Faerie of Spring
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7th OOAK Design

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"Well-Apparell'd April on the heel of limping winter treads."

-- William Shakespeare

Faerie of Spring
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The Faerie of Spring, downy, white wings fluttering, and surrounded by blossoms, cradles a butterfly in her hands.



I wish I could take credit for planning the golden, antiqued glow of some of these pictures, but it is due to my flash being off(!), in any case it adds a nice, "Old Master's" effect that works for the subject.







Faerie of Spring
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This picture gives a more accurate impression of the colors--pale and pearlescent spring shades. n this close-up you can see the doll's lovely spun-gold hair, which is styled in long ringlets--some are pulled back from her face and fastened with a strand of pearl beads and a headdress of pink and blue roses, leaves,white tulle and pearls. Her skin has been given a pearlescent sheen and lips and eye-make-up partially repainted: she has spring-green eyes accented with pearly pinks, lavenders, and blue-greens, and her lips are lavender-pink. The necklace is of glass beads in pale green, blue and peach interspersed with pearl beads.

Faerie of Spring
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"To Spring" by William Blake


O thou with dewy locks, who lookest down
Thro' the clear windows of the morning; turn
Thine angel eyes upon our western isle,
Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring!


The hills tell each other, and the list'ning
Vallies hear; all our longing eyes are turned
Up to thy bright pavillions: issue forth,
And let thy holy feet visit our clime.

. . .

Faerie of Spring
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. . .


Come o'er the eastern hills, and let our winds
Kiss thy perfumed garments; let us taste
Thy morn and evening breath; scatter thy pearls
Upon our love-sick land that mourns for thee.


O deck her forth with thy fair fingers; pour
Thy soft kisses on her bosom; and put
Thy golden crown upon her languish'd head,
Whose modest tresses were bound up for thee!

This doll is a poseable, ballerina-style Barbie, so her pose can be adjusted in many ways, as I've demonstrated in the pictures. Her outfit, in a vaguely Renaissance style, is composed of four separate pieces: a bodice, an underskirt, an overskirt, and tulle slip.

The bodice has poufed cap sleeves and a fitted bodice with two layers of material, a sheer pale green silky material overlaid with a sheer pearl-white organza shot through with iridescent colors. It is trimmed with pale green satin ribbon and sheer white and pink ribbon roses.

The underskirt is of the sheer pale green material; the hem is gathered up in three places accented with white and pink roses,which, along with the tulle slip, give it added fullness.

The overskirt, double layered like the bodice, forms three "leaves" which show off the flounced underskirt; the petals are trimmed with pearl beads. The doll came with painted pink ballerina slippers, and her ankles are cross-gartered with green ribbon and accented with pink roses. This faerie also comes with her own display stand which forms a spring-time tableau. The base is covered with moss and accented with tiny white flowers; dew-drops shine on the flowers of Spring: anemones, narcissus, and violas that grow at the base of the "tree" formed by the stand. Vines of white flowers twine up it and cradle a bed of moss on which a blue-bird has made her nest. The faerie flits across this scene, suspended from the top of the stand with clear filament (which loops under her arms).