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Monarch closeup

from "Monarch & Gremlin Fairy Door"

Monarch & Gremlin Fairy Door

Invite fairies and other little folk into your home with a whimsical Fairy Door!
A little monarch butterfly flits through the warm sunlight and lands on emerald-green leaves. The vine clings to the stone, offering a lovely place to sit and make friends with the gremlin that holds the knocker for this fairy door. Each leaf has a delicate line of veins, and the butterfly was painted with red and gold acrylic paint. The hinges and nails are detailed to look like hammered iron.

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Fairy Doors are meant to add a little whimsy to your home or garden and invite the Fae folk to spend some time there. If they visit you the belief is that you will be blessed with luck and happiness.
This door is approximately 3.5 inches tall by 4.75 inches wide. It is hand-sculpted of Fimo brand clay, and I used a little needle to make the wood grain and leaf vein details. This door has a strip of wire on the back you can hang it from, but it can also be hung with some sticky tack, or you can prop it up on a bookshelf, fireplace, counter top or cupboard.
Doors can also be used outside as garden decor (you will find there are many more fairies outside!) and you can hang them in trees or use them to dress up an old stump. They do not stain with water and only fade very little, so they can be kept out all year in balmy climates. However, if it gets cold in the winter they should be brought in so they do not become brittle.
If you don't have pets or very young children you can also put your door somewhere closer to the ground. Fairies don't mind a shoe-level view, as long as they don't get stepped on!
Fairies sometimes venture into human dwellings to find a warm place to stay with interesting things to explore. They are as fascinated by us as we are by them. Keeping a fairy door in your home is welcoming to adventuring fairies, making it more likely that one will show up. It is believed that if your house is home to a fairy they will bring you luck. It is not always good luck, but it is always interesting! Leaving little notes or pieces of candy encourages fairies to visit and write back.
Although fairies are the most common house visitors, all sorts of little mystical creatures may travel through a fairy door. Expected the unexpected at all times!

*Note: Fairy doors do not open for humans – they will only open with fairy magic!*
Image size
810x967px 607.64 KB
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-FH20
Shutter Speed
10/250 second
Aperture
F/3.3
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Aug 29, 2011, 3:32:28 PM
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Eirini666's avatar
i like the butterfly!