by Lisa Dunbar | Jan 8, 2024 | Craft, Fairy Illustration
In this blog I share a short I made recently called The Fairy of Sturt’s Desert Pea. The video is about a shy fairy who belongs to the Sturt’s Desert Pea family. Sturt’s Desert Pea is an Australia native plant. It’s latin name is Swainsona...
by Lisa Dunbar | Feb 7, 2023 | Book Review, Fairies, Fairy Illustration
Over Christmas, I discovered Elsa Beskow, a Swedish children’s author. I was looking through my sister Kirsty’s library when I came across The Children of the Forest and Christopher’s Garden. They were such delightful reads! Ever since, I have been...
by Lisa Dunbar | Jun 17, 2022 | Book Review, Fairies, Fairy Illustration
Recently I discovered Jane Tanner’s beautiful books about fairies. Jane is an acclaimed Australian illustrator who lives in Melbourne. She has been won many prestigious awards, in the CBCA of the Year Awards in several categories. Her picture books,...
by Lisa Dunbar | Mar 30, 2022 | Book Review, Fairies, Fairy Illustration
Do you love storytime? I do! Very often, I put aside some time, make myself a cup of tea and sit down with a picture book. I find it very relaxing to read out loud and I love to look at pictures. Last week, I read the delightful book, All about Fairies, by Izzy Quinn,...
by Lisa Dunbar | May 6, 2021 | Fairy Illustration, Fairy Journal, Handcraft Ideas, Magical Living, Miniature Gardens
Last week, a magical idea for winter popped into my mind, thanks to a beautiful book I found at a local bookstore. The book is called A Flower Fairies Journal: Return of Old Friends. It features Cicley Mary Barker’s letters, sketches and illustrations. They are...
by Lisa Dunbar | Jan 14, 2021 | Fairies, Fairy Illustration, Fairy Journal, Magical Living, Spirit Animals, Uncategorized
Recently I painted in my fairy journal an image I have called Augie’s Wombat. The painting features afairy baby and a wombat, an Australian marsupial. I love Nature and spend much timewatching wildlife as well as reading about them. In my fairy journal, I then like...
