RelaxPDX, You & Faerieworlds!!

Attention all my PDX-centric lovelies!  Find The Gilded Quill booth (3200) at Faerieworlds this year and enter for a chance to win a 30 Minute Massage from RelaxPDX!


What better way to come home from a weekend of magical reverie in the wild outdoors than by following it up with a little indoor pampering?  Treat yourself after a long weekend play!


RelaxPDX is located in the Portland, OR area, so bear that in mind :)


Here are the rules:
1) Visit the Gilded Quill, Booth 3200 at Faerieworlds
2) Pick up one of Princess Lolly's business cards (every fairy princess has them nowadays!)
3) Follow Lolly on Twitter, FaceBook or Blogger - each one will get you an entry
4) Leave a note with the quote on the back of the business card you picked up!
4a) If you already follow on one venue, and aren't going to FW, feel free to still leave a comment on one of the 3 venues above that you're a new follower and I'll enter you!
5) Winner will be announced June 23rd!

Have fun!!

Fae it Forward 2011!!

2011 is here!  In order to start the year off right, I decided to participate in this fun game to "pay it forward" (courtesy of Jill :).  Here's how it works!


FIRST: I promise to send a FREE handmade faerie treasure to the first 10 people who visit my Artfire Store and leave me a comment/link on one of your favorite items! I will be making unique gifts but having an idea of what you might like would help :)


NEXT: You must follow this blog and repost this giveaway, or twitter it, or link-back, or share it on an email list you're on - you can choose how you'd like to forward promote it, just let me know.


LAST: Make sure I have a way to get your cool handmade gift TO you. You can leave me a message via Etsy, Artfire, Facebook, Twitter or LiveJournal!

HAVE FUN and HAPPY 2011!

Spring Fairy Festival 2010

Greetings Blossoms and Sprouts! I have finally trod the silver path home from the Spring Fairy Festival in a ribbon-ly fashion, round-about, by way of Beltane at Crescent Moon Gifts.

The festival was an awesome event with great workshops, vendors, music and fun for the kiddos at every turn. It was such a good turn out this year that I think they might have to upgrade to a larger venue next year which can only result in awesome!

As I wandered around the celebration, here are some of the highlights that I took note of:

--The Fairy Amethina from the Gilded Quill taught a Magic Wand making class for a whole host of Faeries and Elflings, which was a great success and resulted in many glamour-ready magic wands for the spreading of sparkle.

--Blu Pixie also taught a great workshop on how to build your own Fairy Nest. It was a hit and soon, there were nests all over the festival, adorned with creativity and flowers!

--Across the row from Amethina was the beautiful and bright Heather Teakell of Krickets Creation. Heather is the hattress behind these amazing mini tri-corns and tophats, looking awesome in her ivy-arched booth.

--Around the corner from them was the soft-spoken Rachel Pace from Rachel's Fairy Houses. She had a whole new selection of awesome steampunk-fairy rings and amazing new Gypsy Caravans.

ALSO! Rachel has been entered into a contest at Michael's Crafts for the most creative momma-fairy! If you love her work and want to support the community, please go give her your vote here! No signing up is necessary on any mailing lists or anything :)

--The All's Faire gnomes made a showing to invite everyone out to their fantasy faire this June 18th - 20th in Bonney Lake. I know I'm planning to be there!

--There were several performers such as Alexander James Adams (a favorite everywhere), Jimmy Free (amazing solo act), Green Fey (new up and coming band with a unique mellow sound), Adderstone Tribal Dance and Jeweled Scarab Dance Company.

I kept a careful eye out but there were no sightings of Wotan the Barbarian this time around...he must be plotting his revenge for Norwescon!

Fair wind and fair weather!
Aerowynd Flightfeather
Realm Reporter ExtraordinAIRe!
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Fremont Market Fiasco!

On Sunday, the day was looking sunny and promising. The Fairy Amethina decided that she would appear with her magical arbor at the Fremont Market in Seattle. So she perched on her Giant Toadstool that she got from her fairy friend Angelita at Crescent Moon Gifts, and shimmered in from the Realm.

Sure enough, the market was full of spectacular treasures! Right away at the Memoria merchant booth across from her, she found a glamorous pink coat of glamour. She tried it on, shimmering bodaciously in the sunlight. That's when the trouble all began...

...because as everyone knows, goblins, boggarts and other naughty faeries scoff at the shinies and take no end of amusement at making mischief for the bright ones when they think they can get away with it.

No sooner had she taken the iridescent cloak off than those pranksters chucked berries at her, safely hidden on their perch high in the tree behind her booth. One even splattered right on her arm which made Amethina quite perturbed!

Having experience with malcontents and grouchy barbarians like Wotan though, Amethina knew that faeries should always be packing glitter - which she was.

Withdrawing her Pink Ivory Wand she marched straight over to that tree, sprinkled around the trunk with fairy dust and then cast a magic shield around it to make sure all the berries would bounce on the inside from now on! (Not to mention that the miscreants would be unable to climb down without getting sparkled ;)

Then after all that spell-casting work, she strolled down the way to the Amanda Fiebing booth and bought herself a blue, hand-needled Octoclops hat because she 'felt' like a treat (haha!).

The next perpetrators who decide to get carried away better beware and take a warning from the first guy because now the Fairy Amethina has an eye-out!

Tee hee :)