A light on in the window

"You can do more with a castle in a story than with the best cardboard castle that ever stood on a nursery table."

Author: C.S. Lewis,
'Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life'

are you ready?

are you ready?

has it threwed

are you ready?

has it founded

are you ready?

has it tolded

are you ready?

has it setted 

are you ready?

has it strunged

are you ready?

has it circled 

are you ready?

has it squeaked

are you ready?

has it pointed 

are you ready?

has it punched

are you ready?

has it bowed

are you ready?

no really......are you ready?

oh and don't forget...

Fort Smith Trade Show 2013

Here are the photos from very first Fort Smith Trade Show 2013. My booth was sponsored by the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) through the Investment, Tourism and Industry division (ITI).

I had helping me with the Toonie Tattoos made with Faerie Dust...Miss Georgina and Miss Malinda (who wasn't feeling that well and joined us later on in the day).

A massive thank you to my hubby who manned the table while Georgina and I managed to do 72 tattoos that day.

It was wonderful to be recognized as the Faerie Lady :)   Lots of visitors to the booth said hello from the Christmas Craft Fairs that I did in 2012.

We had a fantastic response to the all of the branding from the table cloth, banners, aprons all the way down to the icon appearing on all of the tags.

It was a great success with tons of sales. Thank you Fort Smithers and all of our out-of-town guests that came by.

 

The Garden Party

My little Faerie Nursery was fortunate enough to be invited to our first garden party earlier this month on Sunday, June 2, 2013.

So we packed up the Honda Fit with luggage, us, Ciaran and Fionn (the woof woofs) and the nursery! Well as much of the nursery as I could fit into 3 rubber maids and 1 large box!!

Leaving Fort Smith we drove to High Level to spend the evening...(about an 6 hour drive). The next day we were off to Grande Prairie (about another 6 hour drive) where we stayed for the next couple of nights. The Garden Party was held in Beaverlodge about 1/2 an hour outside of Grande Prairie.

And here was our table all set up. We enjoyed the sunshine for about 3 hours and then the skies opened up. It was a wonderful learning experience...as we now know....faeries really do fly when there is even just a wisp of a wind and they DO NOT like being caught out in the rain!

PWK Fall Fair & Tea

What a wonderful turnout today. It was so nice seeing returning customers and meeting new ones :)

First of all....a MASSIVE thank you to Georgina for sitting with me today. You made the day perfect.

Second of all....a MASSIVE thank you to my hubby for his help both in the nursery and today (plus having to live me....deserves a wee bit of a mention as well).

After living here now for 2 1/2 years it's amazing how many people I either knew or have seen before (being such the caterpillar type of gal I have become {not so much a social butterfly anymore}) that walked through the doors.

The Faeries were all behaved sitting in the new tree branches and on their platforms on the table. The Seed Pod Babies were happy in their new platter (note to self, Georgina always imagines them swimming, so I think I will pick up some tiny blue marbles or something that they can sit on to give the illusion of floating). The cases for the miniatures worked perfectly and everyone was able to see them and we didn't have to worry about wee little fingers getting ahold of anything (legally, a very important note). I will say though, that the hit of the afternoon was our new line....the Faerie Princes! Everyone had to pick one up and check them out.

We had put out a copy of the new catalogue and people were so impressed with it. Even got a few asking if they could purchase one. As this thought did not quite enter my mind when ordering them, I will make a mental note for next year to perhaps print off a few that can be made available for sale.

A big shout-out goes to Meagan at the Northern Journal for the story she did about me and my little company for Small Business Week in our local newspaper. I must have had a least a dozen people recognize either me or my company name and state that they had read about me and wanted to learn more.

Georgina organized a secret draw for anyone that purchased an item. She even punched out little 3D faerie figures on the ballots for me!! Congratulations Jennifer Hudson, I will be calling you shortly and making arrangements for delivery :)