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Friday, October 4, 2013

Painting the Leaves

Welcome!

vintage Ladies' Home Journal magazine cover

November, 1919

artist: Frank Godwin

"Winter is an etching,

Spring a watercolor,

Summer an oil painting

and

Autumn a mosaic of them all."

- Stanley Horowitz

Heidelberg, Germany 2010

"Listen! the wind is rising,

and the air is wild with leaves,

We have had our summer evenings,

now for October eves!"

- Humbert Wolfe

jigsaw puzzle, completed

"In a touch of nature

the whole world is kin."

- John Muir, nature conservationist

Hans Hoffmann, 1530 - 1591

a Prague artist

New Moon

"The bright, thin, moon appears.

Tipped askew in the heavens.

It no sooner shines over

The ruined fortress than the

Evening clouds overwhelm it.

The Milky Way shines unchanging

Over the freezing mountains

Of the border. White frost covers

The garden. The chrysanthemums

Clot and freeze in the night."

- Tu Fu, a Chinese poet

artist: Qin Xing, Chinese artist

www.orientaloutpost.com

There comes a time

when

autumn asks,

'What have you been doing

all summer?'

artist: John Atkinson Grimshaw

"For Man, autumn is a time of harvest,

of gathering together.

For Nature, it is a time of sowing,

of scattering abroad."

- Edwin Way Teale

"In the Orchard" by Franz Dvorak, 1912

courtesy of my-museum-of-art.blogspot.com

"Thy bounty shines in autumn unconfined

And spreads a common feast

for all that live."

- James Thomson

artist: Mr. Ou Yang, a Chinese painter

www.orientaloutpost.com

"With all things

and

in all things,

we are relatives."

- Sioux Proverb

In His hands

www.yuliconversations.blogspot.com

until next time,

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hand beaded netted necklace by inkspired

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

More Fairytale Cottages

Phyongh'wa

'Peace' in South Korean

Traditional wedding costumes paper dolls for Mexico and Korea

Today is another fantasy, fairytale kind of day!

It's 101 degrees Fahrenheit outside.

Sunny with no clouds or chance of rain...

I'd say it's high time for a little fairy-tale dreaming!

Fairy tale Toad House, http://www.claysoul.etsy.com/

I have had way too much fun looking at way cool cottages

with fairies, elves and such.

So naturally, I have to share with you!

'Brighton's Fairy House'

Just as I said yesterday, I don't have much if any information on many

of the fairy cottages that I found.

If you know of a name, or where they are located,

please drop me a note so I can credit the photos.

Thanks!

dominoes@myinkspired.com

Thatched House, http://www.planetoddity.com/

I adore the look of a thatched roof!

I understand they need a fair amount of upkeep, and replacement every so many years. So, they would be ideal to rent!!!

I've always wondered what the bug factor is with them?

rounded thatched roof, http://www.cdn.home-designing.com/

"Come fairies, take me out of this dull world,

for I would ride with you upon the wind

and dance upon the mountains

like a flame!"

- W. B. Yeats

unknown source, probably Dover Books

'Commoner's Quarters', www.mygardenrocks.etsy.com

'Storybook House' is 12 inches high

www.cinderellamoments.etsy.com

I found some great vintage fairytale house type paper dolls,

many of them from OrigamiBears, but also gathered elsewhere.

'Moreland Cottage, 1785'

"Misty Green" stamped scene by Stampscapes

Solebury Township, Cottage with 1788 additions

'Congratulate yourselves

if you have done something strange

and extravagant

and broken the monotony

of a decorous age.'

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

cottage circa 1958

cottage in Giethoorn, Netherlands

http://www.10awesome.com/

a European Farm House, historical

"Don't let weeds grow around

your dreams."

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

from 'Life's Little Instruction Book, Volume II'

Hansel and Gretel Cottage in the Forrest

http://www.mikescottphotos.com/

'Neighbors' stamped scene using Stampscapes stamps

'Witch Cottage', circa 1920's, California

This next one just cracks me up.

A fine example of scherensnitte!

'Queen of the Double Wide' hand cut by http://www.lisoloo.etsy.com/

'Blue Moon Gnome Home', from etsy but I'm sorry I don't have the exact addy.

you can purchase this at: http://www.artputz.etsy.com/

Charming!

"Between every two pines

is a doorway to a new world."

- John Muir

With that, I bid you good-day!

See you soon!!

inkspired

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"Broccoli Butterflies Wood Sprite"

original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

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Monday, April 4, 2011

Garden Crazy with coloring page, a paperdoll and vintage clips

With my daffodils blooming every day, with more and more sunny faces, I am getting into a real Garden Craze!

Colleen Moore, Hollywood star, c.1925

"A little garden in which to walk

and immensity in which to dream."

- unknown

Here is a quirky paper doll that loves to garden!

What to do with all the paper doll extras?

For this paper doll, you have lots of extra graphics that you can have fun with. Cut the medium size pieces out carefully, and glue to cardstock or thin cardboard. I like to use blue or green so it will fit in with other scenery. Leave 1 1/2" strip on the bottom of each side, so you can fold the tabs back and let the piece stand on its' own. Cut just a tiny long triangle from the main piece going to a point on the side tab/strip. This will lean your scenery piece slightly back so it will stand better, and not topple over to the front.

Plain as a mud trail?

Practice on some cardstock. You will soon see exactly what I mean.

I would suggest cutting out the little wheelbarrow, the mushroom cluster, the bicycle being held up by the butterfly, the single butterfly, the washtub, basket and jams. Wow! That gives you lots of playing options!

Go ahead and cut out the tiny stuff too. You might want to print them out on sticker paper, so you can add them easily to new outfits. I love my sticker-sized Xyron for projects like this also!

Draw a little bush or small tree. Stick on the fruits - it can be a multi-berry tree, or whatever kind you want! I like to look through old magazines and find a tree and cut it out. Place it on heavy cardstock, glue, trim and make a stand for it.

Don't forget the second kind of easy paper doll stand:

In the center of the picture (in this case a tree) make a small slit from the middle bottom up about 1/2".

Cut a strip of card stock about 3/4" x 3". You can trim this down to size later.

Starting at the top of the strip, make a small cut down about 1/2" from the top towards the bottom. Do not cut the strip all the way.

Slot the two pieces together. Adjust the length of the strip as needed.

A great advantage to either of these stands is that they fold flat!

"When planting this garden

we left room

for fairies to dance."

Fairy of the Garden Barbie, by Mattel

"Gardening - just another day at the plant."

"In a touch of nature, the whole world is kin."

- John Muir, American naturalist

painted rock art, MyGardenRocks, etsy

"Row of seedlings poking their heads out to check the weather."

- Dave Wittler

More dimensional cards. See the directions on 4/2/2011 blog.

Well, I'm off to shake the snow off my daffodil blooms!
Have a super, garden crazy kind of day.

inkspired

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