Wishing You A Fairy Little Christmas!

 

With Christmas the Season to Believe,

I’m sharing a little holiday magic from the archives

 to Wish You A Fairy Little Christmas!

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 Enter the Flower Fairies’ magical realm

and suspend your disbelief. . .

After all, only true believers are able to see the fairies. . .

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Enchanted with the Flower Fairies, I created a table~ the Forest Floor~ where they are able to live in harmony with nature, safely hidden from human eyes ~

“Fairies require their homes to be cleverly concealed. A hollow in an old tree stump can be transformed into the perfect abode.”

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I fell under the spell of this Stump de Noël Pan at Williams-Sonoma~ the fault of the Flower Fairies, I have no doubt as I followed their sparkling trail. . .

“Fairies sometimes sprinkle sparkling fairy dust upon trails to guide others to their home.”

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A version of the French Bûche de Noël, the Stump de Noël Pan makes a cake in the shape of a woodland tree stump for the Flower Fairies~  drizzled with chocolate and decorated with Enchanted Forest Confections~ Mushrooms & Acorns I also found at Williams- Sonoma.

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Little Chocorooms from World Market that adorned another Fairy Cake, and Poinsettias sculpted from Tootsie Roll Midgees, embellish the Flower Fairies’ dwelling~

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I confess to using a box mix as a short cut with my busy December calendar and found myself reaching for Duncan Hines Amazing Glazes rather following the recipe included with the pan.

 The Flower Fairies didn’t mind my time-saving steps~ but are anxious to try the Stump de Noël Cake recipe ~with 1 1/2 cups sour cream and 6 oz. of bittersweet chocolate in the batter along with another 4 oz. of chocolate & 1/2 cup of heavy cream in the glaze!

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Microwave your Tootsie Roll Midgees for 10 – 15 seconds and flatten with a rolling pin between two pieces of wax paper. Cut your flattened Tootsie Roll with kitchen shears into leaf shapes and use the heat of your fingers to mold the leaves and score veins with a toothpick.

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I borrowed my Mother-in-Law’s Spode Christmas Rose for my table since flower beds are a perfumed paradise for fairies that adore beauty above all else. . .

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“Every flower has its own fairy to care for it, which explains why most of my own fairy encounters have taken place in the garden.”

“When you happen across a tree stump, look carefully for any knot holes, which fairies often use as entrances to their home.”

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“Some fairies prefer the security of being on the ground and it is here, at the foot of the ancient oak, that I have discovered another favourite dwelling place ~ the forest floor.”

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“A fairy ring is a place where fairies meet to dance. To find such a ring, venture into a shady glade in a quiet part of the woods. Look for a circle of fungi growing. But remember that the fairies only dance by moonlight. . .”

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“No need for journeying, Seeking afar: Where there are flowers, There fairies are. . .”

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“Tread softly and speak quietly when you set foot in the fairies’ world. Who knows—perhaps you too will be allowed a glimpse into their magical kingdom. . .”

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Fairy Little Christmas Table Details:

Dishes/ Spode Christmas Rose

Goblets/ Mikasa French Countryside

Chargers/ Round – World Market, Scalloped – Pier 1

Napkins/ Pottery Barn

Napkin Rings/ HomeGoods

Sophia Flatware/ Horchow

Matelasse coverlet/ Kohl’s

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Beautifully illustrated, the paper engineering with its lift-the-flaps, booklets, maps, holograms, and other ephemera, hold surprises waiting to be discovered, and are sure to delight both young readers and the young-at-heart alike!

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