Fabulous Friday Favourites #06 Mushrooms!

1. Enid Collins Vintage Wood Box Mushroom Bag

This fabulous purse was made by Enid Collins in the 60's. Vintage and Groovy!

via Haillais {it's for sale too!}

via Haillais {it's for sale too!}

2. Japanese Washi Tape!

via Little.Happy.Things

I'm obsessed with these decorative washi tapes from Japan. Several months ago I bought a bunch of Washi tapes from some etsy sellers. I use the tapes to seal the envelopes on packages. I found these lovely mushroom and wildlife tapes featured over at Kaylah's blog, and had to repost a link to them! ^_^


3. Mushroom Buttons

via WindyLegend

Looking at these cute little wooden mushroom buttons makes me think of how I need to sew a cute blouse just so I can have an excuse to get these...! But, alas, one of the things I don't know how to do is sew clothing. Maybe I will just get a thrifted top, and replace the buttons with these? YES!


4. Glow in the dark Faerie Fire Mushrooms 

via Forest Organics

These are real, bioluminescent mushrooms, which you you can buy and grow on a log. I really want to try it!


5. Women's Mushroom Neck Tie

via FlapperGirl

This is SO adorable. Definitely lusting after this accessory.


6. Mushroom Print

via machelspencePHOTO

This photograph is so lovely. It shows how strong life is, and how it will always find a way to survive, even on a pine comb.


Hope you're all having a lovely Friday!

My Faerie Door

Lately I've been experimenting with polymer clay (specifically Super Sculpey), in an attempt to make a Faerie Doll.

I got a little side tracked when I saw the Faerie Doors/Portals of  Royal Kitness and just had to try and make one of my very own.

I wish I had taken some before photos of the Faerie Door, it looked A LOT different from what actually came out of the oven.


So I burnt my first sculpture pretty much to a crisp. It got all warped, blackened at the top, and looked really quite strange. But after the smoke cleared, and the stinky/toxic smell of the clay went away, I kind of liked what I saw. The piece took on an unexpected, slightly unnerving, macabre, and twisted appearance.

This is my little Faerie Door! It's full of Red Capped Toadstools/Agarics, surrounding the entrance into the realm of the Fae. I brushedit with gold paint, accentuated some of the back details, and from wire I'd baked into the clay, I hung some Swarovski crystals.

It really makes me think of something straight out of the movie the Labyrinth. It must have been so much fun to design those sets!

Here are a few more shots. I added a touch of atmospheric setting to them. Click to enlarge them.