Mt. Rainier and Lenticular Clouds - Dec. 2008 copyright: JMM

October 10, 2015

Fall Fairy Garden

Really enjoyed making the summer themed fairy garden a few months ago, so I decided I wanted to make one for fall.  I found half pumpkins at Michael's Crafts and knew that'd be perfect to hold the garden.

I put more oasis in the bottom, which was hard to cut to fit in the curves.  Then I tucked a bunch of moss around it and stuffed a coloured leaf vine around the edges.  


The house is made from another toilet paper roll, but I wanted to make it wider so I sliced up the side and then added a bit of a paper towel roll inside.  First I put the door on, then it took about a week to add all the stones because they had to dry before the next row.  The roof was also time consuming. The leaves didn't want to cooperate being glued onto a cone shape!  Plus I had to use fabric glue which has awful fumes.  The yellow marble in the acorn cap is supposed to be an outside light.  I also couldn't get the house to balance very well on the moss so I covered a mason jar lid with flatter moss and then glued that to the moss in the pumpkin, and glued the house to the lid.  It's a little sturdier.

Pilfered that tree from my decorations that I put out on top of the little bookcase.  I made the fence from craft sticks and large skewer/toothpicks.  I did a grey paint wash on them and also on the pieces I used for the door.  The bundle of firewood is out of focus, but they are twigs from my yard.


A closeup of the door with some silver beads, and the round window with lace curtain.

Now I am going to have to make a winter and spring garden as well!

18 comments:

  1. Only trouble is, as far as I can tell, this will all dry out and perish so - to me - seems like all that work is for nothing. But it is pretty.

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    1. Nothing in it is real so there's nothing to perish. Even if the moss dries out and turns brown, that's fine b/c it's a fall scene. The leaves on the roof and around the edges are silk. The 'wood pile' are sticks that were already dried out.

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    2. Oh, I didn't realise, I was a bit dumb I guess, I figure it was all real stuff.

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    3. Just the rocks are real and the moss feels real. But the summer scene I did hasn't turned brown. I should probably put some leaves around this yard maybe.

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  2. Love this, JoJo, especially the little door and the stained glass window over it. I like the detail. Very well done!

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    1. Thank you! I wanted to add so much more to the scene....that was my original intent, but after I put these in, there was really no room and I was afraid it'd look too busy.

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  3. Hey JoJo,

    Enchanting and what wonders you can do with a toilet paper roll. A fairy garden, ah such memories.

    Have a nice Sunday, eh!

    Gary :)

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    1. Thanks Gary! I hope you have a nice Sunday as well! And I think you need to make some room for the wee folk in your new place.

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    2. Upcoming photos on my blog will show that the wee folks have sort of taken over my apartment :)

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  4. Such fun! The wee folk are bound to love this new house.

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    1. Thanks Liz! I just have to find somewhere to put it.

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  5. Reminds me of my little tree house, only prettier and more decorative. I bought it though, not clever enough to make it. I turned it into a mouse house.

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    1. Thanks! I love little mouse houses!!!! My parents' neighbour had one that she made. She showed it to me once when I was little and I was enchanted by it. I still remember it. I wonder what happened to it when she died.

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  6. Sweet little houses, what fun for young and older to enjoy. Just in reply to your comment on my blog.....all the native snakes in Australia are poisonous and many
    of them are fatal if they bite. Eekkk!
    Cheers, Anita.

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    1. Thank you Anita! Now I'm looking around for things to make a winter garden with. :D OMG all the snakes are poisonous??? Please be careful while gardening! We have snakes in this area too but they are harmless. For the most part.

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  7. This is so COOL. It reminds me of something my mom made before she died. She loved miniatures and doll house and in the last year of her life she built several dolls houses. One in particular came to mind when looking at this. Her last Halloween she made a haunted doll house complete with pumpkin patch, spooky trees, and cemetery in its yard. It was lit by twinkle lights. So very cool. Not sure whatever came of that particular creation. I did get her last fully furnished last doll house that I watched her create. The attic is unfinished because she died before she had a chance to complete it...but the rest was done. I still have it, completely intact. My kids like to straighten it, marvel at it, and make it nice for the Grandma they never met.

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    1. That is soooo cool Kathy! I wish you had all of her creations, esp. the haunted one. I wonder what happened to it? There's just something so enchanting about miniature things. I'm already planning my winter garden. And I literally have no room for these. This fall one is in my storage room cause my Halloween decorations are taking up too much room in the livingroom. :(

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