First go at doing something like this; it was immensely satisfying though and i shall be doing it again. i was away from home and only had Fimo Soft to hand, which isn’t ideal for canes, but it came out okay i thought.

I really must learn to spike heads on to cocktail sticks too as this one dropped back in the over slightly and really spoiled the effect. And when i’ve done that, i must practise faces!
Her hair is perhaps my favourite bit; thin tapes (squashed sausages) of copper fimo twisted lightly and then secured on the [...]

My children want to know if this is how fairies are born… someone finds them in a rosebush? I’ve no idea, though i’ve never heard of a fairy maternity hospital so it could be. I think there is a mummy looking for this one though.