Mood:
giddy
Status:
in a whirl of writing assignments and baby gurgles!
Updated:
Mar 22, 2010, 04:39 CDT
Gender:
Female
Location:
Cheshire, UK
Relationship:
Committed Relationship
Orientation:
Straight
Children:
Proud Parent
Body Type:
Average
Height:
5'4"
Religion:
Other
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
About Me:
I believe in Faeries!!
I am a writer, artist and sound technician, originally from the South East of England and now living North West in beautiful Cheshire. I live with my wonderful fiance John and our beautiful baby daughter Freya.
By the Bard: Where to Find My Magical Musings! Since joining this site I have also been inspired to explore art & crafts. I paint with acrylics, sculpt with polymer clay and adore papercrafting. I am also learning to sew and knit! This year I created Realm of MerFaery: The Enchanted Art of Louise Heyden and have an official website coming soon!.
Where to Find Realm of MerFaery on the Web!
Music:
My all-time favourite artist is Sarah McLachlan.
Movies:
All fantasy movies, especially Legend, The Last Unicorn, The Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Labyrinth, Stardust, Mirrormask, Pan's Labyrinth, Flight of Dragons, Ever After, Sleepy Hollow, The Little Mermaid, Beauty & The Beast etc!
TV:
I adore Xena Warrior Princess, Firefly, The Tudors, Lost (sooo addicted!) and Doctor Who (David Tennant - hurrah!). Also like Hustle, Blackadder, any great kids shows from the 80's like She-Ra!
Books:
My absolute favourite books are The Last Unicorn and A Fine and Private Place, both by Peter Beagle. Utterly enchanting.
Likes:
Writing, reading, all things Fey, unicorns, mermaids, the sea, trees, crystals, gardening, arts and crafts, making and creating pretty things, cooking, wolves, nature, Xena & Gabrielle, clouds, birds (especially blackbirds and robins, crows and ravens), dogs, dolphins, whales, the countryside, helping the environment, crystals, fossils, shopping, pretty things, jewellery, art, music, rain, the air after a thunderstorm, strawberries, animals, plants (esp foxgloves, clematis, cranesbill, love in a mist, snapdragons, sea holly, wild poppies, any wildflowers!), travel, culture, ghost-hunting, feeling the soil in my fingers when gardening, feeling the sand in my toes and the sea lapping my at my knees, adventures, great stories, mysteries, books that carry you away, films that make you think, poems that make you cry, snow, icicles, snowflakes, autumn leaves, sunsets and sunrises, the cute little bat in my garden, baking yummy cupcakes and blackberry crumble, Little Apple Dolls, gothic art, faery art, dolls and figurines (I love work by Jessica Galbreth, Nene Thomas, Josephine Wall, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Selina Fenech, Sheila Wolk, Linda Ravenscroft, and the many others that I keep discovering through EF and beyond!), wings, horses (esp Andalusians), ponies, donkeys, all 'mythical' creatures, shopping in Lush and B Never Too Busy To B Beautiful (in Carnaby Street, London), laughter, life, love, my fiance! I could go on forever..! I love to live life, I love to be by the ocean, I love to write and paint and sculpt and be creative.
Dislikes:
Violence, rudeness, ignorance, cruelty, smoking, 'corporatey' people, huge corporate industries (Shell, Tesco etc), people who harm the environment, commercialism, disregard for the fellow human spirit, politicians, being stuck indoors, porridge (the food not the show!), sweets, curry, motorways (I spend FAR too much time on them!), pollution, rap music, R&B music, most of the rubbish on TV these days! Shallow people, narrow-minded people, swearing, cruelty to nature, litter, crowds, being too hot
Hobbies:
Writing, reading, sculpting, doodling, painting, card-making, scrapbooking, jewellery-making, learning how to use my sewing machine(!), creating, collecting (Xena photos. Faeries and unicorns. Crystals & fossils. Oh, and books!), cooking, organic wildlife gardening, interiors, crystal healing, psychic & spiritual development, walking in nature, exploring life, bird watching, getting involved in conservation & charities, creative projects!
Vices:
Cashew nuts, Mr Kipling's Cherry Bakewells, a good South African pinotage, buying books, shopping, eBay, trawling the net, silliness (such fun!), John Cusack, David Tennant, Nathan Fillion, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (lol!). Oh, and this site!!
Virtues:
Caring, creative, good listener, calm, try my best to help the environment, hard-working, loving, happy, positive, fun, always try to help people do/be the best they can. Most of the time!!!! ;o)
Heroes:
People who dedicate their time and effort to charities and the greater good. My fiance John for being such an amazing person and for being so wonderfully supportive of everything I do.
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11 Week Old Faerie!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 08:08 PM GMT
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Little Freya Fae is growing! She is giggling, smiling and enjoying playing with her toys and books. She is showing a liking for mythical creatures... she loves her Walter Dragon, hurrah!
