We've got a range of Amy Brown and Jessica Galbreth fairy and fantasy postcards up individually at our eBay shop:
Check them out at our eBay shop, Fairies and Jewels, or as packs of postcards on our website, Kate's Gifts.
Saturday, 12 April 2008
New Stock - Jasmine Becket-Griffith Fairy Figurines
We've got some more Jasmine Becket-Griffith Open Edition Collectable Fairy Figurines and I've updated my website to include them:
We also have a few more figurines up on our eBay shop, but we only have one of each of these:
We also have a few more figurines up on our eBay shop, but we only have one of each of these:
Sunday, 6 April 2008
Friday, 4 April 2008
Fairy Lore: Around the World
Fairies have been called by different names around the world. The word 'fairy' is derived from fays which comes from the Latin word fatum, meaning fate. It's possibly that some of the elements of fairy lore come from the three classical Fates from Greek mythology who controlled the destiny of humans.
In Ireland, fairies were known as the sidhe. They were originally a race of gods and as big as humans, but they had to flee to the sidhe (hills or mounds) to escape when the Milesians conquered Ireland. They learnt how to be invisible and could only be seen by mortals who had the second sight, or who wore a special ointment or when they themselves chose to be seen. Ordinary mortals could only see them once a year, on Midsummer's Eve.
Elves were known all over Scandinavia, England and Scotland. In ancient Germanic lore, elf meant any supernatural spirit but as time went on, it came to specifically refer to small fairies in England, and human-sized fairies in Scotland. In Scandinavia, elves were divided into 'light' and 'dark' elves, roughly matching the seelie (kind fairies) court and unseelie (nastly fairies) court of Scottish fairy lore.
In southern parts of Africa, a tiny, peaceful fairy people called the abatwa were said to live among the anthills. They were said to be very shy and only showed themselves to small children, shamens or (occasionally) pregnant women.
In Ireland, fairies were known as the sidhe. They were originally a race of gods and as big as humans, but they had to flee to the sidhe (hills or mounds) to escape when the Milesians conquered Ireland. They learnt how to be invisible and could only be seen by mortals who had the second sight, or who wore a special ointment or when they themselves chose to be seen. Ordinary mortals could only see them once a year, on Midsummer's Eve.
Elves were known all over Scandinavia, England and Scotland. In ancient Germanic lore, elf meant any supernatural spirit but as time went on, it came to specifically refer to small fairies in England, and human-sized fairies in Scotland. In Scandinavia, elves were divided into 'light' and 'dark' elves, roughly matching the seelie (kind fairies) court and unseelie (nastly fairies) court of Scottish fairy lore.
In southern parts of Africa, a tiny, peaceful fairy people called the abatwa were said to live among the anthills. They were said to be very shy and only showed themselves to small children, shamens or (occasionally) pregnant women.
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
New Teeny-Weeny Fairy Figurines
We have some of the new Jasmine Becket-Griffith miniature collectable fairy figurines in stock We only have one of each item, so they are going straight into our ebay shop and not onto our website.
As you can see, they are gorgeous and we are putting the Pirate Fairy up for auction starting at £2.99, so you might be able to pick up a bargain.
As you can see, they are gorgeous and we are putting the Pirate Fairy up for auction starting at £2.99, so you might be able to pick up a bargain.
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