Tips and Tricks Thursday!

Getting little treasures from the fairy that lives behind your door is one of the best things about owning a door. Whether it be an end of the school year gift, a birthday treat or just something that lets the owner of the door feel special, there are so many things the Fairies can leave. A pretty shell, a pine cone or even a little fairy dust all make great gifts.

We stumbled across these adorable little jars of  "Fairy Candy"and thought they would be a perfect fairy gift. The jar is 4 inches tall and filled with candied violet or rose flower bits. You can find them at http://www.petaliteas.com/.

We took off the manufacturers tag and added our own sparkly tag and are ready to go. Just imagine how happy your special someone will feel when they find this sweet treat!

Fairy Candy

Now that our fairy garden is in full swing we harvested a few of our herbs and edible flowers and decided to make some tasty "fairy candy". These sweet little treats look great on top of ice cream, garnishing iced tea or lemonade or just in a pretty dish. The best part is - they taste great too!!

Here's what you need:

fresh herbs - mint, lemon balm scented geraniums, etc

edible flowers - rose petals, pansies, lavender flowers, etc

egg whites

fine sugar

**ALWAYS check to be sure your chosen flowers/herbs are actually edible, here's a great resource:

http://whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm

 Wash your flowers/herbs and let them dry well. Place 2 egg whites in a dish and lightly beat them. Dip each petal/leaf in one a time, using your fingers to make sure they are completely coated. Then dip into the sugar and place on wax paper to dry. Drying will take around 12 hours - you may need to flip your petal/leaf once during drying.

If you want to make a garnish for your favorite beverage lay dip the petal/leaf as described above but place around the rim of a glass to dry.