2024 Fairy Houses wall calendar cover by Sally J Smith

2024 Amber Lotus calendars now ready for pre-order

Greetings Everyone! A quick update here.... I've just received word that the 2024 calendars are now ready for pre-order for those who like to insure…

Fairy House show end date correction

Greetings Everyone, PS.... originally I had written that the show was going until October 30th, but that was not correct. It ends on October 28th.…

The Enchanted Forest at night is utterly magical. MORE tickets are now available!!!

Dear Friends, I've just come home from a whirlwind visit to the exhibition at the New England Botanic Gardens to see the Enchanted Forest in…

atumnal fairy house at New England Botanic Gardens Sally j Smith

Come see my Fairy Houses at the Enchanted Forest!

Greetings dear readers! First I must apologize for my website being down for such a long time. It needed some upgrades and they took unexpectedly…

Anticipating Spring

In my garden, the first rush of color is blue. Scilla Siberica. Siberian Squill. April is a challenging month here in the north-country. We’ve just…

Announcing a fabulous sale at Amber Lotus! HURRY!!! ends Aug 5th

Dear Readers,   Like you I've been challenged in learning how to live with the new parameters of life due to this pandemic. But creativity…

FLASH 40% off Sale at Amber Lotus, expires late Monday night 11-18-19

Greetings Everyone, Just a very quick announcement that Amber Lotus is offering my fans the chance to stock up on my 2020 Fairy Houses calendars.…

Return to Spring

These past few weeks have been a mad scramble of photo-taking and editing as the final push to get my images ready for Amber Lotus…

Sparkles

As I had hoped, shooting the same house in the same location in morning light yielded a better image. Sometimes all we have to do…

Too close for comfort

Sometimes when I'm shooting a faerie house image, lower light conditions can require a longer exposure and thus using a tripod is mandatory. But tripods…