Here she is in her party dress ready to see her cousins, aunts and uncles at a family gathering! Not had much time for anything other than my little Faerie, but wanted to check in and say hi! Have started writing again and will be back on here more really soon! Love to you all xxx Tags:
How to Make a Fairy Garden
Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 06:58 PM GMT
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Hello everyone! I just wanted to share with you my new blog, which is all about making fairy gardens. You can find it here at How to Make a Fairy Garden. I'd really love for you to take a look! Thank you xxx Tags:
Happy New Year!
Sunday, January 3, 2010, 10:09 PM GMT
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Faerie blessings to all my dear Enchanted Friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wish you all the happiest times in 2010! Lots of love from Louise and Freya-Fae! xxx
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My Faerie Princess, Freya Fae!
Monday, November 30, 2009, 02:11 PM GMT
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John and I welcomed Freya Louise Brooks into the world at 11.35pm on Wednesday 18th November 2009! I would have posted here sooner but we had a lengthy hospital stay. After a long labour at home in the birthing pool, it was decided that Freya was not going to come out alone, and so off we went in the ambulance to hospital! Freya was delivered by forceps about an hour and a half later - and no wonder she wasn't coming out - she weighed a healthy 10lb 3oz! She developed a little infection so we had to stay in hospital for a course of 5 day antibiotics, and arrived home late Tuesday 24th. As you can imagine it has been non-stop ever since!
We are overjoyed with our beautiful Freya, and here are some pics to share with our enchanted friends! Thank you so much to all of you for your kind messages!
Faerie Blessings, Proud Momma MerFaery!
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13's and Magpies but No Baby!
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 12:20 AM GMT
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Blessed Be everyone! It is 10 minutes past midnight here and I'm officially 6 days overdue! Despite a long country walk today there is still no sign of Bumplet moving from his/her cosy quarters! Saw 3 magpies today, 3 times over, which signified a girl but right at the end of our day in lovely Eastham Ferry we saw 4 magpies, signifying a boy, so still none the wiser, hehe! Was hoping that Friday 13th might be my lucky day but no such luck! I just wanted to say thank you so much to everyone for your kind wishes and support. Thank you so much to Tommy for your sweet post on your page! And to those of you who have since sent me lovely comments and messages. Between here and Facebook my fairy friends have been truly tremendous and I feel very blessed! And of course, thank you to Be and Drew for their love and messages also :o) I am sitting in the lounge right now listening to the pounding rain outside, I love the feeling of being cosy inside while the rain pours down! Am enjoying the quiet time, grateful for the opportunity to have the time to spend reading the many books I have to catch up on! It has been a while since I have sat down and read a really good fantasy novel and I'm enjoying The Braided Path trilogy immensely at the moment. Am looking forward to meeting my baby very soon! Can't wait for that magic moment when the midwife announces whether it is a boy or a girl! It is so strange to think that in anything from a matter of hours to days I will have little Freya (Norse, noble lady) or Callum (Celtic, peaceful dove) in my arms! My next appointment (if nothing has happened by then!) will be at the hospital on the 18th, where I will have a scan to make sure baby is doing okay, and if nothing has happened by the 22nd, well, that is it, baby will have to be dynamited out of me in the hospital and the pool will have to resort to being a posh paddling pool! But the midwife was pretty confident that Bub will be here by then so fingers crossed :o) Love and blessings and thanks to you all! I will post news as soon as I can! xoxoxoxo Tags:
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Hey Louise, Congrats on your little bundle of joy, she is perfect! Just beautiful.x Hope you don't mind the friend request and that you aren't too tired.x x All the best.x fallenangelhayley |
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Wishing you a truly magical birthday dear friend (congratulations on this special one ;o) also your first as a mummy, with the best gift ever *huge grin* May you be much spoiled ~ even if just with some extra sleep, ah yes, I remember it well... Sending much love from our family to yours on this most blessed of days ((hugs)) and kisses to your darling daughter Freya Louise too! xxxxx Be |
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Welcome to Baby Freya, another reflection of the Goddess of Faery. I rec'd an email from Be that SOMEONE had arrived and that the Glastonbury water got to you in time. She had sent me some, too, as I am running low. I had not been well, but felt good in the knowledge that two friends were about to embark on precious parenthood. My other friend Becca delivered FORREST DAVID. Merrie_Fae_Tresses |
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Welcome to our enchanted world precious baby Freya (and well done hugs to your beautiful mummy and daddy =) We can't wait to see you *beams* Wishing darling you and your wonderful family many magical moments together ~ sending heartfelt blessings and love always from All the Montys. We just walked up the lane wondering at the marvel of it all ~ I gave thanks, eternal thanks, Be |
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Congratulations Louise & John on new baby fae, Freya. Much love & good wishes to you all! xxx |
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Hey, well I was one of the 80%... Five days late for me, and Friday the 13th is *always* good luck for me!!! |
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Finally all the chemo toxins are out. No more sweating! So comfortable to sleep. I want to hear more about Bumbplet!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Merrie_Fae_Tresses |
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