inkspired musings: Betsy McCall

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Monday, October 26, 2020

Hallowe’en paper doll party

Welcome!

All kaleidoscopes by inkspired and KaleidoCam

“Halloween is an opportunity

to be really creative.”

- Judy Gold

Papel Picado style hand cut tissue paper banners by inkspired

Let’s have some fun with

Halloween paper dolls!

You can print some on full or half pages

and pass them out to any trick-or-treaters.

Even if they are only ‘family’

all ages can enjoy some vintage cut-up fun.

Dolly Dingle was drawn by Grace Drayton

from 1913 - 1933.

You can read more about her in past blogs,

just search for Dolly Dingle.

A vintage Betsy McCall paper doll page

“Believe nothing you hear,

and only one half that you see.”

- Edgar Allan Poe

Dot’s Halloween Frolic vintage paper doll

Mary Engelbreit’s delightful Ann Estelle paper doll

with 2 pages of costumes.

These are for private use only.

A page of Sheila Young’s Betty Bonnet paper doll series.

“It’s as much fun to scare

as to be scared.”

- Vincent Price

Thank you to

good housekeeping.com

for the quotes I have used today.

That’s it for today!

‘Til next time,

inkspired

Sunday, August 9, 2020

HOT paper dolls

Welcome!

Kaleidoscope by inkspired and KaleidoCam

As they say,

“Is it hot enough for you yet?”

I cannot find the artist’s name for this.

Do you know who it is?

Today’s Forecast:

HOT. HOT! HOT!!

HOT!!!

Vintage Beach Beauties

Time to visit the beach,
splash in some water
and cool off.

August 1952 cover art for American Magazine
Artist Peter Stevens

Kaleidoscope by inkspired and KaleidoCam

Here is a nice one page paper doll set
for you to play with until you get there-

I believe this Vector Stock set is for personal use only.

Here is a matching one page boy set-

Can’t get to the beach?
Swimming pool still closed?
Maybe playing with some beach-themed paper dolls
will help!

Little Miss Revlon paper doll with a summer theme
c. 1957, personal use only

Catalog swimsuits to purchase, 1950’s

Next I have some paper dolls from the 1940 - 1950’s.
These are from the Katy Keene magazine series.

It’s a good thing bathing suit styles have evolved...

Otherwise you could be wearing one of these
ummmm...
Unique! swimsuits....

Vintage swimsuits from the 1920’s

Did I mention they were most likely made out of
wool?!
😳

This photograph could be from around 1863;
from a Brighton, UK men’s club

Vintage 1952 swimsuits, vintagedancer via Pinterest

Vintage travel poster

The credits for this are written in Cyrillic characters.
Found on Pinterest

Kaleidoscope by inkspired

Unknown photographer

Vintage French ‘wrap-around’ paper doll, with a front & back
By Volumetrix (I think. My French is a bit rusty...)

Next up -
Betsy McCall paper dolls;
some with cousins and some with her mom.

Betsy was a very popular paper doll that was
printed in McCall’s magazine for many, many years.
Her debut was May, 1951.
I believe the last magazine paperdoll printed was 1995.

Betsy with her cousin Linda McCall

Betsy with her mom

Betsy with her cousin Barbara McCall

Betsy was so popular that she spun off into
a series of vinyl dolls and sewing patterns.

You can find a lot of pages to print if you desire
from other Blogs of mine, Pinterest, or the internet.

July, 1917 issue

I would like to finish with some paper dolls
I found on Pinterest.

I can only find these with Cyrillic alphabet words,
with one hint that they are Russian.

Well, that’s it for today!
I hope you print out some paper dolls
and share them with a child to play with.
Actually,
sharing with an adult friend could be fun too!

‘Til next time,
inkspired

on Pinterest as K.Kloberdans

Truth,
usually discovered before coffee and/or 10am:
This is not the time to try a new recipe.
Ingredients are skipped,
new measurements are used creatively;
and overall it is never a good idea to use
an oven before coffee, anyway.
(You have been warned.)