When I decided to do a fairy garden, I wanted to do something different. I didn't want to be cliche and actually put a fairy in it.
What fun is that?
And you all know how much I love the clown from the other day,
so when I found a teeny tiny dollhouse ferris wheel, my head was spinning (a little more than normal).
How cool would it to be to have a circus/carnival/fair themed fairy garden?
Can you even call it a fairy garden if you don't have any fairies in it? I may have to check the official fairy garden rule book.
For the flag bunting, I used wooden shish kebab sticks stuck in the dirt with drinking straws placed over them. Then I took bakers twine and glued it to the tops of the poles along with red teeny tiny pom poms.
The flag part is just scrapbooking paper cut and folded over the bakers twine and glued into place.
Now, you may ask if it is just for show?
Of course. The greatest show on earth!!!
But seriously, with paper bunting this will only look nice for a few weeks on my covered back porch and then Mr. Clown will be coming back inside to my son's room for safe keeping.
The plants in the garden are Vampire Dianthus which will have blood red flowers on it (I don't normally buy red flowers, but it seemed to go with a circus theme),
Sedum Kamtschaticum Ellacombeanum - a low spreading groundcover and
Bacopa Scopia Great White which is trailing and has pretty white flowers on it.
The whole thing is planted in a thrifted rusty enamelware basin previously seen in my Thrifty Finds post from March.
Oddly enough, I cleaned the dirt and grime out of it, shined it up and refilled it with dirt. Go figure.
Diane
Great alternative-- we don't always see fairies anyway, right? Hey-- that ferris wheel reminds me of one very similar my grandmother had for her parakeets to play with.
Susan Hamilton
As a lover of fairy gardens and all things fairy.....I would say your clown is your fairy........very very cute and creative. will have to show my grandkids your photos -they will go nuts. They are into riding around on their scooters and I just bought a fairy scooter for their garden....so much fun. thanks for the creative idea!
Laurel@chippingwithcharm
Cute, cute, cute!! I already re-pinned this 🙂 Maybe you could give the clown wings? haha...
Debbiedoo's
Now that is different Miss Pam! Adorable actually, what a neat idea.
Vickie @ Ranger 911
Your circus garden is absolutely adorable, Pam!! I love your clever use of the drinking straws and butcher's twine to hold your bunting! Now I'll got circus music in my brain all day. Da da dadadada da da dada. 🙂
You've got me thinking now. Would mini snow babies in a snow covered planter be considered a fairy garden? I could find a miniature snow shovel........hmmmmm.
mamamonki
That's perfect! I have an old basin just like that - I was trying to decide what to do with it and now I know. D's not really into fairies so I didn't want to do a fairy garden, but now I know I can be completely creative with it. Thanks!
susie @ persimmon moon cottage
We had one of those little Ferris wheels for our parakeet, too. The parakeet's name was Knot Head. He would pick seeds out of it, and march up over it while flapping his wings. I haven't thought about his Ferris wheel in 50 years. Your little red rimmed dish pan worked out great for your circus garden. It even had a drainage hole in it already. Your clown is perfect in this little garden. It looks wonderfully cheerful.
Eclectically Vintage
Cutest fairy garden ever - I'm in the mood for cotton candy now!
Kelly
Sandy McClay
This is so perfect! Your little Ferris wheel was in my parakeet's cage when I was a child, to fill each little "seat" with treats! I have one now and I have the pan, I adore this! I even have an old metal lawn chair for the pan to sit on...:) Thank you for sharing!
Robin Johnson
Oh my lord! Pam that is the cutest darn thing I've ever seen! Love, love, love it. I've never been drawn to the whole fairy garden thing but know that I know you don't have to actually have faires I'm thinking I need one too!
TracyMB @ Crows Feet Chic
This is adorable!! I love that our famous clown has his own... clownie garden!! You will be starting the next trend! 😉
Linda @ A La Carte
That is the best place for that clown! Really it turned out very cute!
hugs,
Linda
Olive
Pam, it is adorable. The clown is so special and does deserve his own world/garden. Pinning. hugs, olive
marty (A Stroll Thru Life)
How fun, I love the circus theme. Cute, cute, cute. Thanks for joining Inspire Me. Hugs, Marty
Marissa
O that looks so springy, beautiful, and looks like you had fun creating it...
You always inspire me!
Musings from Kim K.
Totally clever. I love mini bunting and using the decorative straws with the skewers is brilliant. Well done. I had plans all last summer to do a fairy garden with Josie and never did. It's going back on the list (when the weather finally cooperates).