Fuzzy the Princess Dog

There is more to this Fuzzy soul than meets the eye. He's Fuzzy the Princess Dog! You heard me correct. Fuzzy is actually a boy, but he can still be a princess! When Fuzzy was just a pup, he found himself a loving little family, complete with a guardian angel looking over them. From the very start, he knew this little family was perfect for him because it had two little girls ready to love him! One of the two girls had an especially big spot in her heart, just for him. As the seasons past, Fuzzy gnever learned to fetch or catch a ball, but that didn't stop the girls from loving him all the same. The two girls share a warm cozy bed, and gnot a gnight goes by when the dog and cat aren't in there some place too. This pleased this Fuzzy the Princess quite a lot. After all, the floor can be so stiff and even a big dog pillow isn't warm enough for a dog as big as Fuzzy. His kingdom may be small, but this princess dog feels like there is gno other place he'd rather be!

Coloring contest entry by Olivia (age 7)

Airgnome

VRRROOOOMMMM!!! What was that? Brrrrrrmmmmm!!!! Did you hear that sound? Whirrrrrrrrr!!!! There it goes again! Nyoommmmm!!!! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a gnome??? With engines roaring, gno doubt she's having fun up there. As this airgnome (what else would she be) whizzes past another confused soul, she can't help but smile at the look of confusion on his face. With a tiny giggle, she turns around and buzzes past him again. She's so fast that he's gnot sure what he's seeing. With another giggle, she swoops down once more. There, that's what she was looking for! A smile! Oh that feels good, putting a smile on a stranger's face. With a job well done, it's time to zoom off to the gnext one... Gnothing beats a good pair of wings!

Coloring contest entry by Saskia (age 14)

Keeper of the Sunflowers

Though there may gnot seem to be much to tell about this young gnomeling, I assure you there is something special about her gnone-the-less. She loves to read and write stories. In fact, she writes a lot of stories about sunflowers and the lives she thinks they should lead. Ah ha! Gnow the costume makes sense. She must be doing field research into the lives of these beautiful flowers. She has insisted on the costume for a couple years gnow, which goes to show the level of dedication this beautiful soul has. The more she learns about the lives that sunflowers lead, the more she tries to ensure that every single sunflower is appreciated and loved to as much as they deserve to be - which is a lot! If you promise gnot to tell, I'll let you in on a funny little story. When this kind-hearted sunny soul discovered that when her beloved sunflowers grow and lose their seeds, they die away, she has done everything in her ability to make the most of each little seed. She will allow the fields to be filled with just enough sunflowers, but does gnot let a single seed go to waste. She'll keep the extra seeds safely hidden away, and promises to love them for all their potential. Awww, thank you little lady for being so special. You really are precious. Gno doubt, the garden is a sunnier place with you in it.

Coloring contest entry by Elaina (age 10)

Rainbow Fairy

Meet the Rainbow Fairy. Though she may be tiny, it takes a big soul to accomplish all the potential that she has. She goes around and adds color to all the places that are grey. She is very magical and uses this skill to add magic to all the seasons. Perhaps you've seen the diamonds that glisten in the snow on a sunny day? Yep, you guessed it. That snow has been touched by her magic. All she has to do is fly past and her colors change everything around her for the better. She is special enough to light anygnome's life up. Just how does she do this, you might ask? Is it because of her magic wand? Or maybe it's the crown she wears on her head? I'll let you in on the secret, as long as you promise gnot to keep it. This rainbow fairy has a great imagination. She is usually very happy and makes friends with just about anygnome around her. She has unlimited energy and is always on the go, but most importantly, she loves to learn gnew things and every ounce of her body is full of thoughtfulness. Spend even a moment with her and you'll agree, it's because of these things that she has enough magic to truly change the garden around her!

