It’s hard being green

Ribbit!

I know it’s only March,

but I am thinking SPRING!

and

that means green!

‘Let me glance at dear old Ireland again’

Turn of the century song title

Original Collage Paper Painting by inkspired

Using all recycled junk mail and magazines

Let’s have some green fun today!

Kaleidoscopes by inkspired & KaleidaCam 

Kermit has been a favorite since I saw him

the first time on TV in 

The Frog Prince fairytale with Miss Piggy.

Kermit, The Muppets

I found some fun ‘fake’ movie posters

featuring Kermit....

But wait!

There’s more!

(Old commercial humor)

Do you recognize all the movies they are spoofing?

FYI

If you haven’t seen 

“Driving Miss Daisy”

you have really missed out on a fabulous movie.

Let’s find some green in nature-

Does anyone know what this is?
I found the photo on Pinterest
with no identifying captions.

No matter,
I sure would not want that to buzz around my head!

Next we have a lovely Shamrock collage 
made with recycled, used postage stamps.
See past blogs to find more postage stamp art!
💚

Amazingstampgallery.blogspot.com

I believe this is from an Etsy shop, no longer available.

From an Etsy store, picture from Pinterest

A card by inkspired using scrap paper and bits of lace and buttons

A card by inkspired and Cricut Explorer 2

A lovely layered card by Shelly Newkirk

Well, are we feeling green yet?

Having fun with a new app, found on AppAdvice,

called WordPack.

Have a safe and Green Day!

‘Til next time - 

inkspired

Truth from experience - 

Usually discovered before 10am or coffee:

You will not find coffee mugs in the coffee/tea cupboard.

Coffee and tea are kept there.

Spoons are not found there either...

Roaring like a lion?

ROARRRRRrrrrrrr!

roaring lion at Kruger National Park, South Africa

www.123rf.com

Is your March coming in like a roaring lion?

March comes in like a lion...

and goes out like a lamb.

That's a saying we have here.

I have no idea where from, I've just always heard it!

pottery from www.BountifulGoods.etsy.com

I thought today it would be fun to feature some

roaring lions!

a charging lion, photo by Steven, 7/10/12

www.9wows.com

These big boys are not happy.

In fact, they look down right grumpy!

But then, sometimes a lion looks like he is roaring,

when actually he is only yawning!!

www.DavidLazar.com

Or maybe he just has an itch....

www.bhmpics.com

"Death was afraid of him

because

he had the heart of a lion."

- Arabian Proverb

But then again,

maybe he is really just not happy!!

photo by Jeffrey Buck, www.woodwardspine.com

"A lion sleeps in the heart 

of every brave man."

- Turkish Proverb

original watercolor, www.WatercolorByMuren.etsy.com

coloring page from www.twistynoodle.com

"I am not afraid of an army of lions

led by a sheep;

I am afraid of an army of sheep

led by a lion."

- Alexander the Great

credit Patricia Daniel, 2008

vintage engraving, spencelionfairy

"I was not the lion,

But it fell to me to give the lion's

roar."

- Winston Churchill

lion cub, www.designyoutrust.com

coloring page courtesy of www.honkingdonkey.com

"It's better to be a lion for a day

than a sheep all your life."

- Elizabeth Kenny

lion and cheetah roaring, art from Mexico,

www.HardysCreations.etsy.com

sketch by MuraART, www.deviantArt.com

vintage pin, www.CedarfoxStudios.etsy.com

Hope you have enjoyed a bit of

ROARING

today!

...and may your Spring arrive with not too much roaring!

inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

and on pinterest - 

kkloberdans

Spring lambs, a great blog, a Mermaid project and etsy

A beautiful Sunday -
Enjoy!

Yea, sing, make holiday;

Bid young lambs leap,

And earth laugh after sleep.

- Katharine Tynan

Today we will be celebrating March going out like a lamb.

I found several great lambs for sale on http://www.etsy.com/.

This is the online HUGOMONGOUS store site that has thousands of shops inside.

Mine can be found at:  http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/

Take a peek!

from www.MunchieandCo.etsy.com

from www.TotallyOldSchool.etsy.com

this is vintage art by Margo Alexander for sale at: www.LePinkChandelier.etsy.com

"Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!"
-   Wallace Stevens

Here is a fun How-to-draw from Dover:

Remember Lamb Chop and Shari Lewis?

I discovered this wonderful blog by Isobel:

http://a-room-of-one-s–own.blogspot.com

I enjoyed her blog so much that I have become a follower. I rarely do that, as I am always behind on my mailboxes and e-mails!

Here is the address to a wonderful blog that she has posted:

http://a-room-of-one-s-own.blogspot.com/2011/01/old-letter-for-new-year.html

I am highly recommending that you take 4 minutes and read it.

Let me know what you think!

"Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment." 
-   Ellis Peters

Mermaid Craft project:

Here is a super, simple template for a mermaid (for your private use and enjoyment).

The stars on either side of the torso are where you connect the arms of your choice.

Let's all make a SPRING MERMAID!

What is she wearing? Does her tail change color? Her hair?

Remember - you can make her moveable by attaching the different parts with brads, string, ribbons, thin wire with grommets or eyelets.

tip: to make moveable eyelets for parts - place a thin scrap of cardstock in between the top and the bottom eyelet pieces. Set eyelet. Carefully tear away the scrap of cardstock, and you now have enough space to move the 2 remaining pieces.

Wouldn't your mermaid look lovely spritzed with some Glimmer Mists? See sidebar for addy to tattered angels to see what's new.

Here is some spring inspiration:

watercolor by maryjane.blogspot.com



"Come, I come! ye have called me long,
I come o'er the mountain with light and song:
Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth,
By the winds which tell of the violet's birth,
By the primrose-stars in the shadowy grass,
By the green leaves, opening as I pass."
-   Felicia D. Hemans, Voice of Spring

I love this next lion and lamb handmade and for sale by:

http://www.sarasark.etsy.com/

Enjoy today. Take time to read Isobel's blog on the Letter. Doodle a little lamb, or go all out for Little Bo Peep. Print out serveral copies of the mermaid template and play.

See you tomorrow!
inkspired

http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/
dominoes@myinkspired.com
http://www.myinkspired.com/
http://www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com/

based on Mary Engelbreit art; Pat's Bargain Basement, etsy