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When I purchase a home of our own, I bought a 100 year old Victorian with the wide, rich molding made from 100 year old oak. I couldn't bring myself to attach the door to that beautiful molding, nor could I bring myself to cut an opening for the door. Besides, if you've ever worked with 100 year old oak, you know it's almost as hard and dense as concrete!
So, I hung onto the door, wishing I could think of a cute place to put it. Then, I moved ... and I had the perfect place! I'd had that little door for almost 25 years, but I knew exactly where it was.
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My daughters love my fairy doors and gardens. Thing 1 has a fairy door at her house and plans to add more. Thing 2 saw my blog yesterday and ran home at lunch to see the fairy garden in person! (You can view it here.)
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One of my sisters went crazy for my first fairy door, so I sent her one for her birthday. She had a lot of fun deciding how to decorate it and where do put it. She made a mouse door (picture at left) for another sister. Isn't it adorable? I'm going to try my hand at making one, too!
Last night I made a cobblestone "patio" in preparation for my second fairy garden. It's not exactly what I was going for, and I'll probably tinker with it a little more, but it's passable as is. My third fairy garden will have a brick patio, but more on that some other time.
I'm still spellbound by miniatures and I am having so much fun with these silly fairy doors and gardens! I realize it's becoming somewhat of an addiction, but there are worse things to be addicted to ... and I rather enjoy having this miniature monkey on my back!
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