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Fairy house startup
Category: bethie's world | Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:17 pm Well, we started on our fairy house. I decided to go slightly Gothic with it. Hubby jumped right in to help. Once I had the dimensions he cut it out of exterior plywood and put it together with a light duty nail gun. This avoids wood splitting or having to predrill any holes. At the rooftip it is a whopping 41 inches tall. It will be completely grouted so it will be very weather resistant. The house has a bottom but then was placed on a concrete type board to have a little yard. The windows are thin wood. After grouting, the glass windows will be siliconed in place. 
Now I am glueing river rocks to the front and then a very beautiful metallic glass. The grout will be gray. The steps are going an opaque green glass. The door I have hammered copper and put on with little copper nails. 
Here's some things for the house. 
This moon attaches to the back of the house. I think Every house should have it's own moon. The rock piece is the house chimney. It has a hole drilled in the top that these little copper bats will fly out of in front of the moon. The antlers are going to be an arch over the front door with a little copper wire vine "growing" on it. The windows in the middle of the house have little copper boxes on them that another little vine will spill out of. That's it so far. It's a heavy piece that will be able to be viewed from all sides. I assume that fairies are not afraid of bats but it might keep those pesky GNOMES out. This blog entry has been viewed 919 times
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Ooh gothic, I like that angle Bethie. It looks great even now, can't wait to see the finished product. Gnomes are not afraid of bats as far as I know, maybe if they sing Barbara Streisand tunes though.
WOW!!! You'll be over-run with fairies wanting to move in. :-)
Very nice. I never really thought about that before. Moonlight is important. Perhaps every house should have its own moon. Have to think about that.
The fairies will be waiting in line to move in, Bethie. Great work!
Great fairy house Bethie! You are very creative
Oh Bethie it's beautiful!! You have a wonderful talent that I envy. Really looking forward to see it finished and in place.
Looks great Bethie, can't wait to see it all finished up.
I was just thinking about making a fairy house! I can't wait to see yours completed!!! It will be magnificent!
It already looks wonderful bethie.I'll be waiting to see it all finished.
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