in the United-Kingdom

  • Arundel Castle
  • 50 Berkeley Square
  • Bruce Castle
  • Castle Lodge
  • Hampton Court Palace
  • Raynham Hall
  • Samlesbury Hall
  • Temple Newsam
  • Ballygally Castle Hotel
  • Dryburgh Abbey Hotel
  • Edinburgh Castle
  • Greyfriars Kirkyard
  • Caerphilly Castle
  • The Llindir Inn
  • The Skirrid Mountain Inn
  • Llancaiach Fawr
  • Plas Teg
  • Berry Pomeroy Castle
aug 12 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Andromeda
  • Cassiopeia
  • Cepheus
  • Orion
  • Callisto
  • Arcas
  • Castor & Pollux
  • The Pleiades
    • Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone,
    • Celaeno, Sterope, Merope
  • Ganymede
  • Orpheus
  • Perseus
  • Chiron
  • Asclepius
aug 11 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • centaur
  • spinx
  • manticore
  • faun
  • satyr
  • siren
  • mermaid
  • griffin
  • lamia
  • basilisk
  • chimera
  • wyvern
  • pegasus
  • hippogriff
  • hippocampus
  • harpy
  • jackalope
aug 21 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Edward Bear
  • Hundred Acre Wood
    • Under the name of Sanders
  • Christopher Robin's heart (and pencil case)
  • Honey
  • Sunstaining Books (to comfort Bears in Great Tightness)
  • Silly Old Bear
  • Bother!
  • Piglet (_Piglit_)
  • Tracking Woozles (with Piglet)
  • song-and-dance
  • Very Little Brain
  • Expotitions and the North Pole and discovering it
    • PooH FouND IT
  • Brain of Pooh (Captain, C. Robin, 1st Mate, P. Bear)
aug 10 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Spectacled
  • Syrian
  • Grizzly
  • Kodiak
  • Brown
  • American Black
  • Cinnamon
  • Kermode
  • Polar
  • Asian Black
  • Sloth
  • Sun
  • Himalayan Blue
aug 15 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • The Penderwick sisters: Rosalind, Skye, Jane & Batty
  • The Owens sisters: Sally & Gillian
  • The March sisters: Jo, Amy, Beth & Meg
  • The Beaudelaire sisters: Violet & Sunny
  • The Blackwood sisters: Merricat & Constance
  • The Mortmain sisters: Cassandra & Rose
  • The Miller sisters: Charlotte & Rosie
  • The Grimm sisters: Sabrina & Daphne
aug 1 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +

read:

