Andrea Riggillo

​Once upon a time . . . there was a little girl named Andrea who pulled her bright red wagon to the library and filled it with giant volumes of Grimm’s, Anderson and Lewis Carroll fairy tales. Andrea loved the magical stories so much, she would sleep with her books and daydream of a fairy godmother, a handsome prince, happily ever after. A secret she kept locked in her heart and then . . . 

I grew up. My artistic side began to emerge at the age of 49, remarried with two grown sons and my second handsome prince, I was successfully managing his Italian restaurant. But I ask you. Does your heart ever cry out for more? Mine did!

Andrea is an extremely talented magician and creates her masterpieces with much love and attention to detail. I had her make a special fairy house for my mother who had to sell her family home and downsize. Andrea took notes and pictures and made an amazing one of a kind creation that perfectly captured my childhood home for my mother. It is now a prized possession in my mother’s home. - Pauline M.

Artwork by Cori Caputo (coriartstudio@gmail.com)

I took one class after another. Creative writing, floral arranging, carpentry. Still, something was missing, until one Christmas I saw a porcelain Dickens village. I said, “I can make this, of wood,” and that's how my first creative piece was born.

Ears open to family and friends' dreams of "I wish I was . . ." or "I wish I could . . .," my heart and soul spoke to my imagination. A new energy stirred inside me from the pure joy of creating and giving, and it soared. Artist lofts, doggy school, Victorian Inn, Irish cottage. A request to build a mini tree house. And then a message, “How about building fairy houses?” 

​My heart finally unlocked. The true secret.  Listen to your heart, and your soul’s purpose. Live your dreams with joy and spread that joy!

If you would like to talk to me about creating a fairy house for you, please browse through my shop to find out more or get in touch with me.