My Fairy Book

5/5/2022

And now for some exciting news! My sister delivered the first copy of our newest book yesterday. It's a book featuring my fairy photos, starting with the very first ones taken of my Elfdoll Ryung back in 2012, and ending with photos of my Mini Kaye Wiggs Fairies in 2021.

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The book is beautiful, and is full of my favourite doll photos taken throughout the years.

My sister did an amazing job with the layout design....

...with all the fairy photos arranged by year...

We wanted a nice clean look with minimal text, so decided not to identify the dolls in each photo on every page. Instead we created a Credits page at the end with a thumbnail of every doll that appears in the book, along with the name of the company it was from....

That's thirty nine dolls altogether, featured in one hundred and thirty nine photos, on sixty seven glorious full colour pages. Thank you Marianne!

13 Comments

Dorothy

5/5/2022 09:36:00 am

Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, oh my goodness, it is amazing! I love that you have Elin on the cover. As you know, she was my first BJD. I wish we could purchase copies but I know the book won't be for sale. Congratulations!

Martha

5/5/2022 11:47:10 am

It is a beautiful book.

I am thinking about possibly offering it to the public, but it will be expensive. I'd have to order when the printer has a discount sale, or in larger quantities, and then the price would be $90.US plus shipping.

Dorothy

5/5/2022 12:09:08 pm

Dear Martha, I will definitely be on the list for an autographed copy. Thank you for even considering doing this.

Rebecca

5/6/2022 09:45:09 am

I hope you do offer your book - I would be thrilled to own one. It’s beautiful!

Jitka

5/5/2022 10:25:15 am

Congratulations, the book looks amazing. It's wonderful to see all the beautiful pictures in a printed form. This would be my favourite Fairy book if it was available - I fully understand that it won't be, but one can dream :).

Martha

5/5/2022 11:48:32 am

Thank you. I know people have been wanting me to put out books for years now, so I am considering it.

Donna

5/5/2022 12:20:01 pm

Oh, Martha! It is a beautiful book! Congratulations to both you and Marianne!

You can definitely add me to the list for a copy of this book and any other you decide to publish.

Martha

5/6/2022 02:24:24 pm

Thank you.

I still have to figure out how and when I will offer the books for sale. I have a lot going on right now.

earthspirits

5/5/2022 02:47:37 pm

Congrats to you and Marianne. The book is wonderful!

Carol

5/5/2022 06:38:14 pm

Congratulations Martha! The book looks beautiful! What an amazing work of art!

Dottig

5/6/2022 01:16:02 pm

This is fabulous Martha! I love your fairy photos. Your sister did an amazing job with the layout and cover. The Credits page with thumbnail photos is genius.

Martha

5/6/2022 02:20:07 pm

Thank you Dotti.

Yes, she did a wonderful job. I didn't realize there were that many dolls that have posed as fairies over the years, until I started gathering all the photos for that credit page.

Liz Castenson

5/8/2022 11:45:59 am

This book is absolutely GORGEOUS!! This book would certainly be an asset to the collectors of the same dolls in your photos. I would gladly pay what was needed to secure one. My UFDC doll club that collects BJDs and many of the dolls you present, would LOVE to see this book in person. (BTW little Feegle Rob says hello!)

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