Over on my blog, When I Grow Up, I’ve written a little post with some inspiration and ideas for Halloween costumes this year. The theme of this post is subverting Disney and making these costumes a little more suitable for this scary time of year! We have a savage Pocahontas…
Business as usual, but delays on custom orders!
Hi everyone! Just letting you know that I’ll be away for the next 4 weeks so my daughters are taking over the postage and packaging of everything, so there probably won’t be the usual handwritten note included I’m afraid. Also, I won’t be able to begin custom and made to…
Returned from the New Forest Fairy Festival – just!
Threads of a Fairytale took to the road, but I have to say it wasn’t the best year in the world for the New Forest Fairy Festival 2019, unfortunately! The high winds meant that the festival was cancelled on the Saturday, which was such a shame. I spent all morning…
New Forest Fairy Festival 2019
Hello folks, sorry it’s been a while. When you really get your mind into something, I’m afraid I neglect other things! First of all I was determined to get my new website finished, but that hasn’t happened. Instead I turned my attention to the New Forest Fairy Festival, which is…
A beautiful sunshine yellow fairy dress new in the shop
Hello! I’m hoping this dress will make the sun shine again! Newly listed in the Threads of a Fairytale Etsy shop is this pretty yellow fairy dress, perfect for a bohemian beach wedding or a fairytale prom dress. Or if you want to be Belle from Beauty and The Beast,…
Photography edits and a new tropical fairy skirt
Hello! You may have noticed that my photography style has started to change in the Etsy shop. Well, hopefully you haven’t noticed actually, as I’d rather it happen seamlessly and subtly! Anyway, after years of dipping in and out of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom learning, I think I have finally…
New photographs and exciting changes
Interesting things are happening here at Fairytale headquarters! Ticks are beginning to appear next to my list of plans that I made in January and it feels exciting! Chris (my husband) bought me a lovely new lens for my birthday last month and although I’ve tested it out on flowers,…
Making a tropical jungle bohemian fairy dress!
Hello! I hope you all had a lovely sunny Easter weekend. I spent it mostly in the garden, but also took a drive to Avebury stone circle when the sun was getting low in the sky and birds all around us were singing very loudly – it was quite magical!…
Seeing everything in progress
Hello! I hope you’ve had a lovely week! Just popping by to let you know I’ve started using the Stories feature on my Instagram account more lately. I’m using the Highlights function to save them all to a group called ‘In Progress’. I’ve been showing little clips of me sewing,…