tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:51:45 +0000Barbarianjessicapiratesfaerie magazineRelaxPDXignitionUgly GirlmissoulaCupidlittle wingWA Midsummer Renaissance and Fantasy Fairegems of the goddessjimmy freeFairy Merry Holidaytree lorePenumbraeraserheadTacoma Art CenterconventionAsspocketsammiekrickets creationdrossboxIlluminationistElephant Manfragrancedragon hollowtacomaHalloweenpeggy hayesdragoncastlereviewgeocacheFairyprotectionFairy QueencontestMidsummergoblinroadprizejackCopperimbolcItalyalexander james adamsArddun MorSugarplumFaefremontwood sampleHarbingerJoseph MerrickgristleeimmasdreamPostcardshummingbirdDon't JudgeFaerieLancelotFlowersSweetgummontanalorecleoBonfirewelcomecalabashblu pixiecanterburysamhaingilded quillFirebirdCitrusFather's DayGiftkevin olsenStarshine DaySierraYulebadger's dentraeguncandlelight moonmaris farmsSpring Fairy FestivalRedwolf HammerFaerieworldsstrowlerNew Year2011Carouselgreen faymagicnymphSandcastlevendingpirates plunderpatricia briggseben brooksinksfairwood presstreasureamethyst potionDross BoxradcontumwaterLollymary queen of scotsan leabharfigamethinamudgoblingraveFaeriecon 2009fremont trollpike place goblin marketkricketoryconGoblin FruitcthulhuFlorenceAcornRealm rompSchroderRustVenuspeppercorndryadGoblin KingDavidamy brownPsychequillsPrincessBoomUnder the Green HillnorwesconthornecardGreenwoodritualprincess lollyGaolerGlammerieBookbindingAutumnzombie toolsLasciviousdia de los muertosnoraPau Ferrobig dippercoalart of wingsgreenheartGnerkgzorpAcademe ObscureunicornsMonkeypodtotemgreen feyfaerie tale minstrelgumbocrescent moon giftsswapBluPixieseattlevoterob carlosfairy nameStrawberry Moonprincess diariesmisconhawkToby Froudsnowrachel's fairy housesletterboxingWotanWelcome to the Gilded Quill, your source of magical and fantastical books, supplies and otherwise excellent accoutrements! This is one of the several homepages for which you can find news on upcoming events that I'll be vending at, as well as new products and general scoop :)http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Lolly)Blogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-2006250997379657060Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +00002012-02-13T08:00:06.734-08:00greenhearttree loreprincess lollyEvery good Fairy Princess attends to her studies.  My course in Tree Lore here at the Fairy Academy has proven to be quite intensive!  Just to share the wealth of knowledge that I'm learning, and to lighten the homework some, I put a poll on my Facebook site asking about which tree I should elaborate on this week.  The winner was Greenheart, and this is what I've learned in my research :) http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2012/02/tree-lore-greenheart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-3784807316329685219Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:53:00 +00002012-02-11T15:53:40.964-08:00castleloreLollyGoblin FruitgravegristleWinter has been a crazily busy time.  It has been quite some time since any new residents have come to live at the Castle. Over the season, as I've been walking around and holding congress with the other residents here, I kept thinking it was time for someone new. That's when I heard that old Gundersnack was going to be in town.  Gundersnack runs the Orphaned Goblin Relocation Experiment (http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2012/02/princess-diaries-grave-goblin-lore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-1444493389614882040Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:29:00 +00002012-02-05T12:29:57.305-08:00totemhummingbirdLollymagicdream I will never forget the first time I saw a hummingbird land, I was half-convinced they never did so!  I knew then that I had a special connection to the little aviator. Yesterday I woke up, had a glass of sparkling water and was looking out the window watching the birds.  Finches  and red-breasted robins swooped in the sunlight.  Out among them all, one tiny green hummingbird darted into sighthttp://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2012/02/totem-hummingbird.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-2137946738674255477Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:47:00 +00002012-01-25T10:47:40.923-08:00figFaerietree loredryadFor some time now, I have been editing my book on the myth and magic of trees (faeries love trees, as I am sure you know :).  It is a tedious process, there are a lot of trees and I've researched over 100!  I thought perhaps I might share a little bit of what I've learned along the way.  Today I begin editing with the Fig tree. FigElemental Association: AllAstrological Signs: AllRuling Planet: http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2012/01/tree-lore-fig.