shades of Autumn

"It is far safer to wander in God's Woods

than to travel

on paved highways."

- John Muir

an antique dried mushroom with carved art

https://www.etsy.com/listing/191545792/antique-folk-art-mushroom-art-country?ref=tre-2724254551-8

vintage hay hook

https://www.etsy.com/listing/192755227/vintage-hay-hook-oak-handle-steel-hook?ref=tre-2724254551-16

"Listen...

With faint dry sound,

Like steps of passing ghosts,

The leaves, frost-crisp'd,

break free from the trees

and 

fall."

- Adelaide, 1878 - 1914; 

from November Night

https://www.etsy.com/listing/94581891/tree-of-life-silhouette-paper-cutout?ref=tre-2724254551-3

https://www.etsy.com/listing/112847266/fall-photograph-leaf-collage-nature?ref=tre-2724254551-11

https://www.etsy.com/listing/153054870/ombre-stud-earrings-geometrical-round?ref=tre-2724254551-4

"We can judge the heart of a man

by his treatment

of animals."

- Immanuel Kant

https://www.etsy.com/listing/184597441/art-original-acrylic-painting-cat-female?ref=tre-2724254551-9

https://www.etsy.com/listing/117760330/squirrel-animal-art-print-watercolor?ref=tre-2724254551-15

"Look deep into Nature,

and then you will

understand

everything better."

- Albert Einstein

https://www.etsy.com/listing/119094557/fall-photo-8x12-print-cabin-in-the-woods?ref=tre-2724254551-14

https://www.etsy.com/listing/107311681/glass-bowl-wildflower-sunshine-orange?ref=tre-2724254551-1

https://www.etsy.com/listing/203573023/bird-paintingwatercolor-paintingoriginal?ref=tre-2724254551-2

https://www.etsy.com/listing/155996949/sunflower-groom-boutonniere-rustic?ref=tre-2724254551-13

"If you see no reason for giving thanks,

the fault lies in yourself."

- Minquass Indian proverb

https://www.etsy.com/listing/154639138/one-love-beadwork-hoops-beaded-earrings?ref=tre-2724254551-5

https://www.etsy.com/listing/155186063/little-orange-bird-on-vintage-small?ref=tre-2724254551-7

https://www.etsy.com/listing/190870977/vintage-1960s-hat-vintage-black-and?ref=tre-2724254551-10

"Eat oranges

Hear the larks

Wait on the sun."

- John Muir

Autumn's Faire Maid

paper collage painting from all junk mail and recycled magazines

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

'Tangerine Tango hand beaded, original design necklace

https://www.etsy.com/listing/163092672/tangerine-tango-beaded-necklace-metal?ref=tre-2724254551-12

Did you like this blog?

All the items are in this treasury list:

shades of autumn

You can find it here:

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/MjAzODE1NDF8MjcyNDI1NDU1MQ/shades-of-autumn?index=1&atr_uid=

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'til next time,

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and on pinterest - K.Kloberdans

you can contact me with a note on my blog - 

it doesn't get published unless I say so:

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Autumn Glory

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Isn't Autumn grand?

"Autumn's Faire Maid"

original Collage Paper Painting by inkspired

using all recycled junk mail and magazine art

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

"October's poplars are

flaming torches

lighting the way to winter."

- Nova Bair

newforestthatch-hampshire

gouk.about.com

cottage dream house on river

cdn.home-designing.com

Let's celebrate the glorious colors of Fall today!

vintage ad

vintagespirit.blogspot.com

taken in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado; 2012

"The milkweed pods are breaking,

And the bits of silken down

Float off upon the autumn breeze

Across the meadows brown."

- Cecil Cavendish

front yard garden, with autumn arrangement

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Stourhead National Park, England

photo credit David Anderson

www.withnature.co.uk

"autumn is leaving -

tugging each other's branches

two pine trees."

 - Shiki's Autumn Poems

'an English Autumn' by Sarah Broadmeadow Thomas

www.fineartamerica.com

Aurthur Wood Royal Bradwell 1950's artware pitcher

www.TheVintageTeacup.etsy.com

www.flickriver.com

"The path to a friend's house is never too long"

original cutting by inkspired

"Wishing cannot bring autumn glory

nor cause winter to cease."

 - Kiowa Proverb

Norway Autumn

www.nordicschool.ru

Tanner the Great Dane, and K.

Fall, Rocky Mountain National Forest, 2012

"Delicious autumn!

My very soul is wedded to it,

and if I were a bird

I would fly about the earth

seeking successive autumns."

- George Eliot

vintage paper dolls, circa 1919

a thatched cottage by SuperSnappz, c.2011

deviantart.com

'Come', said the wind to the leaves one day,

'Come o're the meadows and we will play.

Put on your dresses scarlet and gold,

For summer is gone and the days grow cold.'

