Fairy Houses: How to Create Whimsical Homes for Fairy Folk [Hardcover]

Add an exquisite flourish of design to your beloved green space or garden by adding tiny fairy homes inter-woven with nature. Fairy Houses gives you the instruction and inspiration you need to start!

Have you ever seen a real fairy house? Not the ceramic ones at cavernous home improvement stores, but a real fairy house made from natural elements? Well, now you can build your own miniature magical abode -the perfect addition to your garden.

Step-by-step instructionsfor constructing exquisite fairy houses are revealed inFairy Houses, explained by master fairy house architect Sally Smith. Smith has been creating one-of-a-kind DIY fairy houses out ofnatural artifactsfor years, now she passes herminiature constructionknowledge to you.

Imagine, a fairy garden with homes that have butterfly wings as stained-glass windows, twigs for window frames, birch bark for walls, dried mushrooms for shingles; it's all possible with a littleinstruction and inspirationfrom Fairy Houses.

Begin by flipping through an inspirationgallery, find which elements appeal to you, and how they fit together. From there, you’ll learn about building materials (found and natural),on-site fairy house construction, and how to light a fairy house.

Sally J. Smithis an environmental artist and photographer living in Westport, New York, on the edge of the Adirondacks. This locale lends itself to Sally's inspiration as she creates magical, mysterious, and marvelous faerie houses made from real leaves, moss and stone (and many other natural materials) as well as the stunning sculptures the artist calls Eartherials which echo the beauty of a special place or moment in time. Sally Smith's work is regularly featured in the calendar world, as well as The New York Times feature  Leave Your Wings at the Doorlc8