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-9082960820615561443Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:29:00 +00002012-01-18T17:29:50.950-08:00LollysnowcthulhuThe world wrapped sleeping under sheets of iceWith blankets of snow, dreaming Cthulhu lies. Need I explain that it snowed mightily last night and today?  I was getting my peppermint cocoa last night when I looked out the back archway. There he was, standing sentinel and I thought how beautiful a white-on-white picture of snowy Cthulhu would be. This morning, I took one.  Now I believe that a http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2012/01/whoa-ho-snow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-3898016216027506564Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:43:00 +00002011-11-01T11:44:02.614-07:00samhainFairyritualHalloweendia de los muertosSamhain is a time of year associated with many things.  I find the celebration of all types of belief important, and often the overlap is more insightful and inspiring than the differences. For the Celts, Druids and other pagan paths this harvest festival marks the end of Summer and the beginning of Winter.  For the Fae, it is the time of year that they leave hills and proceed underground for http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/11/samhain-ritual.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-7909847566676378637Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:34:00 +00002011-09-05T10:34:55.552-07:00gumboLollyprincess diariesmudgoblingoblinroad Often, humans believe that "objects" cannot speak but the philosopher Epictetus taught in his discourses that just as speaking was a skill, so was listening and one must develop both. The other morning I awoke suddenly to the throaty gulump-gulump sound cats make just before the cough up a slimy hairyball. Now, I have 3 goblins that I've adopted here at the Crystal castle but Gumbo the http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/09/princess-diaries-mudgoblin-lore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0Seattle, WA, USA47.6062095 -122.332070847.43492 -122.64792779999999 47.777499 -122.0162138tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-4556942099641521000Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:03:00 +00002011-09-04T17:03:47.446-07:00eimmasLollycanterburycontinued... ..so that sneaky little Nymph might transfer her foxy spirit onto the good Sir Knight... The Knight craned his neck over left shoulder and right, each time the tail swinging just out of his sight!  The children of Canterbury however shouted, fingers waggling Traegun's direction, "A fox!" they proclaimed. He took off running, and the hunt was on!  Skirting from tree to tree, thosehttp://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/09/canterbury-tails-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-9000111810401773532Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:44:00 +00002011-07-27T22:26:48.740-07:00sammienymphtraegunprincess lollycanterburyCanterbury Faire buzzed with activity.  Hands rushed too and fro assembling Queen Elizabeth's pavilion.  Knights tested the jousting field on horseback before the official games began.  Faeries and sprites flitted about, hanging garlands of flowers and arranging toadstools for the Glen  while the gnomes stood guard at the gateway. This particular tale though, revolves around a certain foxy Ladyhttp://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/07/canterbury-tails-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-5272617743432935658Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:44:00 +00002011-06-16T10:44:15.914-07:00Faerieworldsprincess lollygilded quillRelaxPDXAttention all my PDX-centric lovelies!  Find The Gilded Quill booth (3200) at Faerieworlds this year and enter for a chance to win a 30 Minute Massage from RelaxPDX! What better way to come home from a weekend of magical reverie in the wild outdoors than by following it up with a little indoor pampering?  Treat yourself after a long weekend play! RelaxPDX is located in the Portland, OR area, http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/06/relaxpdx-you-faerieworlds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-6683082045969922199Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:27:00 +00002011-06-16T01:27:07.532-07:00norwesconFaerieworldsLollyWotanPrincess Lolly gazed out the window of her carriage.  She was on her way to Faerieworlds and during the long ride, occupying her thoughts with pranks to play on her arch-nemesis Wotan kept her amused. Recently, Wotan had sent her a nasty-gram, threatening to show up at Faerieworlds.  He was probably still upset that he had to share the opening act at Norwescon 34 with her - but really, what did http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/06/bad-breath-barbarian-of-norwescon-34.