Turtle's Fairy Garden

Of course I made a fairy garden for Turtle!  It is actually looking quite good these days, unlike the life-size bed of weeds  garden it sits next to.

It is hard to see the little pool (made from a shell).  I think I'm going to put something under it to raise it up a bit so the fairies can find it.  So far Turtle hasn't played with it, although she thinks it is booteeful.

The succulents have grown enormously since I took these pictures -having daily rain for three weeks certainly agreed with them!

First Fairy Garden

It was inevitable -sooner or later Turtle was going to be invited to a birthday party.  It finally happened.  And at Chuck E. Cheese 's no less!  This child has already received a fabric dollhouse from me.  Not wanting to give a gift card or plastic toy, I racked my brain for ideas that would compare to the dollhouse.  Inspiration struck in the form of a fairy garden!  Knowing this child I was sure she would be enchanted.

There are three different kinds of low-lying plants for the greenery.  Paper-wrapped floral wire was used for the fence and arbor.  The bench under the arbor were rocks hot-glued together.  I used floral picks to add some color to the fence, and shells made a perfect little footpath leading to the pond (a terracotta pot base).  All that is missing now are the fairies..........