became somewhat of an obsession! So the craving begain............

Faerie house in a shoe

There is a house up the road from me which sheds the most beautiful 'chimney pots ' and 'turrets' ! I used one for the sho faerie house........

Faerie house in a shoe

I used an old crate for the base of the roof, cutting it with scissors......No wonder all mine are blunt! Once it was glued on, I finished it with 'paper' thin craft bark and moss.

Faerie house in a shoe.......

After I painted the boot with a couple of coats of acrylic paint, I cut the door and windows, I had to use a crisp tube to support it whilst I did this and decided I needed to keep it in! This was secured with the help of a glue gun. I then used a sharp craft knife to CAREFULLY cut the plastic boot........

Faerie house in a shoe

I was trying to think of something fairly new, when the idea hit me! Why not try and make a sho faerie house? I asked my daughter if she could help me with a donation, and came up with an old boot...........