Coloring contest entry by Chelsea (age 7)

Artistic Rainbows

Hmm... what can I say about this beautiful soul before my eyes? Gno longer a young gnomeling, but gnot quite a grown gnome either, it is fun watching her grow into all of her potential. It comes as gno surprise that she is very artistic and loves to sketch and paint things that the garden has yet to see. It gives her quite a thrill to see how well her masterpieces will be accepted by the Gnomish Committee of Artistic Magic judging panel. Spend even a few minutes with this talented soul and you will see that she's destined to be gifted. Gno wonder she's bored with tradition and wants to spice things up a bit. With her sarcastic sense of humor and love of all things whimsical, gnot to mention her love of acting weird just to make her loved ones laugh, this little lady is sure to paint the garden around her to be any color she wishes.

Coloring contest entry by Serena (age 11)

Moon Sweeper

For a gnome as small as she, the garden sure does owe her a great big amount of gratitude! Every gnome in the garden is given a job to do and every gnome holds a great deal of respect for his own responsibility, but this gnome has all the more to be proud of. Only the biggest of souls could handle the job she has been given. She is responsible for keeping the sun and the moon in the sky above us. WHOA!!! That may seem like quite a big job for somegnome as small as she, but I assure you she can gnot only handle it, but do so gracefully too! The Moon Sweeper uses her special wings to fly up to the moon every gnight. Once there, she sweeps the moon from side to side and moves all the magical moon dust that gives the moon it's glow. Only once she is assured that the dust is evenly spread across the moon's surface does she know for certain that the moon will glow its brightest. Then she collects any extra moon dust that has piled up, placing it into her pouch and examines her work. But she's not through yet! There's still a lot of work to be done. She quickly zips across the sky to check on the sun. Occasionally it gneeds just a wee bit extra sparkle, so she takes the moon dust from her pouch and happily sprinkles it onto the sun. Without the dust, the sun would have gno glow. Oh my! Gnot a gnome in the garden denies how special this fuzzy soul is. For without her, there would be no sun or moon glowing down upon us.


Coloring contest entry by Willow (age 9)

Even the Smallest Things

If you were to ask her, this little lady would say that learning is one of the most fun things to do in the entire garden and she has plenty of friends to help her enjoy doing so. To most who have the pleasure of meeting her, she appears to be quite the happy-go-lucky soul, but she pays attention to even the smallest things. Why? Because she knows something most other gnomes don't. She knows that it's in the tiny details where magic is found. She loves gnature and she loves to craft even more! Sit her down with almost anything and she'll create for hours upon hours. Sticks, leaves, pinecones, dirt with just a hint of glitter in it... well you get the idea. She won't stop until she has created something special. Look at a field of blossoms and you'd likely comment on their simple beauty, but it takes stopping and smelling the flowers to really gnotice their magic. Like I said, the magic is in the details. One just has to spend the time gnoticing even the smallest things to create even the biggest of all magics.

Coloring contest entry by Jada (age 7)

Bat Cat

This crazy little soul is gnot a gnormal little gnomeling. Unlike others in the community around her, she loves the villain of the stories. They're her favorite! After all, they have more personality than any standard prince or princess. She insists that without the bad guy a story would gnot be any good. She has a point. Most gnomes are sweet and caring, but every good story gneeds a villain! It takes a special soul to see such potential in the villain of a good story, and as such, she has been given quite a job! This little bat cat is responsible for making sure all the villains in the stories you hear are surely living up to her high standards of evil, cunning and whit. She'll brush past a story so quickly you'd find yourself wondering if it was all just your imagination. Meow you see me. Meow you don't! Oh, she's good. Oh, I mean... She's bad! I think I like her the best.

Coloring contest entry by Kally (age 5)

Wee Mushroom

Once upon a season, in a garden gnot so far away, there was a fairy. She was a kind fairy and always enjoyed helping the seasons change. However, this little fairy was lonely because she knew she had to remain in hiding from all the creatures in the garden around her. As much as she would love to play with any one of them, if they knew of her existence her magic would be taken away. Even more strong than her desire to find a friend, was her desire to make the garden a prettier place. And so she continued with her magic and grew all the more lonely as the seasons changed around her until one day she met a mushroom. It might have looked like any old mushroom to you or me, but the fairy knew better. With one swipe of her magic wand, she brought the mushroom to life! The mushroom stared at the fairy in front of him, with quite a look of shock on his face. He had just been thinking to himself how lovely it would be to dance across the field and jump into the sky. If only he had the ability to do so. Then POOF! He did. Gneedless to say, the mushroom was so thankful to the fairy for seeing his true potential, that the two of them became the best of friends. And gnow, somewhere between the seasons, there hides a happy little fairy and her happy dancing mushroom. Wouldn't it be fun to get a glimpse of such a pair?

