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If you're in Portland, come see us at The Clarion Hotel between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m on Sat. Dec. 5 for their Craft Fair We'll have some beautiful handmade gifts and Celtic/Druid/pagan tree ornaments, as well as tiny fairy furniture.  My Edna St. Vincent Millay dresses made from the pages of her iconic poetry take on a new look when it comes to Yuletide. I only made a couple each year and I have one for sale before the holidays at my Etsy store.  Here is the small pine in our front yard decorated with Druid/pagan fairy ornaments and the tree topper.  The dress is handmade with a light wash of white sparkly glaze. Adorned with tulle, tiny pearls, ribbon, paper fringe silk petals and real feathers. It is mounted on a white-washed stick with a clamp at the bottom to attach to a tree.     Here's another I just crafted, very similar. This will be for sale at our Craft Fair December 5 and I won't be making any more.    I have a new collection of fairies color-coordinated with the pagan season of Yuletide: glitter red and green. Each is handmade and each variation differs a bit. The "angel" tree topper is one of my Edna St. Vincent Millay poetry dresses with feather wings. A limited quantity of these will be available when my Etsy shop re-opens November 21.    Red Yule Fairy made from white birch bark, red glitter reindeer moss and red berries from bittersweet. 
Green Yule Fairy made from white bitch bark and dark green reindeer moss with patches of moss up the side.    Our shop will be on vacation until our next craft fair so I can have time to build up inventory! Look for our virtual craft show and special Tonic of the Woods holiday gifts and pagan ornaments for your tree coming up November 21 through @lunavirtualcraftmarket on Instagram! All items are handmade at home (small-batch fairies you might say) and are one of a kind. When the shop opens November 21, it's on a first-come first-serve basis. Follow our Instagram page for updates and previews on what will be available!  This unusually warm weather we're having in Maine in November is keeping the Wee Folk above ground longer than usual. Here's one spotted taking a rest.  She's made of dried grasses for the bodice with a slightly green hue from the decay.  Her skirt and wings are from beech leaves. Her sash is from dried yellow fern with an applique of bittersweet.       The Forest Fairy will be for sale ($20) when our Etsy shop reopens for the virtual craft fair on November 21.
I made a table for a Solitary Fairy; they are much different than their Social Trooping Fairies; they prefer to be left alone.  The table top and chair bench are made from birch and legs from twigs. Adorned by bits of moss and dried wildflowers.  You can get really creative with this little fairy set. Below, I set up a miniature woodland tabletop setting for a special dinner for friends.  The table and chair were a perfect addition to this enchanting little scene once the tea lights were lit.   The Fuin Fairy comes out this time of year. (Fuin: the ancient word for "the end.") She is a symbol of the end of summer and the beginning of fall; the end of natural light, the beginning of winter's time. The commencement of the dark half of the world. The Irish divided the year into two parts—Summer from the 1st of May until the 1st of November, and Winter from 1st November to the 1st of May.  She is a mystical fairy who embraces the darker world, a force of calm within a season of anxiety.  She's made from bands of both white and red birch bark, very powerful. With a corsage of bygone summer wildflowers.  Her skirts are made from the candied colors of autumn leaves: purples, browns, burgundies.  If you see her in the woods this time of year, leave her be.
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