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-3570181105621192193Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:43:00 +00002011-04-28T12:43:57.308-07:00green faySpring Fairy FestivalLollyFor those that have never been, the Spring Fairy Festival in Auburn, WA is one of my favorite events of the season! I attend every year but this year was particularly special.  First I had the pleasure of leading the Costume Parade around the courtyard and show and instructed a very crazy and fun Fairy Wand Workshop. The highlight of the show for me this year was having the honour of playing myhttp://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/04/spring-fairy-festival-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-739204499881609500Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:57:00 +00002011-04-27T14:35:28.614-07:00fairy namecastleLollyThis morning I decided to take a stroll through the garden and wiggle my toes in the fresh green grass.  A little ways off I spied a wee fairy friend, perched on a mushroom. What do you think her name is? Visit my castle to leave your suggestion! Did you know that the process of "naming" used to be called "saining"?  Saining was an ancient rite of Irish and Scottish origin that was performedhttp://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/04/fairy-naming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-8837509931431084637Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:48:00 +00002011-03-08T23:48:36.785-08:00pirates plunderhawkpike place goblin marketBluPixieLollyRedwolf HammerdrossboxFrigid winds whipped off the Puget Sound and around the Pike Place (Goblin) Market.  By lunchtime, Princess Lolly's fingers were more like frozen finger-pops attached to her hands than working appendages.  Playing the tutti-flutti outside this early in the morning demanded hot tea to go with it in the future. Just as she was packing up her silver flute to investigate that tea option, who shouldhttp://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/03/pirates-cove-drossbox-yaaaaaar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-694863538244425073Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:28:00 +00002011-02-26T12:03:43.841-08:00geocachetreasureFaerieradconletterboxingprincess lollydrossboxAcross the river gorge and over yellow grass-lands, in the belly of the Red Lion lies the Stone Garden.  It is a small destination, land-scaped with grey rocks and shrubberies that resemble a giant Fizgig.  Nevertheless, only the most dedicated Radcon folk know of this garden, in the center of their midst! That was how Princess Lolly discovered the obscure little garden.  Every year during the http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/02/stone-garden-drossbox.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-4829211892617983949Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:10:00 +00002011-02-07T23:10:58.140-08:00One Sunday, during the Candlelight Moon and not long after Imbolc, the magical Mahlora decided to give a gift to her friends and invited the ladies to a wonderful Fayerie Tea Party!  Princess Lolly was please as punch to receive her invitation. Mahlora was Lolly's gentle friend who's hair was made of silver moonlight.  She lived at the Chateaux de Fée Verte - which means the House of Green Fay http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/02/fayerie-tea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-5028222239461170858Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:58:00 +00002011-01-10T12:58:43.644-08:00Fairy Merry Holidaycandlelight moonswapimbolcFaeImbolc is a holiday that happens around February 1st or 2nd each year.  It marks the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring.  This is often represented through the symbolism of lighting candles, torches and fire in general.  This is a purifying time, to get rid of the old and in with the new. For Faeries, the Candlelight Moon represents the second Moon of the year during the month of http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/01/secret-pal-candlelight-swap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-8768284451383237047Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:03:00 +00002011-01-04T09:14:49.483-08:002011Giftgilded quillNew YearFae2011 is here!  In order to start the year off right, I decided to participate in this fun game to "pay it forward" (courtesy of Jill :).  Here's how it works! FIRST: I promise to send a FREE handmade faerie treasure to the first 10 people who visit my Artfire Store and leave me a comment/link on one of your favorite items! I will be making unique gifts but having an idea of what you might like http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2011/01/fae-it-forward-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-2742411318967593983Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:53:00 +00002010-12-22T16:54:08.100-08:00I wanted to wish every one of my fairy friends, be they elf or goblin, spriteling or boggart a special Yuletide greeting.  