Welcome to Fairyville Friday !!!

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I've been intrigued and fascinated by these forever................. ( what makes someone my age want to play with fairies?  ) I used to create miniature Christmas villages for the kids like you wouldn't believe - they were huge - truly villages - with schools and houses and Churches and playgrounds and skating rinks and ski hills )

Last year Danni ( whose grandson is now officially my boyfriend - online boyfriend ) created this
You can read about it here SILO HILL FARM

And I fell instantly madly in love....................is that the cutest thing or what?

It led me in the direction of another new obsession ( I haven't done Christmas villages in a very long time )
I won't be making an outdoor Fairy Garden per se................I'll be making an indoor Fairy Village ( where it'll be nice and safe from that nasty groundhog HERE and the ducks HERE but especially from those Grackles ( who apparently like shiny things ) HERE

So......................I bought a bird house ( with a little veranda - now how adorable is that? )
That hole will be covered up or made into a port hole window but I did cut a little door on the side - still rough but at least the fairies can come in and out now lol
Just need to paint it up in pretty colors

I cut the door out with a steak knife - please dear God - do NOT tell John - and don't tell him I use butter knives to open paint tins - it drives him NUTS  I use butter knives as flat head screw drivers also - I'm a utensil type of gal LMHO

There's even " eaves " on the roof !

Then I picked up a kit from Michaels - which included a charming fence

and the sweetest arbor

 a bench for them to rest on

a bird bath ( I'll be painting the interior of it blue )

a wheelbarrow -

a watering tin

and a little welcome sign

I picked up this little lantern separate - just because I had to have it

AND THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE?
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
It's so cute I can't stand it

OMG !!! That little basket filled with miniature flowers?

I purchased 2 more birdhouses ( remember this is going to be a village )  and lots of fun things which will wait for the next post - this is getting kind of long :)
But still on the list are:
cocktail umbrellas
thimbles
match boxes
and then I'm going to spend some time this weekend looking for remnants from my Christmas villages - there
were some pretty cool things in there, like street lamp posts and bridges and such.

I'll be updating the progress weekly on Fairyville Friday
now I'm off to paint a fairy house - you all have a beautiful weekend!

Oh and I've started a Pinterest page just for Fairy Gardens - if you're as intrigued by them as I am you can find it HERE

Awww - what the heck - here's a little teaser ( I hope the little girls I'm creating this for love it as much as I do !!! )  Here's Rainbow Road, Fairyville

You all have a wonderful weekend -
Much love,

P.S. - I just opened the front door to let Soda out for her middle of the night pea - and there was a SKUNK standing right in front of the door !!!
OMG - this doesn't stop...............it ran off and it didn't spray - but I'm still shaking.
I'm living in the middle of a ZOO !
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My outdoor " kitchen "

Good morning everyone !

My little mini outdoor kitchen " station ".created from a vintage kitchen unit ( I think these may have been made for campers back in the day - although I can distinctly remember seeing these in the country " shacks " we rented for summer holidays growing up.)

It sits against the fence in a corner ( with the bar-b-q resting against the other side of the corner
( so I have an outdoor kitchen " triangle " - triangles are very important in kitchens don't you know? lol )

It was in the mud room when we bought the place - a piece of furniture really because it wasn't attached to anything except by way of plumbing - but we had to remove it when we built the niche for the fridge.............it was tossed out on it's ear in the back yard where it waited until Spring to be brought to the dump - however once Spring arrived I had other plans floating through my brain ( it kills me - absolutely kills me to send things to the dump )  This unit still had a " life " to live in my opinion

I had a metal bar on hand ( from Ikea - used to hang pots from in our previous home )  which I attached
directly to the fence.................a few pasta tins were spray painted Turquoise ( left over paint from the chairs I painted HERE - to hold untensils ( for parties - flowers I suppose when not partying lol )

The square wreaths were placed on top of square Ikea mirrors ( I think they're 2.00 each ) the wreaths
were square panels that I cut into wreaths ( dollar store finds ) you can see how I made them HERE

Holes were punched into the containers and hooks placed on them so they could hang from the rod.

The rod also allows me to hang a napkin holder and a towel

Since the sink is not functional - I placed a plastic bin ( again from the Dollar store ) in it - this will be a perfect ice container for parties - to house beer or soft drinks !  ( and not left over annuals that I haven't planted yet )

but really I could always put the bin in the cupboard underneath the sink - there's a plug so I could drain out the water into the bin once the ice melted - just thought of that this minute, duh ...................

I have a cutting board that will rest on the counter when needed but for now the counter is a place to put a vase of my beloved peonies ( you can see how I patiently waited for these babies to bloom HERE

The " nests "  hanging over the wreaths are lights - I haven't attached anything electrically yet but I think they'll be pretty when they light up this area in the evening

For now I'll settle for candles -

Battery operated ones

and the real thing ( a Christmas tea light holder but evergreens grow year round so it's okay lol )

Sorry I don't have a photo of the whole unit - but the " body " of it wasn't quite finished when I wrote this up between the garden - the little bedroom makeover - and this, I'm just a teensy little bit overwhelmed.  I'll post as soon as it's fait accomplis !

And there you have it - my outdoor mini kitchen
The cost of this area was exactly one big fat ZERO................I had everything on hand.
So................ can I get you anything?
Wine?  Sangria?  Beer?  Soft Drink?  You name it - I'll just run to the counter and whip it up for you

John says - I'm making tea, want one?
Suzan says - I'd love one thanks
John says - WHERE HAVE ALL THE SPOONS GONE?
oh oh - forgot about that.
Suzan says - They're out here - I was just taking a few photos
John says - This has to be your worst idea ever, they're going to be full of bird crap.................
Suzan says - Well aren't you just full of Sunshine, Lollipops & amp;@#*&(*@ Rainbows

Well the Lollipops part is fitting anyway since we're Lolly & Pop to the little ones.
Scrap the tea - I'll have a glass of wine................... ( you don't need utensils for that )
Have a wonderful day all !

( I just realized I never did a full INDOOR kitchen reveal post - have to work on that ! )
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UPDATE !!!

I found a couple of images of 40's & 50's steel kitchen units - mine is smaller than this one - but I guess they were quite the " thing " back in the day - this lady looks as thrilled with hers as I am with mine 60 years later LOL
I'm soooooo happy I found a way to use this - talk about history!

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This one's as close as I can find as mine except I have a drawer on the upper right hand side

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Here you can see the front of it - and though some rust is a good thing - we have to keep in mind that it's part of an erosion process and I want this baby to last a lonnnng time - with a little love and a little paint, hopefully she will.

I'm in the process of painting it now :)
Much love,


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