Fairies weren’t terribly popular in Jane Austen’s Regency England. Fairies would wait another generation, until firmly into the Victorian era, for their PR transformation from pesky to ethereal. Yet fairy wings attached to an ... Continue reading →
Halloween as a celebration of costume and make-believe does not enjoy a lengthy history. The earliest recorded mention of donning a costume is around the year 1900. According to Wikipedia, “early costumes emphasized the ... Continue reading →
Every day this month, we’ve featured a different Fantastic costume on FairyRoom’s Tumblr. Below is a gallery of everything we’ve posted! Horned Warrior via Custom Costume Company Troll via Helen Budniatsky ... Continue reading →
Want to capture a little Fantastic finesse of your own? Here are some readily available, respectfully acquired options — no stealing, controlling or vanishing involved! ... Continue reading →
When Tristan and I arrived at Faerieworlds on Friday afternoon, we were wearing jeans and plain tank tops, which was both uncomfortable—it was way to hot for jeans!—and embarrassing—we had entered a world of ... Continue reading →
FairyRoom's Community Spotlight is on Noelle Faulker, proprietress of Firebird Fae Couture. Noelle loves creating Fantastic textiles, with a specialty in exquisite fairy wings. Her approach of burning the edges of silk fabric for ... Continue reading →
To celebrate Father’s Day, we bring to you this fantastic story that we found about a little girl who "lives, eats, sleeps, and breathes fairies," and the day she gave her grandfather flying lessons. ... Continue reading →
It was years ago, at the Folklife Festival in Seattle, when Noelle Faulkner of Firebird Fae Couture witnessed what wings can do. ... Continue reading →
FairyRoom's Fantastic Community Spotlight is on Marjorie Dulaney, the owner of Magickal Things, a boutique that features her artwork and products ranging from wands and spells to books and curios to jewelery and handmade, ... Continue reading →