Mushrooms

A whole bunch of mushrooms have shown up in the backyard...so here are some pictures of them.

 They're in a couple different places around the house, which I think is awesome. Obviously, they remind me of excellent pieces of children's literature like Thumbelina and Alice in Wonderland.

Also, I think that the funny shape of mushrooms somehow enables them to spread joy. I'm not just talking about hallucinogenic joy. I mean, anybody who grew up watching Fantasia sees mushrooms and thinks of happy childhood times, tiny dancing Asians, and the Nutcracker ballet. Or even if you didn't grow up with Fantasia and you just think they're cute. Like how acorns are cute because they're wearing little hats.

On another note, I am up to 13 pages on what will hopefully become my first book someday. Yesterday I just sat here at my desk for a few hours, drank a whole mug of tea (an impressive feat for me; I rarely finish hot drinks. Or soda.), and wrote. Something I am hoping to develop into a habit. Unlike fungus photography.

Please enjoy my funny mushrooms.

More Fairy Things

These are some of the websites I've been looking at that I'd like to share because they've inspired me to start drawing again...

Fairysteps: Handmade shoes inspired by fairies/fairy tales. If, like me, you can't afford them, they're still really fun to look at. And actually if you check out Etsy in general, it's all this amazing handmade merchandise - shoes, clothes, bags, postcards, jewelry, kitchen stuff. Really cool.

Fairytale Fashion: Fashion and art inspired by fairies/fairy tales.

Illustrations: I love this guy (or girl? Foreign name). Somebody sent me his/her illustrations a while ago, and I fell in love with his/her style. Really great fairy tale illustrations, and some fashion drawings as well.

I hope you enjoy exploring! Now that I'm out of the closet as an enormous fairy lover, I'm getting really excited about online searches for cool fairy things. And maybe even thinking about my own painting aesthetic differently.

Ta-ta!