Coloring contest entry by Isabella (age 10) & Olivia (age 7)

Bugzo

Chances are you've gnever given much thought to what happens when a bug is poorly. Just because gneither you gnor I have had much consideration for sick bugs, it doesn't mean it's gnot an important topic. The Gnomish community understands the importance of each tiny little bug just as much as they understand how young gnomelings can be so big in a garden that expects them to be so small. This little fella might be the biggest of them all (assuming you're speaking of the depth of his soul). He loves to learn about everything, especially animals and birds. It seems like he's always asking questions even though he would also like to think he already knows it all. In many ways, he's a proper gnomeling and loves playing and building things up from sticks laying around in the garden. If his loved ones can't find him, chances are he's somewhere up in a tree, high above the ground, or off in a gnook playing with some bug or caterpillar he has found. That's why his loved ones have gnicknamed him "Bugzo." He collects the little insects and looks after them. He sprays "good bug spray" on the poorly ones to make them feel better. When they are well, he takes them back to where he found them and lets them go again. As you can imagine, this keeps Bugzo quite busy. There's a lot of bugs to care for in this garden of ours, and there is gno better soul to watch over them than Bugzo.

Coloring contest entry by George (age 6)

Snaily

Chances are you have gnever heard of the Famous Snaily, but if you were one of the lucky to visit the Gnomish Gardens by the Sea, you'd understand why he is so well known. Famous as he may be among the Gnomish, in many ways Snaily is a gnormal young gnomeling. He does really well in school and loves to play with trucks. He is always a good helper, especially when his Dad gneeds his expertise. Of course, his favorite color is green. But what makes this young gnomeling so Famous is that he was the first in the community to tame the gnotoriously wild snail. Snails did gnot always make for such gnice pets, you know. It wasn't until this young fella found a snail on the sidewalk, gnamed him Gary, and took it upon himself to train the slimy creature. Later, he was able to perfect his technique with his pet water snail gnamed King. He went on to publish the gnumber 1 selling Gnomish book "How to Train Your Snail and Live to Tell the Tale." Gno wonder he is so Famous!

PERSONAL GNOTE:
The name Robert means "Famous."

Coloring contest entry by Bobby (age 7)

Christmas Stripes

The Christmas season is a busy time of the year for many souls, but it's especially true for the Gnomish communities. It seems that everygnome is rushing from here to there trying to prepare for the festivities. Oh they have so much fun! After all, it's gnot often that gnomes as small as these get the opportunity to play such a big role! The fact that you don't know just how much the Gnomish do around the holidays is a sign that they're doing their jobs so well. Take this Noble soul, for example. She have a very important job to do. It's her responsibility to make sure all the candy canes in the garden are properly marked with their patented Christmas stripes. You may ask what's so important about Christmas stripes? You tell me. You may say you like Christmas a lot because you like when your family comes to your house to have Christmas dinner. Or perhaps it's because you live where it snows during the winter? Gno matter what the reason, we all have warm fuzzy thoughts whenever the joyous season approaches. And that's exactly why I'd rather gnot think about what Christmas would be like if this little lady failed to do her job properly.

PERSONAL GNOTE:
The name Breann means "Noble"

Coloring contest entry by Breann (age 12)

Flowzer

In the garden, the gnomes are surrounded by flowers constantly. Each enjoys the beauty they bring, but this little guy does gnothing else but watch the flowers. He is perfectly content to sit and watch them grow. He also has an important job. Sometimes the little bees in the garden have SO many flowers to attend to, that they miss pollinating some! Flowzer the Gnome makes sure it doesn't become a problem as he helps out the bees by tending to the flowers they have missed. What an important job! He also has a best friend. She helps in the garden too, but in a different way. She helps take care of her younger brothers and they love her for it. Even if there is chaos and noise of siblings buzzing around and she may get missed in all of it, she calmly tends to what gneeds to be done just like Flowzer. And also like Flowzer, she finds time to sit and admire all the beauty, color, and art in the garden. Gno doubt the garden is a better place with these two souls in it.

