Roof Adornments
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Mica sheens, textures, and color swirlsShimmery, iridescent, and color shifting mica powders and glitters are the perfect dusts to evoke faerie magic.
Textures can enhance glitter or mica sheens, or add a ton of enticing detail to roofs and stepping stones. Multi-hue swirling can also add unique depth and character, and are perfect for faeries who have trouble picking a favorite color. |
Fairies glitter my heart with giggles. ~Terri Guillemets
Blooming Vines and FlowersThese bright flowers with sparkling centers are sure to lure in faeries, and maybe a few butterflies too.
Paired with leaves, berries, or twisting vines, these floral favorites create a perfect paradise for your faerie friends. |
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Each fairy breath of summer, as it blows with loveliness, inspires the blushing rose. -Author unknown
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Dangling CharmsSunbeams seek out sparkling gems as they sway in the summer breezes.
Metallic charms glint and glimmer while adding the perfect touch on a steampunk theme. Witches' dwellings tend to attract creepy spiders that hang off their peaks by a silvery strand of silk. |
Nor elves, nor fays, nor magic charm, Have pow'r, or will, to work us harm;
For those who dare the truth to tell, Fays, elves, and fairies, wish them well.
- Maria Edgeworth
Dots and SpotsClassic mushroom house dots and spots add flair and familiarity to a faerie's fungal domicile.
Small rounded dots of colorful clay or sparkling gems can either stand alone or intermix among large flat spots. Glow in the dark spots will help naughty nocturnal faeries find their way at night while foraging for fermented nectar. |
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I've always thought fairies are like mushrooms, you trip over them when you're not thinking about them,
but they're hard to spot when you're searching for them. -Jo Walton
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CrittersAll manner of garden critters love to take up residence near the faeries. Butterflies and dragonflies can't resist dancing upon rooftop flowers.
Mushroom houses have also been known to draw a few pests, such lady bugs and creepy spiders. |
Just living is not enough" said the butterfly fairy, "One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower"
-Hans Christian Anderson
Themed toppersWelcome the changing seasons with fall and winter themed houses for your faerie friends. Autumn leaves and pumpkin stems herald harvest feasts. Glittering snowflakes alight on the frosted roofs of winter houses.
Celebrate the holidays with spooky Halloween huts or Santa Hat houses decorated for Christmas. Glowing stars and moons, or glittering wizard's runes are the perfect adornments for a haunted faerie house. Faeries decorate their festive Christmas houses with mistletoe and holly. For the more industrial faeries, roofs topped with gears, keys, and piping give the perfect steampunk look. While forest faeries find their favorite homes in beautiful tree houses and broken stumps topped with leaves and moss. |
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Oh! where do fairies hide their heads, When snow lies on the hills,
When frost has spoiled their mossy beds, And crystallized their rills?
~Thomas Haynes Bayly