It’s been so exciting opening all the boxes people from all around the world have sent in for our Send in the Gnomes fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
Yesterday we received a package from Mare. You might remember her and her outstanding custom fairy houses. I shared some of her Woodland Fairy Villages last month after spotting them on Etsy. Her fairy homes are clearly a labor of love and are such a joy to look at.
Imagine my surprise yesterday when we opened one of her creations.
My very own One Hundred Dollars a Month sign!
And check out all the loot she set out on the bed of glittered grass. Garden boots, a watering can, baskets of vegetables. Mare! This is so lovely.
Look! There is even corn.
And birds.
Eucalyptus leaves and moss for a roof. I love it!
Look at the detail!
Mare, can you make this life size? Because I totally want to live here.
The back of the fairy home is just as beautiful as the front. Oh my goodness.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! And thank you to everyone who has sent in a gnome for our Send in the Gnomes Project. So far we have collected 197 gnomes {you can see them all HERE} That is $1,970 raised for St. Jude Children’s Hospital so far.
Wahooooo! Thank you so much!
~Mavis
You can find more of Mare’s on of a kind fairy homes at her Woodland Fairy Village Etsy shop.
Courtney says
I just found your blog, it’s fantastic! It’s funny though, I was just googling “Mavis” because I’m due with baby #4 this summer and Mavis is at the top of the list if baby is a girl. We just moved to a new city with a bigger yard and decided to start a garden AND get chicks, so imagine my delight when I saw what kind of blog this was!
Do you love your name? Any nicknames that kids came up with? I love the name so much but don’t want to miss something, we almost gave our last baby a first named that rhymed with our last name, glad I caught it!
I can’t wait to read through your posts, you know, with all my free time taking care of a 5 year old, 3 year old and 19 month old! At least I’ll have something to do now that pregnancy insomnia has kicked in;)
Mavis says
Love the name. There are no know nicknames {total bonus!}. 🙂
Mare says
I am glad you got the gnomes and so glad you like your fairy house! It was such a pleasure to create it. I am so glad that I found your website, it really is amazing. Thank you for sharing all of this with your viewers. And you are doing such a wonderful thing by giving back through your gnome St. Jude quest!
Preppy Pink Crocodile says
Wow! What a special gift! It’s absolutely stunning and I just adore all the details. What did Lucy think of it?
KK