Although it took some finagling of the crystal glass and the help of some of my clever castle staff, we finally managed to bring to you this little message via FaeTube :) After a whole week of collecting votes and a very close race - it looks like the spirit of the season http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2010/12/totally-tinsel-yuletide.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-2270298895032951026Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:49:00 +00002010-12-16T14:55:10.397-08:00PrincessYuleFairy Merry HolidayLollycoalWotanPostcardsvotecard Where's WOTAN?? Yuletide greetings my fairy friends, both near and far!  Last week I decided to snail mail some holiday postcards.  Sending Christmas cards filled with magic is one of my favorite things to do every year. Of course, anytime I decide on a project or fun adventure, that pesky barbarian WOTAN is always around to try to pluck the wings off my fun. Writing Fairy Postcards This http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2010/12/card-or-coal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-810556544368249755Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:58:00 +00002010-12-10T14:58:30.163-08:00I have these post card stamps that I am looking to use up since the price of stamps is going up next year.  To these ends, I decided that it would be awesome to send some holiday postcards to my Fairy Friends out there! If you know a certainly little someone that would love to receive a postcard in the mail for bright tidings this holiday season, then all you have to do is sign up! Send me anhttp://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2010/12/fairy-merry-holiday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-4123192063321534764Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:44:00 +00002010-11-18T14:45:27.653-08:00treasurenoraoryconamethinaWotantumwaterdrossbox Faerie Magazine If you loved faeries, you might have wonderful dreams at night.  For example, you might dream about winning a prize like Cathy Lallemand.  She won the beautiful, full color Faerie Magazine for a whole year!  Or perhaps you would dream about finding hidden treasure around town, stashed in secret faerie caches. Probably what WOTAN dreams about. You might however be the rather http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2010/11/faerie-magazine-winner-orycon-drossbox.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-4921783896324328041Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:48:00 +00002010-11-08T23:51:53.389-08:00geocacheUnder the Green Hillfaerie magazineconteststrowlerignitionHalloweenDross Boxalexander james adams Samhain Amethina Samhain is that time where the Unseelie Courts come into prominence.  The dark half of the year until Beltane is filled with mischief and chaos.   This Hallowe'en, Strowler Nights was the event of the season and Amethina packed a Drossbox and dressed for the occasion. Down in an out-of-the-way warehouse, you practically had to know the secret password in almost speakeasy stylehttp://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2010/11/drossbox-under-green-hill-contest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-2894377157948935803Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:22:00 +00002010-10-28T17:22:48.823-07:00prizetacomageocachetreasureamethinaDross Boxamethyst potionjessicaContestants searched high and low in their efforts to win the Amethyst Crystal Potion, said to be great for protection, the mind, mysticism and calm.  Many magical items were found for protection: Juniper and Poisonwood Magic Wands, Air Elemental Parchment, a Macassar Ebony Wand - the list goes on! After a week of hunting for items, all the entries were rounded up for the prize drawing.  The http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2010/10/knight-prize-and-drossbox-hidden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412500363686512643.post-1950405585604912566Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:02:00 +00002010-10-20T12:02:15.869-07:00contestprotectionMidsummeramethinaWotanEven Queen Elizabeth who was visiting from Canterbury Faire came by the Faerie Bower to express happy returns at the safe rescue of the Fairy Queen.   Queen Elizabeth and her entourage. She was most pleased to see everyone in good health and cordially invited the Fairy Court to visit Canterbury Faire next year. A splendid offer! "We are about to have a ceremony here," Amethina told Elizabeth.http://gildedquill.blogspot.com/2010/10/knight-to-remember.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lolly)7