Happy Little Unicorn

The fairies have got themselves a new pet. Meet Rainbow the Unicorn. He is a rather jolly little fellow who loves to have fun and play hide and seek.

 

 

 

It is rather difficult hunting down fairies who don't want to be found. After a couple of hours it was the giggling that eventually gave them away. 

 

 

 

 

 

The fairies are always much better at finding me, not so many places for me to hide.

 

 

But it is always nice to spend some time outside in the sunshine while the fairies take care of the flowers.

 

 

Lets hope we get a lot more sunny days to enjoy x

 

 

You too could have your own little unicorn (if you are able to hook one up). The pattern can be found in issue 18 of Simply Crochet.

 

x x x

 

 

 

 

Yarn bombing!

The fairies have been very busy out in the sunshine this morning. They have been inspired by the lovely ladies at The Craft Club. who are busy getting ready for a world record yarn bomb based on the Enid Blyton book, The Magic Faraway Tree. This is to happen at Little Havens Hospice on 24th August.

 

Two of the fairies sisters flew off a few weeks ago to join in and be part of this magical yarn bomb and took some flowers and butterflies with them.

 

When they woke up this morning the fairies who had stayed behind in our garden decided they didn't want to be left out from all the fun and would do a spot of yarn bombing of their own to brighten up the place.

 

 

First garlands of buttons were strung out, it was then decided that more needed to be made but this time they needed the addition of bells.

 

 

Then flowers, flowers and more flowers (apparently there are not enough flowers in my garden and the fairies want more).

 

By the end of the morning everywhere was very colourful and the fairies were very happy with all they had done.

The girls have agreed that we have a few more bits and pieces left over to post to The Craft Club. Anyone else who loves to hook can also help, details can be found through the link to The Craft Club's facebook page  x x

 

 

 

 

 

A nw fairy joins the family

Topsy would like to introduce Tilly, the latest fairy who has come to live at the bottom of our garden with the rest of the gang.

 

 

Tilly is still very shy and prefers to potter around the garden taking care of the flowers and not getting into mischief with the others.

 

 

 

 

It also seems that I no longer need to worry about the plants and flowers inside (I have to admit I am not very green fingered), as she also comes to take care of them too.

 

 

Now she has been introduced to the family of fairies here, I am sure Tilly will soon settle in and join in with all their wanderings and adventures x x x

 

 

Sunny Saturday

Don't you love sunny Saturdays.

The fairies love any sunny day when they can get out to play ( they also love rainy days and snowy days, although are not huge fans of windy days).

Topsy decided that some time in the garden would be nice, so out she flitted to play.

 

 

 

Topsy loves to take care of the flowers in the garden as they help to bring in the butterflies - and she does enjoy chasing butterflies!

Last year was a particularly good year for the amount and variation of butterflies that visited us, so she is hoping that this year will be the same.

 

 

 

 

 

The butterflies favourite place in our garden is our buddleia, which unfortunately got a bit of a battering with a sudden summer hail storm this week. Topsy had a good look to inspect the damage and tidy up the broken branches.

 

 

While she was out, Topsy helped to keep an eye on Olly the guinea pig (there are rather a lot of cats around who can't be trusted) She even went to play in his run for a while but he just wanted to eat!

 

 

 

As Olly was not being playful, and the other fairies seemed to have disappeared on a wander of their own, Topsy decided that she would take a tip from 'Frozen' and magically built herself a snowman, well snowmen.

 

 

 

I wonder how long the snowmen will hang around before they melt away?

 

bye x x x

 

 

(Olaf pattern from A[mi]Dorable crochet)

 

X x X

 

 

  

 

 

A walk in the park

There is nothing like going for a walk in the park on a beautiful sunny day.

Tootles and Tallulah decided that they needed some fresh air ( and also wanted to see if they could spot any of our local parakeets ).

 

 

We set of on our journey enjoying the warmth of the day.

 

 

The fairies were a little nervous crossing the bridges and make me check for trolls before they would flit across!

 

 

A couple of times Tootles thought she spotted other fairies amongst the flowers but they must have been rather shy as they didn't come out to say hello.

 

 

 

 

The girls spent a lot of time up in the trees hunting for the parakeet but other than a quick glimpse of a couple flying overhead they didn't find any to chat with.

 

 

When I was a little girl I loved visiting 'the fairy steps' to run, play and search for fairies. For a few  years they had been unloved and uncared for so it was nice to go back and find they had been tidied up and made into a magical place once more.

 

 

 

 

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The fairies think that too many people just walk around to get form here to there, and that they don't take the time to look and look down to see the beauty all around them.

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe the fairies have inspired you to go out and look at the beauty that can be found.

Maybe you might be able to spot some fairies at play.