Another new handmade toy from Heartfelt.  This wonderfully cute set includes 7 little gnomies.  Available HERE for only $16.95

Hello everybody,

I am pleased to introduce a new toy to the Fairy Ring, handmade felt goats.  I’ve actually had them for ages and they’ve starred in the Billy Goats Gruff story set and movie, but I hadn’t found the time to make a new set for photography.

Goats are great to round out a farm set, or of course for acting out the Billy Goat Gruff story!

Available from the Fairy Ring store (click here) from $12.95

These toys are another great idea from HeartFelt and we love them.  They are very simple but look spectacular.  Available from the Fairy Ring store here for only $4.95

This month we are offering a $50 Fairy Ring coupon to the winner of our April competition.  To enter you need to email me (Paisley[at]fairyring.com.au) with the number of differences you can see in the two images below.  Click the image to get a closer view.  The first person with the correct answer will get a $20 coupon.

And finally, anybody helping spread the Fairy Ring message and posting this competition on their blog or Facebook page just needs to email me for a $10 coupon.

Entries close end of April, 2010

Happy searching.

The latest addition to the Fairy Ring is the shark.  Handmade using beautiful hand dyed felt, can be ordered in any colour you want.  Available from the Fairy Ring store (here) for $12.95

I am pleased to introduce some new toys.  These are handmade (of course) felt toy seals, available in any colour or pattern you want.  Available at the Fairy Ring store (here) for $12.95

The latest addition to the Fairy Ring is a grizzly bear.  Available in black, brown, white (polar bears) or in fact, any colour you want.  Available for purchase here for $14.95

Hello Fellow Fairies!

This newsletter is a little bit late, as the Fairy Ring has been a very busy place lately. Running a home business, studying, teaching and raising a fairy family is quite a juggle I can assure you.

I have been so busy with orders I have had to recruit a helper – Heartfelt. Heartfelt is a new toymaking fairy who has just joined the Fairy Ring. Not only is she helping out making felt toys, but she has already brought a lot of new ideas and some new toys too. Welcome Heartfelt!

New toys this month

I also have a few other toys that are done and will be online soon, including:
- Bears, brown or polar
- Seals and seal babies
- Sharks
- Under the sea play set including a whale, shark, fish and a sea horse (plus whatever your imagination can conjure!)
- An Artic set, including a polar bear, seals and penguins.
- Lots of felt gnomes, available in family sets.

FREE toys this month

For rest of March I am offering free wooden toys with all orders over $25. Already a mothers group, play group and a family day care have received free toys. If you want to take advantage of this and stock up on some handmade wooden toys for your group, you have a couple of weeks to get the mums together and order up.

We won

The major news for February was that with your help, the Fairy Ring was awarded the Rising Star award from the team at HandMadeKids. This award is for new businesses specialising in handmade items for kids and we are very proud to win it. Thank you to everybody that nominated and voted. For those of you not familiar with HMK, check them out at www.handmadekids.com.au. Thank you to Jemma and Caz and the rest of the team at HMK!

Finally, in February we ran a giveaway at another great website – www.growingupgreen.com.au Kym (aka Keggy66) was the lucky winner of the $50 voucher. We will be having more giveaways throughout the year so keep an eye out.

That is all for another action packed month (and a bit). Thank you very much too all the caring parents, grandparents, teachers, carers and friends (i.e YOU) that want to make a difference by giving a child a handmade toy.

Warm Regards,
Paisley

I am very proud to introduce another new toy, a handmade wooden spinning top.  Locally handmade from renewable, plantation timber, these tops are remarkably well balanced and spin for ages with surprisingly little effort.

I had planned to add many more new toys to the Fairy Ring collection but I have been so busy with orders and preparing for a recent market that I have not had the time and this month is already ‘march’ing on

Available at the Fairy Ring for $14.95.  Click here to order

Paisley

Here is a very colourful peacock I made a while ago, back when I had spare time.  It is made using wet felting techniques.  It is not a toy as such, more an ornament as it doesnt stand up too well (was a real pain to get to pose for the photo I can tell you).  This peacock is sitting on a real bird nest, made by a local, hardworking bird.  The eggs are not real, but felted.

Keep Creating!
Paisley