  • Wildwood Dancing , J. Marillier
  • White as Snow , T. Lee
  • Tam Lin , P. Dean
  • Radiant Darkness . E. whitman
  • The Penelopiad , M. Atwwod
  • The Mists of Avalon , M. Z. Bradley
  • Mirror Mirror , G. Maguire
  • Ice , S. B. Durst
  • Hush: An Irish's Princess Tale , D. J. Napoli
  • The Green Man (stories) , ed. T. windling & E. Datlow
  • The Goose Girl , S. Hale
  • Fitcher's Brides , G. Frost
  • The Firebrand , M. Z. Bradley
  • The Fairy-Tales Detectives , M. Buckley
  • Deerskin , R. McKinley
  • A Curse Dark as Gold , E. C. Dunce
  • Briar Rose , J. Yolen
  • The Book of Lost Things , J. Connolly
  • The Bloody Chamber (stories) , A. Carter
  • Winter Rose , P. McKillip
sep 8 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Back to the Future
  • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
  • Can't Buy Me Love
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Dirty Dancing
  • Fame
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Footlosse
  • Girls Just Want To Have fun
  • Heathers
  • Karate Kid
  • Little Darlings
  • Pretty in Pink
  • Say Anything
  • Sixteen Candles
  • Some Kind of Wonderful
  • St. Elmo's Fire
  • The Breakfast Club
  • Weird Science
jun 29 2011 ∞
jun 29 2011 +
  • labyrinths
  • books
  • magical worlds
  • museums
  • libraries
  • new cities
  • woods
  • deserts
  • space & time
  • memories
  • dreams
jan 12 2011 ∞
jan 12 2011 +
  • mom-cooked food
  • bookstores
  • nature
  • quietness
  • friends & family
  • wine & cheese
  • star-filled skies
  • winter-scented wind
  • snow
  • Christmas lights & music
  • a lit fireplace
  • walking through small villages
  • long walks in the woods
  • discoveries
  • country roads
  • lakes & anchored boats
  • small adventures
  • imaginary games
  • treasure hunts
  • antique shopping
  • school & learning
aug 20 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • sinking feet
  • gaping hole in chest
  • faraway oceans
  • brighter memories
  • over active imagination
  • daydreaming
  • shortness of breath
  • sleepless nights
  • quiet tears
  • multiple sighs
  • imaginary travels
  • twisting insides
  • restlessness
  • wanderlust
  • letter writing
  • story weaving
  • waiting waiting waiting
oct 15 2010 ∞
oct 15 2010 +
  • feathers
  • keys
  • secret gardens
  • herb gardens
  • books
  • stories
  • the stars & the universe
  • galaxies
  • fairy tales
  • folklore & mythology
  • moss
  • trees
  • nature
  • being barefoot
  • fairies
  • bears
  • bunnies
  • wind in my hair
  • Christmas
  • snow
  • the smell of evergreens
aug 27 2010 ∞
feb 4 2011 +
  • Winnie-the-Pooh
  • The Secret Garden
  • Ocean Sea
  • Anne of Green Gables
  • The Penderwicks
  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle
  • The Orphan's Tale
  • The Wood Wife
  • His Dark Materials
  • Someplace to be Flying
  • Waifs and Strays
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • A Little Princess
  • The Fionavar Tapestry
  • The Lost Garden
aug 9 2010 ∞
mar 13 2011 +
  • clouds
  • whispers
  • ghosts
  • bunny ears
  • hugs
  • lullabies
  • moss between toes
  • secrets
  • diary pages
  • love words
  • garden dreams
  • smooth pebbles
  • fairy wings
  • knowing smiles
  • sea in a seashell
  • bear stories
  • mouse tales
  • turkish delights
  • snow
  • joyful memories
  • lips
aug 8 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Mary Lennox
  • Sara Crewe
  • Lyra Belacqua
  • Hermione Granger
  • Coraline
  • Princess Anidori-Kiladra
  • Anne Shirley
  • Cassandra Mortmain
  • Lucy & Susan Pevensie
  • Nancy Kington & Minerva Sharpe
  • Violet Beaudelaire
  • Emily Starr
  • Katniss Everdeen
  • Gretel
  • Wendy Darling
  • Barbara Thorson
  • Sabrina & Daphne Grimm
  • September
aug 1 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +

