A New Event -

- is posted over at the Society of Secret Fairies. Check out the SOSF blog for the whole scoop.

- and Treats!

*Treats* have come in the mail this week!

I actually received TWO packages from Penny and Toby who live in the UK and blog over at Natural Attrill. Foreign food! tea! pampering treats! cards by Penny! beautiful, beaded zipper-pull by Toby!

and in the second box - big fat magazine, hand-knit scarf by Toby, and more cards by Penny. Wow - thanks guys. This was a great treat to behold!

And today, a beautifully autumnally collaged package arrived from Weird Bunny in Wales, blogging at Crystal Mountain -

What a treasure trove of autumn goodies, all in a wonderfully analogous color scheme. Hand knit hand warmers, papers, ribbons, bags of buttons, embroidery floss, Halloween-colored chocolate, a lovely fairy for my garden, and the most darling handmade mushroom card with an accompanying cluster of toadstools. Even the inside of the box lid was collaged in appropriately colored and thematic elements. Golly Julia, what a lovely surprise.

Even though my kids are feeling much to old to go trick-or-treating (so that I have no candy bags to vicariously raid) - I feel completely treated this holiday. Thank you my mail-fairy friends.

New Secret Fairy Event!

You are invited to participate in the shiny, new

Society of Secret Fairies event!

Please check out the SOSF blog for the whole scoop.

SOSF Tea Party...

I received a quite intriguing package in the mail today...


It hailed from Australia and came from the very interesting Liz over at Primrose Path


VERY scrumptious looking teas, jam and a yummy scone recipe. Thank you Liz! Can't get enough tea party ingredients at the moment.

However, I will have to defer trying them out - we are leaving for a week-long family reunion in the mountains of Utah. Don't know if there will be any internet access while there, so I may be out of contact for the duration.

Enjoy a cup of tea without me!

Announcing a New Event!

Welcome to the summer SOSF parcel Exchange.

*This event's theme is "Handmade card, favorite tea and a treat"! (One of each.) To keep mailing costs low, be creative with light-weight, flattish items that you personally enjoy and will fit into a small, padded envelope. For example- a couple of packets of your favorite tea, with your great-aunt Tursell's recipe for scones or petit-fours tucked into a beautiful handmade card in which you write your own tea rituals to share with your recipient. Add a wrapped piece of gourmet chocolate or biscotti, or something non-edible, but tea-themed as a *treat* and you will be set! This is just one possibility - use your creativity and love of sharing tea with friends.

If you have personal preferences regarding package contents, let me know. [For instance - if, like me, you do not drink green or black teas - only herbal or any other dietary type of restriction, let me know and I will pass that along to your Secret Fairy.] Everyone that is interested please send your details (name, post-to-able address and a link to your blog) to the hosting fairy TLC. Also direct any other questions you may have after reviewing the FAQs to her.

Your details will be kept in strictest confidence and not passed to anyone except your eventual fairy buddy.Important note: If participants of the previous parcel exchange wish to participate in this one too, they must resend their information (including resubmitting name, blog address and post-to-able address).