A Fairy Garden for our Granddaughter

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Several months ago, our daughter posted some photos of a family visit to a local spot in SoCal that had a fairy garden, that our granddaughter loved. That gave me the idea to put together a fairy garden at our house for when she came to visit. 

Of course, I started gathering inspiration for the fairy garden on Pinterest. You can find my Fairy Garden board HERE.

I also started gathering cute supplies on my Amazon Influencer's page. You can find it HERE. You can also see the Fairy Garden supplies I bought from Amazon BELOW.

I also found some cute things on Etsy, Factory Direct Craft . com and Hobby Lobby. 

And, of course, Mr. DIY made a few things.

I first purchased a bird house, but it was too small, so I had Mr. DIY build a larger house out of scrap wood he had leftover from his many projects. I had him paint it with the same outdoor paint as our front door. I cut some moss mat to size and then added loose moss over that. Then, came the windows.

The door is from Hobby Lobby and it's not attached.

I used Sculpey clay for the bases of the signs. I formed the base, stuck the sign in to make a hold, then baked it according to directions. Once the clay was cooled, I glued the sign in the hole.

I did the same for the lollypops...

...and the mushrooms.

Mr. DIY made the trays out of some scrap wood and I applied moss mat to it. The moss mat has a slightly sticky back to it.

One tray wasn't enough, so I had Mr. DIY make a second tray. I used two of the many wood rounds we had from a tree we cut down at our mountain house. The wood rounds had previously been used to hold the centerpieces at our daughter's friend's wedding. 

I found the bridge on the Hobby Lobby website.

Instead of putting the Fairy Garden outside, I thought the fireplace hearth was the perfect place for it, just in case it rained or was too hot or the bugs were out. 

Of course she loved it and has spent many hours playing with it rearranging it how she likes. 

I had a lot of fun too putting it all together. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Pam

Fairy Garden supplies found on Amazon:

Hedgehog, White Fence and Toadstools

Green Moss

Moss Matt (sheet moss)

Brown Pebbles

Blue Glass Pebbles 

Cute Fairy Garden Supplies on my Amazon Store Front

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New Lamps for the Attic Bedroom at the Mountain Cottage

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I really love our new lamps in our attic bedroom at our mountain cottage.

But, lets back up a bit...

Before Mr. DIY built the paneled wall behind the bed, the angled ceiling was really low, so we had to get lamps that were short and we ended up with some chrome pharmacy lamps. I wasn't really crazy about them, but they worked. 

After Mr. DIY built out the wall, so we wouldn't hit our head when we sat up in bed, I thought we'd get some lamps that looked nicer. I forgot about finding new lamps, though because of the long project list and because I couldn't find two that I liked. It was actually Mr. DIY who nudged me again to start looking because HE didn't like the pharmacy lamps.

If you would like to see how Mr. DIY built the wall, you can find it HERE. 

I started looking online because that was easy and of course, TJ Maxx online is my favorite online shop, and that's where I found them. 

So much better, don't you think?

Mr. DIY has been busy with the new bathroom and I can't wait to show you the progress he's made.

It will be nice to have an en suite bathroom downstairs and it's going to be great!
If you'd like to see what the plans are, you can find it HERE.

We'll be taking another week at the mountain cottage soon to finish up the electrical and plumbing and to get those inspections done. After that, the fun stuff begins - the finishes!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pam