A dark and brooding sky with clouds sweeping over a mountain top taken from artist Sally J Smith's studio.

5 Years ago today a saga began

Dear Readers, I have been wanting to share this story with you for a long time but I needed to wait some years until it was fully resolved. Now I can share it with you, which I will do in a few installments. So it begins....   Normally I am…

A collection of resin sculptures all made illegally using Sally J Smith designs

Discoveries and that sinking feeling

For the next several days I was glued to my computer researching every way I could think of to find images of resin sculpture fairy…

A dark and brooding sky with clouds sweeping over a mountain top taken from artist Sally J Smith's studio.

5 Years ago today a saga began

Dear Readers, I have been wanting to share this story with you for a long time but I needed to wait some years until it…

A pink waterlily sits in a tiny pool bathed in a beam of sunlight. Image by Sally J Smith.

My promise to you: No AI-generated images

Dear Friends, There's a LOT of buzz in the online and digital art world right now.  Using AI (Artificial Intelligence) to make "art" is all…

A-colorful-hot-air-balloon-in-a-blue-sky

Flying high

Greetings Everyone,    Just a very brief and cheerful post to announce that my blog has been updated with some new features that should improve…

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…

A magical Fairy House with a white roof nestled in deep blue Hydrangea blossoms. Sculpture and photograph by Sally J Smith.

NEW video on Youtube!

Greetings Friends, While winter has quietly passed by and we are now ready to embrace spring (at least here on the northern side of the…

Help the Honeybees of hurricane-ravaged Florida

  Dear Friends, I'm using my blog for a very special purpose today. An organization that I belong to has a new campaign that has…

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…