Out of the Darkness...& Into the Light

Hello dear friends, I am slowly but surely answering all my emails to all of you. Thank you all for your wonderful emails, well wishes and support! It has truly been an amazing few months. At the end of the year I will be removing this blog and solely updating the one at the following address:

http://www.thefairycaravan.blogspot.com/

If you want to know what has been going on, please feel free to visit that blog and read my post with the same title. I need a fresh start and as there are many new things on the horizon, I feel it is time to close this chapter. I hope all of you will join me at The Fairy Caravan and I hope you will understand why I have been away for a while. Sending you all lots of hugs.
Love,
Joanna

Earth and Sky - A Healing Sanctuary

Good afternoon everyone! Just wanted to share with you the re-opening of my other Etsy store-Earth & Sky. There you will find uplifting and loving tools to help you on your journeys. All items are created by me with love and light and empowered with Reiki energies. I am just starting to add items but so far I have Crystal Aromatherapy Mists, Healing Balms, Reiki Empowered candles, crystals and gemstones, healing artwork and various healing sessions. I hope you will take a moment to visit and simply relax.
Sending you All much love and light,
Joanna

News and New Art

Hello everyone, I hope you are all having a lovely holiday weekend! I wanted to catch you all up with what has been going on in my little world. First off, the crystal class went wonderfully, I am so very grateful for the sweet spirits that attended my first ever in person class. I have to admit, I was pretty nervous at first, but once I got going and focused on the purpose, the being of service to others, it made it beautiful and all I can say is thank you to everyone that attended.

I have been in the studio alot this week and sometimes you have to just go with it and not stop once the inspiration comes flooding in. It was very special for me because I saw my art evolve a little right before me, and it just kept building upon itself. One idea would come forward with another just behind that one so that it became like a beautiful dance of creativity! I am posting one of the new paintings here which you can read about on my new blog-yes I said it-NEW BLOG!

I am not getting rid of this blog or Rowans Art on Typepad but this week I also came to the realization that I have a serious love/hate relationship with blogs! I know that sounds awful but I went to Typepad because I liked the idea of being able to have picture galleries to be able to separate specific artwork, but I started thinking if it was really worth the money every month and did I really need to be so separated from my blog here when I could just add Ravens Feather Studio to my blogspot account. Phew...so that is what I did. If you go to my dashboard you will see listed Ravens Feather Studio or just CLICK HERE. So please visit their too to see the new art, I dont mean to make it all confusing, I really want to get this streamlined!

My goal is to have this blog be my Fairy creations and Ravens Feather Studio be my Paintings, Altered Journals and Mixed Media pieces.
Love to you all and have a beautiful rest of the holiday weekend!
Joanna

The Materia Botanica Faery Herbal Course

Well, the Herbal Faery Garden course is now finished and I have posted it in my Etsy Store for sale. I had so much fun writing it and I hope you will enjoy it too! This has been one of those things floating in the back of my mind for quite some time now. It is broken down into three sections: Faery Plant & tree Lore, Faery Recipes, and the Enchanted Faery Garden.
It is over 30 pages of information with the largest section being on creating a Faery Garden, even if you only have a small space, you can create something whimsical. I provide tips on creating an English Faery Garden, a Faery Flower Garden and even a Faery Medica herb garden that is in the shape of the Medicine Wheel. I include my own watercolor illustrations for reference. Such fun for little kids and big kids alike!
I also include a wonderful box of goodies with this course! If you are interested you can read more about it or purchase it HERE.

Tomorrow is my big day! I am teaching my first Crystal Healing Class tomorrow here in Phoenix and I am so excited, a little nervous, but very excited! I had 16 people sign up and some are coming from as far as Nebraska! The class will last just about all day with the second half of the day mostly hands on training-which I feel is the best kind! I wish you all a lovely weekend filled with love and light.
Joanna

Faery Inspiration Abounds...

Hello sweets, I have returned from my trip to Fairyland, made it through the brambles, vines and hedges, across the moss and heather covered sidhe mounds and passed through the veil betwixt and between our world and theirs. The inspiration they provided was ethereal and enchanting so I lit the candle upon my farmhouse table, got out the sewing machine and began my work like a little fairy cobbler-speaking of shoes...what do you think of this one, granted he is missing his other half, I am finishing him up this evening but had to share this little guy.

This sweet quilt was inspired by the natural world of Faery, soft muted colors and lots of texture!
Hand dyed fabric, vintage lace, feathers, leaves, gold leave, beads, organza, hand painted texture and a woodland fairy, all hanging from a Birch Branch on twine. This little piece of art will be in my Faery Alchemy Etsy store within the week along with the Fairy Herbal Course. I have received alot of emails asking when the course will be available-by the end of this week!
I will be working away into the wee hours of the evening tonight with my head full of whimsical ideas. Will share more soon, until we meet again, have a lovely evening.
Joanna

A Sweet & Special Gift!

My husband and I were away this weekend in Flagstaff again and I came home to a lovely and beautiful surprise from a dear and cherished fairy friend-Amy at Such a Wonderous Place This Fairytale Space
I was just about in tears when I opened it up as it was so very special I almost could not believe it! The wrapping was so sweet and whimsical, just lovely. She is such a beautiful Spirit and If you have not been lucky enough to come across her sweet blog, please visit, it is truly a wonderous fairytale space.

"Thank you Amy, from the bottom of my Fairy heart, it brims over with love and gratitude for this cherished gift. As a token of my appreciation, I bestow upon you the first ever Little Faerie Tales Fine Fairy Friend Award. You are wonderful!"

When I created this little award this morning, I was reminded of many other sweet Fairy Friends and Artisans that have touched my life through this amazing world of blogging, either with their lovely comments they leave or are simply amazing artisans that I admire. There are so many special and dear bloggers out there and I am grateful to each and every one of you. I would like to send out this award to a few others this morning:

Faerie Luna
Gossamer Creations
Enchanted Garden Studio
Couture de Papier

Have a lovely Monday everyone!
Joanna

Within A Fairy Forest

Lately I have been back in my studio with one of my favorite mediums-watercolors. There is just something so magical about watching the way the soft colors blend together and transform a white piece of paper into something beautiful. I painted two faeries last night both of which are to be used in two fiber textile quilts I am putting together. I have been so inspired lately by working with fibers and texture and have made that a focus of my art as of late. It is something I have never really delved into but I am loving it thus far! When I tried to fall asleep last night, my mind was racing with new ideas of how to work with my new found medium, that I actually had to get up and find a pen and paper to write it all down! So this morning I immerse my heart and Soul into the magical world of Faery once again...I will let you know when I return to share with you the ideas they bless me with!
Have a lovely day!
Joanna