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Justina Chen

January 30, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

TPiB: The Fairy Garden (inspired by Return to Me by Justina Chen)

If you have visited a nursery lately, you have probably seen container gardens put together in whimsical ways and called “fairy gardens”.  There are tons of places in stores and online that sell items to make your own, but they are not cheap.  I have been wanting to make one for a while now and […]

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