Novels/Series

  • Fantasy/paranormal/fairy tale retellings
    • The Secret Circle series, L. J. Smith
    • The Silent Strength of Stones , by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
    • Ice , by Sarah Beth Durst
    • Wildwood Dancing , by Juliet Marillier
    • East , by Edith Pattou
    • His Dark Materials series, by Philip Pullman
    • The Books of Bayern series, by Shannon Hale
    • The False Princess , by Eilis O'Neal
    • Hex Hall series, by Rachel Hawkins
    • The Modern Faerie Tales series, by Holly Black
    • Wicked Lovely series, by Melissa Marr
    • A Curse Dark as Gold , by Elizabeth C. Bunce
    • Killer Unicorns series, by Diana Peterfreund
  • Dystopian/scifi
    • The Hunger Games series, by Suzanne Collins
    • Across the Universe , by Beth Revis
    • Incarceron , by Catherine Fisher
dec 6 2011 ∞
dec 6 2011 +
  • rain
  • festival of colors
  • cool wind
  • fairs
  • apple picking
  • pumpkins & Jack-o'-lanterns
  • crackling leaves under boots
  • haybales
  • Samhain
  • salt circles
  • ghosts
  • hollow trees
  • stacking up wood
  • apple jam
  • orchards and old wooden ladders
  • warmer clothes
  • last boat rides
  • candy collecting
  • witches
  • scary stories
  • glorious sunshine
sep 7 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Avalon
  • Camelot
  • Atlantis
  • Chicomoztoc
  • Tír na nÓg
  • Troy
  • Mount Olympus
  • Yggdrasil
  • Asgard
  • Glastonbury Tor
sep 2 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Long John Silver
  • Hayreddin Barbarossa
  • "Calico Jack" John Rackham
  • Anne Dieu-Le-Veut
  • Charlotte de Berry
  • William "Captain" Kidd
  • Blackbeard (Edward Teach)
  • Anne Bonny
  • Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart)
  • Captain Jack Sparrow
  • Captain Flint
  • Jacquotte Delahaye
  • Ching Shih
  • Davy Jones
  • Captain Hector Barbossa
  • Nancy Kington & Minerva Sharpe
  • Captain Nemo
  • One-eyed Willy
  • Mary Read
  • The Dread Pirate Roberts
  • Captain Hook
sep 14 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Circe
  • Medea
  • Morgan le Fay
  • Cerridwen
  • Hecate
  • Freyja
  • Baba Yaga
  • Cassandra
  • the Witch in the Woods
  • Frau Holda
  • Marzanna
  • Black Annis
  • the Zorya
  • Trivia
aug 15 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • manatee
  • humpback whale
  • grey whale
  • blue whale
  • beluga
  • narwhal
  • sperm whale
  • bowhead whale
  • killer whale
aug 8 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Vienna Teng
  • Vashti Bunyan
  • Abra Moore
  • Alison Sudold (A Fine Frenzy)
  • Tori Amos
  • Lykke Li
  • Becky Stark (Lavender Diamond)
  • Natasha Kahn (Bat for Lashes)
  • Joanna Newsom
  • Émilie Simon
  • Maria Taylor & Orenda Fink (Azure Ray)
  • Camille
  • Cara Dillon
  • Sarah Slean
  • Natalie Merchant
  • Rosie Thomas
  • Klara & Joanna Söderberg (First Aid Kit)
aug 1 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Annie
  • Mary Lennox
  • Frodo Baggins
  • Lyra Belacqua
  • Claus, Sunny & Violet Beaudelaire
  • Anne Shirley
  • David Copperfield
  • Jane Eyre
  • Pippi Longstocking
  • Mowgli
  • Harry Potter
  • Peter Pan
  • Oliver Twist
  • Madeline
  • Charlotte Miller
  • Sylvia Green
  • Maria Merryweather
  • Emily Byrd Starr
  • Pauline, Petrova & Posy Fossil
aug 24 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • embroidery
  • crochet
  • sewing
  • how to beat loneliness
  • how to write stories
  • animals latin names and genus
  • constellation names and how to recognize them
  • baking
  • art
  • storytelling
  • gardening
  • how to keep plants alive
  • how to keep a diary
  • confidence
mar 5 2011 ∞
jan 30 2012 +
  • had red braids and a limit-less imagination
  • could make things grow where everything seemed dead
  • had a kind heart and knew the power of stories
  • was smart, quick and talented
  • loved too much, but learned to do it well
  • was a pirate
  • killed a witch
  • was a witch
  • rode a polar bear
  • flew to another world, but chose to come back
  • was a Queen
  • crossed a labyrinth
  • played music to the whales
  • held a whole world together by the strength of her dreams and her own name
  • helped sick people with no worries about ...
jan 19 2011 ∞
jan 19 2011 +
  • librarian
  • artist
  • writer
  • list maker
  • singer
  • dream weaver
  • map maker
  • diary keeper
  • art historian
  • astrophysicist
  • witch
  • illustrator
  • gardener
  • sailor
  • giant-speaker
  • animal-girl
  • explorer
jan 3 2011 ∞
jan 3 2011 +
  • in a secret safe
  • in a precious box
  • under a pillow
  • under the bed
  • at the bottom of a closet
  • inside a hollow tree
  • in a locket
  • buried in the ground
  • in an attic
  • in a sealed envelope
  • at the bottom of the sea
  • in abandonned houses
  • between the pages of a story
  • in plain sight
  • inside a hollowed book
  • in old coat pockets
  • in Fairyland
  • in a memory
  • between two hearts
sep 21 2010 ∞
sep 21 2010 +
  • A Fine Frenzy
  • Alela Diane
  • Kate Walsh
  • Joanna Newsom
  • Loreena McKennitt
  • Au Revoir Simone
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Natalie Merchant
  • Cara Dillon
  • The Decemberists
  • Fleet Foxes
  • Rosie Thomas
  • Bon Iver
  • Sarah Slean
  • Seabear
  • St. Vincent
  • Tori Amos
  • Lavender Diamond
  • Laura Marling
  • Vienna Teng
aug 30 2010 ∞
jan 16 2011 +
  • Leviathan
  • Moby Dick
  • The Templeton Monster
  • Nessie (scottish Gealic _Niseag_)
  • the Kraken
  • Memphré
  • Charybdis
  • the Watcher in the Water
  • the Hogwarts' Squid
  • the Host
  • Ogopogo
  • Cetus
aug 14 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Miss Marple
  • Hercule Poirot
  • Jessica Fletcher
  • Rosemary Boxer & Laura Thyme
  • Emerson Cod
aug 8 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • The Secret Garden
  • A Little Princess
  • The Princess Bride
  • Labyrinth
  • Fairytale: A True Story
  • La grenouille et la baleine
  • Miss Potter
  • Cracks
  • The Neverending Story
  • Penelope
  • Willow
  • Calendar Girls
  • Princess Mononoke
  • Ratatouille
  • Clue
  • Little Women
  • the Lord of the Rings trilogy
  • the Chronicles of Narnia
  • Star Wars (ep. IV, V, VI)
  • While You Were Sleeping
  • The Muppet's Christmas Carol
aug 2 2010 ∞
oct 17 2010 +