- Children's Song from the 1880's

English Autumn

artangeloriginalart.blogspot.com

Now,

get out there and find some color!!!

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www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

and on pinterest:  kkloberdans

original art blank note cards

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

Birds, Birds, and more Birds!

Bueno!

c.1914

I am listening to the birds peep, chirp and sing.

Wonderful sound!

It is a sound I listen for every winter, getting ready for Spring.

The birds tell me when Spring is around the corner, as they sing about it!

c.1917

"A light broke in upon my soul -

It was the carol of a bird;

It ceased - and then it came again,

The sweetest song ear ever heard."

- Lord Byron

Now the robins (mostly) and other birds are nesting.

c.1883



We had a couple of silly robins trying to make a nest

ON OUR FRONT DOOR SCREEN HANDLE!!!!

I couldn't believe it!

I was hearing these scratching noises at the front door, so I opened it to look, and didn't see anything. A few minutes later - scratch, scratch.  scratch.

So I opened the door, and also the glass screen door we have in front.

Something fell onto our porch -

a wad of grass and little twigs.

WHAT????

Yep. The beginnings of a nest.

I brushed off the rest of the grass and twigs from our door handle, still not really believing my eyes.

Then I noticed 2 robins a few feet away, twittering at me.

Hmmmm....

I went back in. A few minutes later....scratch.  scratch scratch.

Okay, enough. These enterprising birds needed to find a different place to build their nest. I didn't want them to spend a lot of time on my front porch, just to have me brush it all away.

This needed to be nipped in the bud.

Light bulb!

I have a BIG Great Dane.

Silly robins probably don't want him as a nanny.

I opened the front door, but not the glass screen door. This got Tanner very interested. Were we going somewhere? Was it time to get the mail? Were we going outside for a bit?

We have a long glass window to the side of our front door. Tanner likes looking out to see what's happening, who is at the door, what is going on in the front street, etc.

Perfect!

It worked!

Big Black Dog was not the nanny of choice.

The silly robins flew off to find another perfect spot for their perfect little bird nest.

Mission accomplished, or as the famous A-Team quote goes:

"I love it when a plan comes together!"

c.1859

 

"God gives us each a song."

- Ute Native American proverb

 

c.1921

Here is a fun activity to do with kids, or just doodle yourself:

Here is a super simple egg pattern. Size it to whatever project you are doing.
*Use it to cut out mulberry paper eggs for scrapbooking. & cardmaking. 
*Give it to a kid and see what they come up with! Be sure to provide plenty of colors of crayons or markers or colored pencils!
*Trace and cut out from different scraps of Contact paper - decorate a wall! I once made a commissioned full wall-sized tree using wood patterned Contact paper.
*Why not make a nest in the tree, and fill with contact paper eggs?

Easy Budget Craft:

Go on a walk. Take along the kids if you have any, or know any. Each person needs a paper bag. As you walk, pick up small nature things.

Ideas:

small twigs

interesting grass blades

fallen leaves

feathers

bits of fluff - like from a cotton wood tree

fallen flowers, flower petals 

- always ask permission before removing anything from private property.

You want your items to be as flat as possible.

Next:

Place a copy of your desired shape, such as the egg shape above, face up on the your work surface. Lay a piece of clear contact paper, sticky side up, on top of your pattern.

Using clear contact paper, press your found items onto the sticky side.

Add some ribbon, floss and thread scraps. It's okay and desirable to overlap the edges beyond the design shape, but not too much.

If you have any pressed flowers in an old book, get them out and use them!

Cover your area, but leave some clear spots to show through.

Option: sprinkle a little glitter over your 'stuck' items.

Press another sheet of clear contact paper on top - sticky side down.

Smooth around your items as best you can to eliminate bubbles.

Now you can cut your nature finds/contact paper into a large shape.

Be sure to smooth down all the cut edges.

You can take a hole punch, punch a hole at the top and thread with narrow ribbon for hanging. These look especially nice hanging in a window.

You can also double mat these (one mat in front, sandwich contact paper art between second mat in back), saving the glass and backing for another use. Prop in a plate/frame stand, and let the light shine through.

Send me pictures!

I'm sure you will come up with many many more ideas.

Why not share them with us all? Drop a note to me:

dominoes@myinkspired.com

a scherensnitte pattern

c.1920

For any new readers, you can find hundreds of wonderful vintage songs

and song sheet cover art at the Indiana Music Libraries.

The web site is to the right of my blog.

This is a hybrid iris! Love the name.

(I want one....whine...)

illustration from vintage book "the turned-intos"

"You can't be suspicious of a tree,

or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion

or challenge the ideology of a violet."

- Hal Borland

vintage whistling cup for sale at http://www.apinchofjoy.etsy.com/

cerlean warbler

I've had fun on this Bird watching venture.

Take a peek outside today, and discover what new thing you can see!

inkspired

http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/

dominoes@myinkspired.com

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