{"id":6736,"date":"2013-08-14T05:38:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T09:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=6736"},"modified":"2013-08-14T05:38:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T09:38:13","slug":"faery-fanaticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=6736","title":{"rendered":"Faery Fanaticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My faery fanaticism began with a book recommendation from my friend, Sylvia.\u00a0 She suggested none-other-than <a href=\"http:\/\/signepike.com\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Signe Pike&#8217;s<\/a> amazing book, <em>Faery Tale<\/em>.\u00a0 Following this was Grasslands Road&#8217;s fairy homes set, fairy-themed garden decorations, and other great books by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoffroud.com\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Froud<\/a>.\u00a0 I will admit several years ago I fell in love with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flowerfairies.com\/US_version\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cicely Mary Barker&#8217;s<\/a> 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