Happy Birthday to my fellow May babies!! It’s so hard for me to choose between all these beautiful green dragons, so as usual, this is a supersized birthstones post, starting with Fairy Dragon: Emerald by Ukrainian professional artist Evgeniya Glazkova, posting as MyOwnDragon. She was my feature for last year’s May post, but I find…
It’s time for more fabulous art in the sixth of my series on dragons at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival! (If you missed any of the earlier posts, you can see them here.) We’ve got three awesome vendors this week, so let’s jump in! First up is Ye Olde Polish Woodshop and the intarsia wood mosaics of Eric…
Happy Birthday to all my November-born readers! This month you get two stones, Topaz and Citrine, which can get confused because both are (usually) orange/ yellow stones… so let’s start with this Topaz dragon by the awesome deviantartist Ariel Blyth, posting as Arukanoda (and purchased by fellow deviantartist Livard). I love her description of this Pet-sized dragon: An aquatic dwelling…
Welcome to the fourth installment of my feature on dragons at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival! (If you missed any of the earlier posts, you can see them here.) Let me offer you some refreshment in one of these fantastic pieces of drinkware by John Coiner Pottery while I tell you about the shop… John Coiner Pottery doesn’t…
Glad tidings to my October-born readers! Let’s celebrate by checking out some amazing dragon artwork featuring Opal and Pink Tourmaline, the two stones that represent October. First off we have this amazing dragon-eye/wing pendant called Darahmadar Silver and Ethiopian Opal by the team of Katarzyna Mielnik-Grzybowska and Mariusz Frodyma of Lunarieen Ltd. You can see more awesome…
Autumn has officially arrived here in the northern hemisphere as of last Saturday, September 22, which means this upcoming weekend is the end of “Fest,” the Minnesota Renaissance Festival — and this year I will have been lucky (or crazy!) enough to attend every weekend!* I’ve seen a ton of amazing dragon artwork at the…
Happy Birthday to all my September-born readers! We have a very blue lineup this month since your birthstone is the sapphire, starting with this gorgeous piece called Wings of Sapphire by U.K. professional artist Joshua Dunlop. He captions this “The Congo Sapphire-Winged Dragon. They live in the thick rainforest of the Congo and are rarely seen. … They…
Happy Birthday to my August-born readers! You’re another lucky month with three different birthstones — Peridot, Spinel, and Sardonyx — but Peridot is by far the most popular, so let’s begin with the adorable peridot-colored August Dragon w/ Bow by American artist and crafter Amaze-ing Hats. The artist writes, “The little girl who this dragon is for has…
Happy Birthday to all my readers born in June! This month we’re starting out with a cross-stitched pattern called Dragon Birthstone SAL – June/Alexandrite by American artist and crafter Gayle Tominaga, posting as jijikit, and created from a 2017 Mystery “Stitch-a-Long” pattern by Brittany Church of InglesideImaginarium. Doesn’t he look so happy? You can find more of Gayle’s art…
Happy Birthday to all my May-born readers! It’s my birthday month too, so if I’ve gone a little over eight dragons this month, well, that’s my prerogative! 😉 First up, check out this beautifully sculpted Emerald Dragon by Ukrainian professional artist Evgeniya Glazkova, posting as MyOwnDragon. A feathered dragon in beautiful green jewel-tones? I’m in love! …
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