# The Faerie Handbook: An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects - Hardcover

by **The Editors of Faerie Magazine** (Author)

**"****I'll be honestly surprised if The Faerie Handbook doesn't end up having the same impact and influence as Froud and Lee's Faeries did all those years ago."--Charles de Lint**

In this exquisite anthology, Editor in Chief Carolyn Turgeon and the editors of _Enchanted Living Magazine_ (formerly _Faerie Magazine_) welcome you into an enchanted realm rich with myth, mystery, romance, and abundant natural beauty. Organized into four sections--Flora & Fauna, Fashion & Beauty, Arts & Culture, and Home, Food, & Entertaining, it offers an array of exquisite vintage and contemporary fine art and photography, literature, essays, do-it-yourself projects, and recipes. A Resources section provides a listing of Fairy Festivals and Fairy House Festivals worldwide.

With an inset image on the front cover, ornate silver foil patterning on the front, spine, back, and edges, and a satin bookmark, _The Faerie Handbook_ is an eye-catching volume for fairy fans of all ages. Here's some of what you'll find inside:

**Flora & Fauna**: Where Fairies Live; A Listing of Fairy World Inhabitants; Katerina Plotnikova's Fairyland (photography portfolio); Fairy House Architecture and Interiors; A Fairy Herb and Flower Almanac; The Poison Garden at Alnwick Castle; Fairy Trees; Victorian Terrariums; Animal Friends and Foes

**Fashion & Beauty:** Fairy Queens; Fairy Couture (portfolio: tiny hand-crafted dresses fashioned from paper as well as real flowers); fashionable flower plates from J.J. Grandville's book _Fleurs Anim es_; Fairy Cobblers: (portfolio: fairy shoes crafted from paper and flowers; fairy shoes for human folk); Garbed in the Garden (designer dresses for humans crafted from and embellished with live flowers); Dewdrops: The First Beauty: Elixir; Fairy Dust; Fairy Fragrances; Bathing in Fairy Style; Fairy Wings; Mori Girls

**Part III: Art & Culture**: _A Midsummer Night's Dream_; _The Secret Commonwealth_; How to Avoid Being Taken by Fairies; Changelings; Victorian Fairy Paintings; The Art of Arthur Rackham; Charles Vess, Cicely Mary Barker, and Brian Froud and Alan Lee; Fairytale World of Mr. Finch; Kirsty Mitchell's Wonderland (photography portfolio), The Lady of Shalott; the Cottingley Fairy Hoax

**Part IV:** **Home, Food, & Entertaining** Midsummer Night's Dream Garden Party; Edible Flowers; Fairy Drinks; The French Fairytale Salon of Madame d'Aulnoy; A Fairy Tea Party; Fairy Party Tips; Fairy Portals and Pathways'; Fairy Tale-Inspired Houses of Carmel-by-the-Sea

**Projects and recipes**: Craft Your Own Fairy Furniture; How to Build a Flower Press; Flower Pressing Ideas and Tips; How to Make a Fairy Terrarium; How to Make a Fairy Flower Crown; How to Make Fairy Dust; The Perfect Fairy Bath; How to Construct an Arbor; Candied Violets; Flower Lollipops; Lavender Shortbread Cookies; Honey Ricotta Tart; Frosted Cranberries; Fairy Tea Cakes

### Front Jacket

This exquisite anthology welcomes you into an enchanted realm rich with myth, mystery, romance, and abounding natural beauty.

Gorgeous fine art and photographs, literature, essays, do-it-yourself projects, and recipes provide hours of reading, viewing, and dreaming pleasure along with a multitude of ideas for modern-day living and entertaining with a distrinctive fairy touch.

\--Charles de Lint

### Back Jacket

This exquisite anthology welcomes you into an enchanted realm rich with myth, mystery, romance, and abounding natural beauty.

Gorgeous fine art and photographs, literature, essays, do-it-yourself projects, and recipes provide hours of reading, viewing, and dreaming pleasure along with a multitude of ideas for modern-day living and entertaining with a distrinctive fairy touch.

**Number of Pages:** 240

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 10.1 x 7.1 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** November 14, 2017

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- **Price:** 35.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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