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A fairy village & a giveaway

I’ve gone wood burning crazy! In a good way (at least I think so!). And now I seem to have a whole village, complete with unfinished residents.

As soon as I had them all cut out Master D started playing with them and telling me who lived at which house 🙂 but finally I have most of the doors sanded, painted and finished (for ‘how’ see here).

Some of the doors and gnomes have homes to go to at Christmas, and we will be keeping some favourites for play.

I’ve swapped one with the lovely Marie from Softearth’s World. And super exciting I have sold four!! A big thank you to the lovely people who bought them 🙂


Swapped

Sold!

But I think its time to let another two leave the nest 🙂

So, if you’d like part of my fairy village to come your way please leave me a comment. For an additional entry follow me 🙂 I’ll post the winner on Christmas Eve.

Warm wishes, Kelly

December 6, 2011 by Kelly

I was sure the collective noun for gnomes would be gaggle, but turns out I was wrong! So, I’ve been busy creating my own – donsy – of winter gnomes for the wonderful Winter Waldorf Swap hosted by Nicole at One Hook Wonder (thank you again Nicole!!).

My donsy of winter gnomes!

I’m super excited to be part of this swap. The idea of sharing crafts from all over the world is fantastic! A nature table in itself is beautiful and special, but to have one where all the items will have a special story is something extra special 🙂

In making my gnomes I was inspired by the constant winter rains where I grew up in country Victoria and the very occasional snow fall (as in once every few years). I got the wood burner going (probably my favourite step) before using the jigsaw and then the dremmel (I think I’ve now used these tools more than husband of mine… *shhh*).

Rain gnomes

After that I hand sanded them, before my next favourite part – helping them ‘come to life’ with milk paint (and because it’s spring here I think a little of it might have snuck in… oops). Before finally coating them in an olive oil and beeswax finish, mmm love that scent!