A Fascinating Bloom

Sender: Orphalia

A Fascinating Bloom

Beautiful artwork by Soa Lee, designed to appear in an advertisement for Legend Footwear.

Box Tree Fairy

Sender: Szu Chza
The Box Tree Fairy from Flower Fairies Of The Trees
Cicely Mary Barker

Glittering Flower Fairies

Sender: Petra
This Flower Fairies card is so pretty, and glittery but alas, my scanner fails to do it justice.

A Fairy by Aurélie Blanz

Sender: Barbara

A pretty fairy postcard, Illustrator: Aurélie Blanz

“Aurélie Blanz was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1973. She has been drawing since childhood, and illustrating children’s books was always her greatest dream. After graduating from art school in Paris, she began working for publishers in France, Germany, and the United States. She loves inventing figures, playing around with colors, and creating her own world. She also likes to be in touch with her readers, so she works with children in schools and at book festivals. Aurélie lives in Paris with her husband and three children.”

The fairy is wearing a dress that is similar to our traditional "baju kurung"  :-)

Red Campion Fairy

Sender: mmtnsage

The Red Campion Fairy

Cicely Mary Barker Flower Fairies

Taken from 'Flower Fairies of the Wayside' by Cicely Mary Barker (1948)

Smiling Dragon Spreading Happiness

Sender: Petit Pilote
'S' is for a 'Smiling' dragon 'Spreading' happiness! :)
A feel good card!

Fairy Duo

Sender: Wil

Pretty fairies! The main fairy looks like Tinker Bell but this card is not marked as a Disney card so I can't be sure :)

Russian Style

Sender: AllaOs

Russian Style - That's what the card says...but with the wings maybe they were dressed to look like fairies or angels.

Encantarias

Sender: Rosanegra

Encantarias is the name by which a particular type of fairy who lives at the bottom of ravines and rivers is known in Ribagorza (Huesca, Spain). Extremely elusive and difficult to be seen, some legends tell of people who manage to come in contact with them who become rich and lucky and enter into a magical world.  

Ferdinand Lured By Ariel

Sender: ColleteTaylor

"Ferdinand Lured By Ariel", 1849

by John Everett Millais (1829-1896)

From "Victorian Fairy Paintings"

I found out that this painting was based on Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" (which I last read as a young schoolgirl!). Interesting contrast between the supernatural and the natural in this painting. 

The Little Elves

Sender: Ylarnja

Illustration from "The Little Elves Can't Sleep" by Daniela Drescher (Or "Little Fairy Can't Sleep")

I have received another card in this series earlier, and I really love the artwork! So happy to get this card so that I can add to my collection. 

Sometimes some cards I receive make me wish I can paint or draw for a living!!

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

Sender: Trina49
"The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" ca. 1858
John Anster Fitzgerald (1823-1906)
Victorian Fairy Paintings

Oh...are her dreams delightful or disturbing???

A Mila Marquis Fairy

Sender: Mina
A really really beautiful card by Mila Marquis. It glitters!

The Elderberry Fairy

Sender: AllSerene

The Elderberry Fairy

from "Flower Fairies Of The Autumn" by Cicely Mary Barker

Stardust

Sender: Yvonne

Stardust, by Jean and Ron Henry from An Enchanted Land

The Finnish Post Fairy

Sender: Hilja

A fairy card issued by the Finnish post. Love the card and the fairy stamp too!

The Forget-Me-Not Fairy

Sender: Karen

The Forget-Me-Not Fairy

From "Flower Fairies of The Garden" by Cicely Mary Barker

Yay! Another fairy card for my collection!

Golden Fairies

Sender: Stefanie
Golden fairies reading X'mas hymns up in the starry sky

'Tis The Holiday Season

Sender: Phuleshouse

A X'mas fairy amidst the holly berries

A RAS X'mas card in support of Covenant House Vancouver (crisis shelter)

Lovelight and Butterflies

Sender: Heather
"Lovelight and Butterflies", Lorrie McFaul

I don't know the details of this artist but if you Google her name, you can see images of her work. They are beautiful! I love this postcard, TQ Heather!