Artists zine / magazines

Prints

jan 24 2012 ∞
jan 25 2012 +
  • A Series of Unfortunate Event , by Lemony Snicket
    • Book the 10th -- The Slippery Slope
    • Book the 11th -- The Grim Grotto
    • Book the 12th -- The Penultimate Peril
    • Book the 13th -- The End
  • The Moomin series, by Tove Jannsson
    • The Moomins & the Great Flood
    • Comet in Moominland
    • Finn Family Moomintroll
    • Moominpappa's Memoirs
    • Moominsummer Madness
    • Moominland Midwinter
    • Tales From Moominvalley
    • Moominpappa at Sea
    • Moominvalley in November
  • The Grimm Sisters series, by Michael Buckley
    • #4 Once Upon a Crime
    • #5 Magic & Other Misdemeanors
nov 4 2011 ∞
apr 8 2012 +
  • Neverland
  • Fantastica
  • The Hundred Acre Wood
  • Narnia
  • Avalon
  • Lyra's Oxford
  • Wonderland
aug 7 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
  • Charles Perrault
  • Hans Christian Anderson
  • Iona & Peter Opie
  • Alexander Afanasyev
  • Jack Zipes
  • Andrew Lang
  • Ruth Manning-Sanders
  • Madame d'Aulnoy
  • Antoine Galland
  • Henriette-Julie de Murat
  • Maria Tatar
  • Terri Windling
aug 18 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • selkies
  • werewolves
  • kitsune
  • changelings
  • lamias
  • skin-walkers
  • swan maidens
  • the Frog Prince
  • the White Bear
  • The Beast
sep 20 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • dreams
  • star-filled skies
  • the moon
  • space
  • ghosts
  • werewolves
  • secret missions
  • constellations & planets
  • faery revels
  • campfires & fireworks
  • skinny dipping
  • witchcraft
  • solitude
  • bats & owls
  • sleep
  • will-o'-the-wisps
  • candle-lit rooms
  • darkness
  • goosebumps of fear
  • vampires
  • whispers
sep 12 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • smelling the ocean before seeing it
  • sand too hot so you have to run
  • the smell of fish
  • the seagulls' cry
  • reading under a parasol
  • cold Atlantic waters
  • morning walks
  • talking with old fishermen
  • sunrises
  • silly seashells necklaces
  • sandcastles
  • sunburns
  • coconut sunscreen
  • shabby cottages
  • sea wind
  • microwaved pasta (bad idea)
  • home made french fries
  • sand everywhere
  • eyelashes sticky with salt
  • giant piers
  • candy selling booths
aug 28 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Charles de Lint
  • Alessandro Baricco
  • Neil Gaiman
  • A. A. Milne
  • J. M. Barrie
  • Philip Pullman
  • Guy Gavriel Kay
  • Lewis Caroll
  • Terri Windling
  • Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Catherynne M. Valente
  • Lauren Groff
  • Sarah Addison Allen
  • Shirley Jackson
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Louisa May Alcott
  • Alice Hoffman
aug 19 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • Donkeyskin
  • Hansel and Gretel
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Snow White
  • Baba Yaga
  • Bluebeard
  • The Goose Girl
  • The Little Match Girl
  • Thumbelina
  • The Snow Queen
  • East O' the Sun, West O' the Moon
  • Brother and Sister
aug 11 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +

(revised May 2011)

  • be a good librarian (not sure, maybe)
  • make art and be good at it
  • sell art without being embarrassed
  • write little poems
  • write longer stories
  • publish a book
  • have confidence in my words
  • stop thinking that what I create is not worth anything
  • have a nice little house
  • have a garden
  • have many pets
  • make more zines
  • have regular dinners with friends
  • get better at taking pictures
  • be as nice as I can be
  • be Brave
  • learn to quell the constant longings of my heart
  • learn to be patient
sep 30 2010 ∞
may 5 2011 +

★★★★★

  • The Book Thief , Markus Zusak
  • The Hunger Games series, Suzanne Collins
  • I Kill Giants , Joe Kelly
  • The Ordinary Princess , M. M. Kaye
  • I, Coriander , Sally Gardner
  • The Penderwicks , Jeanne Birdsall (2 books)
  • We Have Always Lived in the Castle , Shirley Jackson
  • Ice , Sarah Beth Durst
  • The Forgotten Garden , Kate Morton
  • In The Cities of Coin and Spice , Catherynne M. Valente
  • Princess Academy , Shannon Hale
  • East , Edith Pattou

★★★★

  • Ballet Shoes , Noel Streatfeild
  • The Wolves of Willougbhy Chase , Joan Aiken
  • Hex Hall , Rachel Hawkins
  • Wasteland , Francesca Lia Block
  • Grayson , Lynne Cox
  • The Book of Lost Things , John Connelly
dec 28 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • cold air, cold wind
  • the crunching sound of boots on snow
  • lit fireplaces
  • Christmas
  • wooly mittens & leather boots
  • storms
  • skating
  • snow angels
  • frozen lakes
  • evergreens heavy with snow
  • snowflakes on eyelashes
  • tights & socks
  • hot soup
  • snowmen & snow fights
  • quietness
  • White Queens
  • reindeer
  • lots of tea
  • oversized wool cardigans
  • frosty breath (like a train)
  • snow-caped mountains
sep 4 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • quietness
  • dear movies
  • drifting music
  • humming & loud singing
  • pencils and watercolors
  • treasured books
  • picnics
  • warm blankets
  • tea
  • daydreaming
  • sillyness & giggling
  • nonsense poetry
  • comfy beds
  • games (all kinds)
  • candies
  • little snacks
  • bunny kisses
  • cloud watching
  • frosted breath on windows
  • puddle jumping
  • crafts
sep 16 2010 ∞
sep 16 2010 +
  • inside a small chest locked with a golden key
  • nestled inside an ear
  • on a small note at the bottom of a pocket
  • on the wind
  • between teeth
  • inside a heart
  • between diary pages
  • buried in the dirt
  • at the corner of a mouth
  • in the dark corners of the night
  • between two breaths
  • on fingertips
  • in a locket
  • in a look, a touch, a lie
  • inside a bottle floating on the ocean
  • flying on a kite
  • in a love letter
  • in a smile
  • inside a story told by candlelight
aug 13 2010 ∞
aug 13 2010 +
  • Mermaids
  • Ondines
  • Kelpies
  • Selkies
  • Melusines
  • Naiads
  • Nereids
  • Oceanids
  • Nixies
  • Sirens
  • Morgens
  • Rusalkas
aug 11 2010 ∞
sep 4 2011 +
  • The Morning Crocodile
  • The Old Mermaid (living in the wood cabin by the lake)
  • The Deer Girl
  • The Rabbit Sisters
  • The Lady of Secrets and Flight
  • Her son
  • The Bear Cub Twins
  • The Garden Girl (and her garden)
  • The Librarian
  • The Teacher with an owl mask
  • Her Wife (with a crow mask)
  • The three princes (and their dog)
  • The Flower Architect
  • The Sleep Doctor
  • The fairies
  • The Elephant Guardian
  • The Water Spirit
  • The Giant under the Mountain
  • The Boy in the cottage by the Cliff
  • The Artist
aug 8 2010 ∞
apr 27 2011 +