My Personal Fairy
We’d been fans of Magaela Accessories for a while—the nature-inspired flower crowns, the beaded floral decorations that drape over a bare arm, the floral barrettes and combs and belts and jewelry, even the dog...
Storybook Couture
French designer Sylvie Facon takes fairy-tale couture to a new level with her intricate, otherworldly, and seemingly impossible gowns that are themselves storybooks. You might have seen her Arras dress (featured image above) that...
Theatre of Dreams: Wendy Addison’s Ephemera Art
It all started with a fairy, or so it seems to Wendy Addison. In a small garage behind her house twenty years ago, she started to use her skills as a self-taught artist, paper...
Imagine Cordwood
Imagine a building style that encourages creativity and whimsy yet manages to be energy efficient and code compliant. If this combination appeals to you, then you should get acquainted with cordwood construction. Cordwood uses...
Asako Iwasawa’s Nocturnal Imaginings
Japanese artist Asako Iwasawa’s work depicts nighttime gardens and plants that seem more fairy tale-generated than stemming from earth and soil. “What do plants dream of ?” is the title of one of her pieces,...
A Celestial Party
Remember Grace Nuth's celestial party how-to in our winter issue? Well, reader Meg Eubank and her starry friends threw a celestial party of their own and Meg sent in this story and these photos from the event...
Charlotte Lily Gaspard’s Shadow Puppet Theater
Photography by WAXenVINE
A fairy, to Charlotte Lily Gaspard’s mind, “is a magical invisible being that helps us do the right thing, if we listen. People can call them whatever names they want,” she says,...
The Homespun Charm of Guinevere Von Sneeden
All art and photos by Guinevere von Sneeden.
See more at instagram.com/guineverevonsneeden.
Guinevere von Sneeden lives in an enchanted world, an uninterrupted sanctuary of pure delight where time is suspended. Dust particles shining in the...
Springtime Foxes
High on a lone hill in spring, a svelte and lithe nocturnal hunter stalks her prey, leaping and diving into a rabbit warren or stealthily catching a bird and carrying sustenance back to her den,...
Black Light Soirée
An idea for a fun celestial party you can throw for your more moony, starry friends is a black light soiree—where guests adorn themselves with stars and constellations using blacklight body paint. Artist Sirena Hildebrand...