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Giveaway-Magical Miniature Gardens and Homes: Create Tiny Worlds of Fairy Magic & Delight with Natural, Handmade Décor

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Giveaway-Magical Miniature Gardens & Homes: Create Tiny Worlds of Fairy Magic & Delight with Natural, Handmade Décor

Leave a comment in today’s post by December 16, 2016 and you are in the running for this darling miniature making book.

Open to U. S. residents only please.

Create Whimsical, Miniature Gardens with Handmade Fairy Furnishings

From low-maintenance desert fairy gardens to tin towns for town-loving fairies, adults and kids alike will enjoy creating their very own miniature worlds. Complete with handmade décor like spool chimneys, magical signposts, goldfish and water lily ponds, birch and pine-thatch houses and more, your gardens will transport you into your own fairytale.

Donni Webber guides you through preparation, planting and crafting magical, miniature accessories with natural materials. These adorable projects are a perfect escape from the mundane and will provide whimsy in your home, backyard or office. Children will love customizing their gardens as they imagine fairy folk visiting the charming homes and walking along the little stepping stones. Immerse yourself in magic and foster your love of gardening with this cheery, inspiring book.

Check out these DIY Fairy kits we found on Amazon.

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  4. Love this book. My daughter and I are doing an indoor fairy garden since winter weather is coming.

  8. This is really a family Gift! Our daughter is tree fairy, and our son’s daughter (our granddaughter), announced before she was 2 yes. old, that she was a flower fairy for “button fliers”. We do not know how either child discovered that they were fairies. Although there is 25 years age difference, and 3,000 apart, they have shown an amazing connection with one another from the first.
    I am positive that it would be a treasure for both of them!

  9. Would love this book. Would make me feel like a kid again. Nothing like getting great ideas to start planning. Thank you

  13. OMG!! I absolutely adore making Fairy scenes! To the delight of my grandchildren we have many “Fairy Doors’ inside and outside of our home. They love running around and trying to find out if there has been any new construction of Fairy Doors every time they come to our house! They are on walls, ceilings, the floor and even on appliances. I have been drooling over this book for quite a while now but haven’t bought it because that is money that I can use to buy supplies! I know, I know, the book would be a valuable tool to give me added inspiration! It is kind of like the age old riddle of what comes first, the chicken or the egg! LOL Fingers tightly crossed in hopes of being the lucky winner!! Have a great day!

  15. This book is adorable!!! My co-workers and I make fairy pots with the kids at the local nursery. Being able to expand on this idea would be so much fun! Thank you for the chance to win this giveaway!

  16. I would love this book! My daughter is a fairy lover and is very artistic! Thanks for the opportunity!

  17. Would love to win this – I’ve downsized since I’ve retired and need tiny whimiscal gardening projects

  18. I do polymer clay and have started making fairy doors and faires. This book would really be a big help to me. I would like to make trees and things to maybe make something to go with my grandson’s train set. I can use all the help I can get. LOL Thanks for running this awesome giveaway. And I sure hope I win!

  19. My niece loves fairy gardens and this book would be great to have so we can work together to expand her current garden!

  20. This is so amazing would love this I’m in Alaska and the winters are long what a wonderful way to plan everything for our beautiful summers so excited thank you for making this available to one of us

  21. I would love to have this book for my two going daughters. They love to find the magic in everyday things and this would be a great inspiration for them.

  22. This would be a great project to work on with my daughter – getting through the winter with dreams of things to do in spring!

  25. I am a Nana but I still love the world of Fairies. I am starting to make miniatures gardens around my home in pots. This book would give me a lot more ideas.

  28. This looks like a delightful book, filled with many magical ideas! I have lots of trees in my yard, so I’d love to get some inspiration from this book!

  29. What an enchanting book! This is the kind of gardening that I could actually do. Thank you so much for the chance to win this book. 🙂

  32. I think this book is full of magic. We need much more magic in our lives today. What a fantastic give away.

  45. My fairy garden could use a little help. This book is just what I need. Thank you for the opportunity to add to my collection of fairy ideas.

  50. I did Fairy Gardens with my Summer Program kids any we had a blast. I’d love to have another resource for next year. Thanks!

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