My Miniature World: The Creation of Fairy Brier!

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. I still can't believe that we are in August. Time flies when you are enjoying it especially with the kids at home.

Today I will be sharing with you the garden fairy that will be residing in the Fairy's Nook. I love adding dolls to my properties. Makes the houses look more lived in. As this project is based on a fairy's dwelling it is only appropriate to have a fairy doll in it. It is so difficult to find a 12th scale fairy. Most of them you find them made out of ooak which are very expensive. I came across this undressed elfish doll and she was very cheep. I could already imagine her in my Fairy's Nook.

Undressed Fairy doll

Most garden fairies are dressed in leaves or flower petals so I found this velvety artificial rose steam which had some nice colors and would have fitted in perfectly for what I planned. As I used the rose petals to dress her up it was only fair that the Fairy would be named after a Rose. So I choose Brier. Brier is a wild rose which has very small thorns.

The artificial rose steam that was used.

First I started by making her undies to hide the pipe cleaner legs. I used a pink piece of velvet which fitted in perfectly with the rose petals. Then I started dressing up the doll. Firs I started with the bodice and then the skirt. Once those where ready I did her sleeves and added some matching trimming to it. On the skirt I have also used some leaves. I was very pleased with the out come.

The pink velvet underpants

The dressing of the Fairy

Then came another challenge; the wigging of the doll. Even if I dressed a couple of dolls, I never really actually wigged one. The doll came without any hair. I had some curly golden hair which I had used for a past Christmas decoration and I thought that it would have suited her skin tones perfectly. She was not easy to wig as the hair was curly. But I love curly hair myself and she being named after a wild rose; wild, uncontrollable curly hair was my best option for her. After wigging her I added a small floral wreath for her hair which matched her dress.

Wigging the Fairy Doll

I am happy how she turned out, then the final touches where to add the wings. I have used gold plated craft wire, some netting material and glue. First I painted the net in gold acrylic paint. Then I made the wings with the wiring. I glued the wire to the net and repainted everything. Then I added some touches of glitter around the wings. When the wings where dried I just fitted in the extra wiring of the wings between her bodice and her back.

Making the wings for the fairy

I was very pleased how she turned out. To be honest I was very surprised how good she looked. Here are some pictures of Fairy Brier. I hope you like her.