the story of this piece starts with a story of marmalade. while I was shopping I really fancied some marmalade, but I knew that if I bought a whole jar I would leave most of it, but they had some tiny little jars, so I got one of those. As soon as I held it though my mind wandered to jar fairies. I have made one before, although she was actually a pepperpot fairy.
so anyway, this jar is tiny, less than 2 inches high (and quite a bit of that is lid) so my main problem was finding a fairy small enough. but then I remembered I had this one from Inka stamps
I have put a really pretty hessian flower inside the jar. I have glued green fantasy fibre for the ground. glue and fantasy fibre- what a nightmare. it went everywhere. I also put some clear fantasy fibre inside the jar to look like magic trapped in the jar. I then glued a flower to the lid.
so the question is did I subconsciously buy the marmalade just so I could make the jar fairy?
so unusual and so sweet and pretty, what a wonderful idea
ReplyDeletethis is gorgeous, and so tiny!!! :))
ReplyDeleteVery gorgeous fairy jar. I think us crafters are always subconciously thinking how we can use every receptical we buy!
ReplyDeleteLove the fact its so tiny....
ReplyDeletegorgeous.
Was the marmalade ok or did you just scoop it into the bin 'cos you were craft obsessed lol...must make jar fairy...must make jar fairy lol
Gorgeous Joanne - I would buy things too - jsut for the jars LOL
ReplyDeleteVery sweet!
ReplyDeleteLove it Joanne.
ReplyDeleteLol @ Jo's post.
aw she is so cute Joanne!
ReplyDeletewhat a cutie!
ReplyDeleteAw that's really cute. :o)
ReplyDeleteLovely piece of art!
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Joanne - that's gorgeous!!! Wow! I had a sneak peek last night as it's ages since I've been blog hopping lol. Didn't have time to post then put having a late lunch and thought I'd sneak back on! Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteYou know my prejudice against fairies in jars, Joanne, but yours is the best one I have seen, and I love the idea of a magic thread inside. A beautiful flower too. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweetie Joanne! Love the way you did it with the rose on top. Looks very special
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeous! Wonderful idea!
ReplyDeleteI love to recycle, you are certainly thinking green…lol. I think most fairies are fond of green too :) Seriously this is stunning, I could not love it more!
ReplyDeleteSuch a darling jar!! What a great idea, too. That's the same size jar as the one I used for the bath oil. I'm glad I'm not the only goofball who saves those!
ReplyDeleteSuch a darling jar!! What a great idea, too. That's the same size jar as the one I used for the bath oil. I'm glad I'm not the only goofball who saves those!
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