"The blue fairies took no particular trouble over the nests they built in spring, but as soon as the first leaf turned color they began improving them,padding them with animal fur and birds' feathers,weaving more grass and twigs into the walls, sealing cracks with moss and fairy spit.

Two of the tiny blue creatures didn't fly away when they saw him. They stared avidly at his sandy hair as the evening light, falling through the treetops, tinged their wings with red.

'Ah, of course!' Dustfinger laughed softly. 'You want some of my hair for your nests'. He cut off a lock with his knife. One of the delighted fairies seized the hair in her delicate, insect-like hands and fluttered quickly away with it".

Quoted from Cornelia Funke's "Inkspell"

Made for 's monthly contest-->[link]

Credits:

Model:
Background:
Hair:
Butterflies, plants and vines:
Ladybug: personal stock-thank goodness for spring...and ladybug-shaped stationary!
Brushes:
Textures: my lj resources, a lot of mixing there-->[link]