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Well we did it!  Matryoshka and I spent a weekend in the faerie world, even ate the food!– and were able to get back to our own world.  That’s all against the fae rules, but we did it!  I wouldn’t have minded staying an eternity, if the weather had been more cooperative!  That said, it was a lovely weekend–Despite the rain and many weird weather appearances!  We met a lot of really wonderful people, heard some great music, saw a lot of great costumes and just generally enjoyed hanging out at the festival for 2 days. If you are wondering “what is this faerie festival thing all about?,” here is a little clip that gives you an idea of what you encounter at such a gathering.  (This is a fest in IL.)

I really enjoyed the Maryland one.  It was a little different than Spoutwood’s festival, but really nice.

Here a some highlights–

The Gypsy Nomads were MOST awesome! Again, this is another festival, but one of their songs.

So we sat and needle felted and spin span spun.

visited with friends, and made some new ones!

We had great neighbors!! Check out their awesome wares!

Goblin Road made some great leather corsets and these wonderful Gobbler dolls.

Emma of Creative Procrastinations had a highly addictive booth full of magical items– I’ll post her link once her website is open.

Creative Procrastinations was founded in the tradition of the Arts and Crafts movement which valued handcrafting and believed that everyone should be able to own beautiful, original things. Handmade beaded jewelry, fairy wings, fairy houses, fairy gardens, trinket boxes, journals, scrapbooks, hand-painted toys and a variety of other handcrafted items.

Fiber tomorrow, get some rest!