Once upon a time… In the Fairy Forest…There was a suitcase…

CoraMaezy, doll, making things, Uncategorized

This suitcase. Spotted on Facebook Marketplace. Crazy. I have a ton of older suitcases, interesting cases, but this one… So off I went.

A beauty? Are you inspired?

Inspired now? Oh. My. Someone had already pulled out all the innards

from Come Follow Me by Gyo Fujikawa, one of my favorite illustrators . . .

Building an insert out of cardboard . . .

My assistants helping me figure out how to line the case with burlap. . .

Building the first tree out of cardboard . . .

Building the tree trunk, more cardboard fun. Paper mache soon to be removed….

Painting…

Adding greenery

Making the base tile

Hmmm. Not quite right yet.

More fairies from Gyo Fujikawa . . .

Made a stump, in case CM needs to sit…

Once upon a Fairy Forest.. CoraMaezy was telling the story of Puppers and Mouse to her friend Mouse-Mouse.

We hope you like our Fairy Forest suitcase world.