The Once Upon a Time Crown

Every good story begins in the same four words, and nobody has ever needed telling what comes after them: a forest, perhaps, or a castle, or a child who is braver than anybody expected. This is the crown for the beginning of all of them.

Across a band of Midnight velvet, the deep blue of the sky just after the stars come out, Once Upon a Time is written in gold, in a looping old hand, with a few small splashes of ink at either end as though the pen had been lifted too quickly from the pot, and a scattering of tiny stars. Wear it for bedtime stories, for putting on plays in the sitting room, and for any afternoon that wants to turn into an adventure.

The details

• Soft midnight blue velvet on the front, natural unbleached cotton on the reverse
• Stiffened with felt so every point stands tall
• Once Upon a Time in gold script, with ink splashes and tiny stars
• Ties at the back with cotton ties, so it fits small heads and grown-up ones
• Handmade in England and wrapped in Fable Heart tissue, ready for giving
• For ages 3 and up