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Joining on IG for my entries. My theme will be inspired by Cicely Mary Barker's vintage flower fairies.

Day 1: APPLE
The dedicated and industrious flower fairy delivering one apple at a time to families that love baking apple pies. 🍎

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2020-10-03

Las ilustraciones de Cicely Mary Barker me llenan el alma de calor, paz y una ternura inconmensurable

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2020-09-28

i wish i were one of cicely mary baker’s fairies

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2020-09-28

“The arms are fair,
When the intent of bearing them is just.”
Henry IV, Part 1, Act V, Sc 2

The Beechnut Fairy, by Cicely Mary Barker

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2020-09-27

Conkers always seemed magical and foraging for them was an adventure (trespassing through some woods and being warned that 'The Jellyman' gamekeeper would shoot us with a stun gun) A magical childhood game. Art by Cicely Mary Barker. y

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2020-09-22

🍂🍁🍂Beautiful Autumn fae by Cicely Mary Barker for

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2020-09-22

Fairies of the written & illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker. Wherever & whenever a seed sprouts a flower fairy is born. Each one lives & sleeps in their plant, flower or tree, looking after it, keeping it strong & healthy. 🍂🧚‍♀️

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2020-09-22

Lords & ladies, Arum maculatum, cuckoo pint & cuckoo’s penis to name a few. The tubers of this plant created a starch which in the 16thC was used to create stiff ruffs. Attached Cicely Mary Barker’s fairy pole dancing 😮🧚‍♀️ little minx!

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2020-09-20

Do...do you think she's mad?

OC "Cicely" by

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2020-09-13

The Dog Violet Fairy, Vintage Print, Flower Fairies, Flower Fairy, Cicely Mary Barker, Book Plate, Botanical, Spring, Book Page, To Frame https://t.co/so9ENnrbQB via

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2020-09-09

The Speedwell Fairy, Vintage Print, Flower Fairies, Flower Fairy, Cicely Mary Barker, Spring, Book Plate, Botanical, Book Page, To Frame https://t.co/juu3PVi2rO via

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2020-09-09

The Wind Fairy, Vintage Print, Flower Fairies, Flower Fairy, Cicely Mary Barker, Ephemera, Book Plate, Botanical, Book Page, To Frame https://t.co/LFXzjO4Qc6 via

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2020-09-06

To English folk the mighty oak
Is England’s noblest tree;
Its hard-grained wood is strong and good as English hearts can be...

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2020-09-03

Mountain Ash Fairy by Cicely Mary Barker. Autumn Flower Fairies - c1935.

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2020-09-01

“To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores...”
The Winter’s Tale, Act 4, Sc 4

The Traveller’s Joy Flower Fairy by Cicely Barker, 1920s.
This English flower, of the Clematis family, is so named as it was a welcome sight to travellers both setting out & returning.

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2020-08-09

I did a quick drawing of Cicely Mary Barker’s Wild Rose Fairy. It was a fun exercise and I liked the way it came out (even if she looks a little surprised 😆).

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2020-08-06