Advent Wreath tutorial

HANGING ADVENT WREATH

I HAVE ADDED A NEW TUTORIAL PAGE!

ENCHANTED FOREST HOME

A lovely home from the forest, most likely down the path from the house that danced with the leaves... surely surrounded by moss and toadstools, fern fronds and violets..

Father Elf seen in his sleigh in early morning light

A WOODLAND GNOME BOOT APPEARS!

WOODLAND GNOME BOOT

AVAILABLE FOR ARTWORK!

LUCINDA MACY'S ARTWORK

CUSTOM PET PORTRAIT

CUSTOM PROPERTY MAP

Every once in a while I let everyone know again that I have a lot of experience with graphics and illustrating and am always interested if some one needs an artist !

http://lucindaclairemacy.blogspot.com/

A GNOME HOME WHO IS DANCING WITH LEAVES!

Leaves a swirling, dancing down, merrily tumbling to the ground, wee folk laughing as they ride,
colored leaves of golden hue, ,'Oh what fun" the elves all cried as they twirled round and round~
And the little house got excited too, dancing to and fro in happiness he found!

NEW SHOP ALMOST READY!

IT TOOK ALL DAY TO UNPACK AND SET UP, SO TOMORROW I WILL MAKE SOMETHING! YIPPEE!

NEW TUTORIALS COMING IN NOVEMBER

I have started preparing these and will look forward to posting them for holiday activities with wee folk!

WILLODEL GIVEAWAY ON THIS COSY LIFE BLOG!

Please visit the THIS COSY LIFE blog for a free giveaway of the house below and a nice article with pictures!

WILLODEL GIVEAWAY!

Playing with Willodel furniture---such fun!

LEAVES ARE TURNING COLOR AND THINGS ARE BUSY IN THE SHOP!

There is a crispness in the air and leaves are stirring and turning gold and red!

An exciting time in the shop! Here are a few items from wonderful wild wood!

A large and beautiful Mountain Gnome lodge made from Holiday gatherings and celebrations!

A lovely little Eco Gnome Home looking for Gnomes!

A large and beautiful songbird house made from aspen and 

Winter Fairy Seen on Icy morning!

Winter Fairy at Willodel

Early in the morning, amidst frost covered flowers, there was a quick
glimpse of a Winter Fairy~true, Pumpkin Sprites will have their day,
and Acorn Elves will dance and play, the Wind will take golden Birch
Leaves dancing away-- and dear Garden Toads will dig deep down for
their winter nap.... and then The Winter Fairy Queen will dance & twirl
with Snowflakes & Sylphs and you will hear the tinkling bells of
Winter Elves in sparkling starlight.

TREE CUPBOARD

I have not made a Tree Cupboard since I lived in Wyoming 16 yrs ago.  This hangs on the wall and is a place

to put something special or make a Gnome wall home out of .

Aspen Tree Cupboard

BENT TWIG NATURE DISPLAY SHELF

NATURE DISPLAY SHELF ON ETSY

This is the last shelf like this I can make. I have run out of my lovely bent twigs and limbs that I find high in the
mountains. The limbs of the aspen trees get bent from winter snow load and then turn upward to grow as
Spring comes.  I hope to find more of these next year.  The shelf is made from hand milled Incense cedar from
the area where I live.  The pine cones I have collected from the trees in my area.

RHYTHM OF THE HOME GIVEAWAY

 A nice interview and Giveaway is happening as of Sept.7 . Drop by and read it if  you have time!  
                        RHYTHM OF THE HOME INTERVIEW AND GIVEAWAY!

FAIRY HOUSE GIVEAWAY ON RHYTHM OF THE HOME SITE

Studio Shelf

 I am working on a feature for my shop on the Rhythm of the Home sites which will come out in mid September.  I have to get together a variety of photos and am taking some shots of work areas, which I have not done before. Good for the record!

A place to put things I make is always a challenge because of my small space. So they are put here , there and
everywhere!

NATURAL SONGBIRD HOUSE

A lovely and functional songbird house, made with Holiday gifting in mind! Made of local native woods, hand gathered and hand made.

MAKING SEED POD DISHES TUTORIAL

This is a blog tutorial I did for Natural Kids blog.
TUTORIAL ON MAKING DISHES FOR GNOMES AND FAIRIES FROM SEED PODS

A house on twiggy stilts!

LITTLE ACORN CAFE

Coming right up good Sir!
Acorn Cafe

Another charming cafe for wee folk! the back is open for playing
access , the curved side board table goes inside with two stools.
The eating table is in the front by the counter.

FOX PAPER HOLDER

This is a new type of item, something fun, something of nature &
something utilitarian! This paper holder is big enough for a letter
size paper or a manilla folder.  It is three inches deep.

Morel Mushroom Gnome Home

The soft colors of Autumn are here, and special little needle felt gnome.  I have thought about doing a Morel
for a while, but had to work hard at the texture.  Will try another one no doubt!

BIRCH TREE HOUSE

The Birch Tree Stump House!  this house is about 12" tall and 13" wide. It was made from the idea of a
sketch I had previously done(see earlier post) and the customer decided to go with birch bark instead of something brown. It is shown with my gnomes and playmat , which are not part of the order.

The house from the front with the door closed. The door closes with a button and loop. The little mail box lid does lift up so treasures can be left inside.

The back is essentially open for playing in, like a doll house.  

The house has a ladder made of applewood and felt that goes to the second story.

This large project presented challenges and is the biggest felt item I have made. It was very complex to figure out from the beginning and took a lot of materials.  I worked on over several weeks, sometimes stopping to think things through.  It involves hand sewing, glueing and needle felting. It has layers applied on the outside and inside over a heavier felt base. It has different kinds of wool, silk and alpaca on it.  Getting it to like like birch bark turned out to be more challenging than I expected!  It took about 26 hrs. and $60 of materials.  I think if I do something like this again, I will work at a smaller scale.  This will be a tough act to follow though!!!

NEW TUTORIAL ON MAKING FAIRY DISHES COMING!

SEED PODS FOR WEE FOLK DISHES!

HELP FROM A FRIEND!

NATURAL KIDS BLOG ARTICLE

http://naturalkidsteam.com/wordpress/2012/06/garden-friends-birds

ROBIN SHELTER OR NATURE DISPLAY SHELF

It has been a longtime since I made a Robin Shelter. In making this one
I realized that this is also a wonderful hanging shelf for use indoors for our
Nature Display or favorite gnome home!

Robin Shelter

summer helper!

Learning to work with the wood

Putting on Beeswax/oil sealer

FOXES IN A LOG

Big Gnome Summer House Play set

BIG GNOME SUMMER HOUSE

TheFoxintheLog is coming!