Friday, November 07, 2025

Fossilized Fairy Footprints

 


Oh my word.

Being a gal who loves history, folklore, artifacts and making magic, this project is the bees knees. I hope you think so too.

First I made tiny feet, then pressed them into clay (DAS) along with some leaves, let it dry, painted her up, then tagged and framed the artifact. 

I mean, how sweet would this be as gift to a believer in the fair folk?!

To be honest, this isn't where I intended this project to go. I had other plans. Perfectly good plans! But, as often happens, my project took me elsewhere. That's kind of a great thing though, as now I have a couple of extra projects in my back pocket for the future, and a perfectly good reason to keep those little fairy feet I created safely tucked away. 

(I realize putting things in a safe space is actually the very worst place to keep them as they always go missing, but we'll cross our fingers this doesn't happen.)

And as sweet as the framed artifact is, how freaking magical would it be to allow someone else to discover, uncover, one in the wild?!

 

Imagine stumbling upon fairy footprints nestled in a bed of moss. Or maybe just poking out from under the earth, dusted with soil. Sure, you'd have to take extra caution so that the elements didn't destroy your artifact... but oh the magic of it!

If you'd like to jump on the crazy wagon and make one for yourself you can find the YouTube tutorial here. Just remember to keep your fairy feet for future projects!

Have a splendid day lovely internet friend!