Fall Fairy Festival







When is the next Fairy Festival?  We're aiming for May
2009.  As soon as we have a specific date, we'll start accepting
vendor applications and selling advanced tickets!

Price will remain the same:  Admission is $10 for ages 13-99,
$5 for ages 3-12, and free for those under 3 or over 99.

***BONUS***For those wearing a fairy costume, admission is
half price!  

Many activities are included in the price of admission.  Those
with a * after them are fee based.
Activities included:

Face painting*                          
Find your fairy name             
Learn how to use a wishing stone
Smell chocolate, sugar cookie, and other
   enchanted rocks
A fairy drawing/coloring contest
Ribbon dancing
Live music by the ultra talented musical
   acts  Ken Koenig  and  Gvwi
Storytelling
Bubble chasing
Fairy hair braiding
Wand making*
Fairy Friendship Club
Join the Fairy Parade
Enter the costume contest for the best fairy costume
Try a tarot card reading with fairy cards by Winter Sky and get a free gift!*
Get truly spectacular fairy markings done with henna temporary tattoos by Mendhi
Henna Body Art*
Try extreme face and body painting by Unique Impressions*
Once your fairy make-over is complete, have your picture taken as a fairy, or get
an on-the-spot caricature of yourself drawn as a fairy!*

For those who wanted to create a little magic themselves, a special "Fairy Godmother/Godfather"
section offered several opportunities for festival goers to help make a few wishes come true.  
100% of any donations collected for the charity you selected went directly to that charity.  This fall,
we collected donations to  benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Sacramento and
Northeastern California, the Childbright Project, and a local elementary school.  For additional
information on the Make-A-Wish Foundation, please visit their website at
www.makeawish-sacto.
org

We also featured a whole array of vendors who offered amazing items for sale like hand-crafted
fairy houses by
Fairy Dreamer and Fairy Garden Party, fairy furniture, and local fairy artwork by
extremely talented artists like
Lisa Victoria.  There were also plenty of fairy costumes!  And
sparkling jewelry from
Fairy Tales by Julie.

                                 For those who wanted to read more about fairies, they were able to
meet                              meet two talented authors and even get copies of their books signed!  
We'll                               One of them has written the whimsical fairy story
story,                                     
"Rescuing Lily: The Fairy in Grandma's Toy Chest", and Ron Cordes
                                  with his book, "
A Faerytale".  

                                   Anyone who missed them at the
                                    festival can still get their books
                                    by ordering online.
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WizardCraft Technologies, Inc. offered hand-poured, hand-finished, scented candles in paraffin,
soy, gel and beeswax infused with herbs and semi-precious stones.  If you prefer your scents to be
flame-free, you might want to visit the
Scentsy website.  
For items like herbs, hand-crafted teas, and metaphysical gifts, be sure to check out
Koda's
Kottage.  For natural soaps, visit Sea Dragon Soap.

The fairy food was delicious, and quite a few fairies chose to eat out in the park, creating many
beautiful "fairy picnics".

For the truly dedicated fairy lovers who would like to volunteer at the next festival, there will be
many opportunities to do so!  Just contact us at
julie@fairygardenparty.com with your name, age,
and the type of volunteering you'd be interested in doing.  Some ideas include: helping with crafts,
clean-up, set-up and more.  All volunteers who complete a 1 hour shift will be given free admission
to the festival!  
Photos
Get your picture taken like this little fairy girl
A Faerytale by Ron Cordes
Rescuing Lily The Fairy in Grandma's Toy Box
     Thank you to all the fairy lovers who helped make our first ever, first annual Fall Fairy
Festival a huge success!  

Visit the
Photos page for photos from the festival!

We're hoping to hold the next festival this coming Spring.  Check back often.  We'll post the
details as we get them!