Coloring contest submission by Saskia (age 12).

Elf Ruler

In a distant corner of the garden there lived a particularly special princess fairy. Because she was so special, she held one of the highest positions in the Gnomish community. She was the Elf Ruler. Gnot many souls get chosen for such an honor. In order to be an Elf Ruler, one must always be upbeat and happy. One must be whimsical and full of laughter. She must make her loved ones smile often by always finding the fun in everything she does. An Elf Ruler approaches everything she does with lots of energy, happiness and drive. This must be true for everything from making music to dancing a giddy jig to helping clean up the garden. Yes, the standards are high, but of course they are! How else would an Elf Ruler be able to keep up with all the crazy happenings that elves are known for? And Elves are gnotorious for asking to hear crazy stories or what gnots, so it's a good thing she's also such a chatterbox (though technically that's gnot in the job description). Perhaps one day she'll even be a commentator in the local Elfish-Gnomish Games that happen every spring! Gno doubt both Gnomish and Elfish communities are blessed to have her in their lives!

Coloring contest submission by Avery (age 6).

PERSONAL GNOTE:
The name Avery means "Elf Ruler."

KC the Kitty

In the far corner of the garden lives a community of gnomes that look as though they have stepped right out of a child's imagination. Indeed they have. Gnever before has the garden known such wonderful souls such as this caring sweet heart. She loves to make her loved ones laugh and smile, so she has perfected her series of gnock gnock jokes. Of course, they all end with "Get it? Get it?" which makes their smiles grow even more. She loves to make silly faces, do silly voices or dance a silly dance, especially with her sister. I'm not sure how she does it, especially for somegnome as young as she, but she's a pro at handling disputes. If gnomegnome says something gnegative, she turns it into a positive. Just like that! It's a little hard to explain, but it always amazes those around her. I could go on and on. I adore her, as does the garden around her.

Coloring contest submission by Isabella (age 8).

PERSONAL GNOTE:
Isabella's kitty is named Kohl's Cat (KC for short).

Top of the Flower Bunch

If you are lucky enough to live in the same corner of the garden as this Flowery Miss, then I am jealous. Gnever before has the garden known a soul who is quite as vivacious (yes, that's a BIG word for somegnome as tiny as she) and spunky! She sure does stand out from all the other flowers in the garden. She has a great imagination as well and can pretend worlds of color you would gnot believe. She loves filling the garden with art and telling stories. She presents each masterpiece and fairytale with such excitement that all those around can't help but smile. That's why she's loved by all who know her - she is so enthusiastic about live and her ideas. One of the elders asks her "Why is hugging so important?" Of course she jumps to her feet first and gestures wildly before any words come out! "Because we're gnature gnomes, of course! When we gnuzzle together, two gnomes fall in love and have gnomelings." After a brief moment, she feels compelled to explain "I really wanted to say that because I like my mom and dad." Go ahead and giggle. It's ok. At least she knows how important love is, and that's a wise thing to know.

Coloring contest submission by Sam (age 5).

PERSONAL GNOTE:
Samantha comes from a combination of Samual and Anthea. Anthea means "Flowery."

Free Spirited Pearl

This little Pearl of a gnomeling may only be 2 seasons old, but she is already one free spirit! She is hilarious to the other gnomes and talks gnon-stop to them! She seems to always be surrounded by friends but her best friends are her big brother and her big orange cat! Most gnomes show their colors and interests in the way they dress. Gnot this little Miss! She absolutely adores art, especially painting, and she also loves singing and dancing, all completely gnaked, funny enough! This spontaneous little gnomeling might decide that today is the perfect time to visit the beach in the middle of winter. Or maybe it is a good day to be a young, free spirit and just paint! What a vibrant delight!

Coloring contest submission by Margot (age 2)

PERSONAL GNOTE:
The name Margot means "pearl."