the Emerald Isle and Irish Blessings

Dun Dealgan, Ireland

"There are only two kinds of people 

in the world -

the Irish

and those who wish they were!"

courtesy Dover publications

see right for website link

courtesy Dover publications

Adare Manor, county Limerick, Ireland

If you're lucky enough to be Irish,

then you're lucky enough!

www.vintageholidaycrafts.com

Cathair Dhuin Iascaigh Fortress of Dun Abounding in Fish, Ireland

12th century

Celtic knot maze

above Coumeenoole Bay, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland

photo cred: Gareth McCormack

"Age is honorable

and

Youth is noble."

- Irish proverb

                                          

www.sweetlyscrapped.com

www.bakerswife.etsy.com

Dysert O'Dea Castle, County Clare, Ireland

"We have always found the Irish

a bit odd.

They refuse to be English!"

- Winston Churchill

vintage song sheet cover graphics

courtesy Indiana Music Libraries, website link to the right

c. 1869

Ireland

www.countryheritagetours.com

Celtic knot, courtesy Dover books

www.vintageholidaycrafts.com

"May you have warm words -

on a cold evening,

a full moon -

on a dark night,

and  a road downhill -

all the way to your door."

- Irish blessing

Ireland

www.pictify.com

beaded amulet purse pattern

source unknown

Colleen Moore, USA movie actress

Motion Picture magazine cover art

store.mapsofworld.com

"If one could only teach 

the English how to talk,

and 

the Irish how to listen,

society here would be quite civilized."

- Oscar Wilde

Ireland

travel.nationalgeographic.com

vintage song sheet cover graphics

courtesy Indiana music libraries, website link to the right

courtesy Dover publications, web link to the right

"Let me glance at dear old Ireland again"

Collage Paper Painting by inkspired

using all recycled junk mail

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

c.1911

courtesy Indiana music libraries, website link to the right

The flag of Ireland

use this pattern for a safety pin flag pin

or

a bead pattern!

Ireland, July 13, 2010

www.therevandadog.blogspot.com

A world of wishes at your command,

God and His angels close at hand,

Friends and family, their love impart,

And Irish blessings in your heart!

- Irish blessing

vintage clip

www.antoniopacelli.com

'til next time -

inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

and on pinterest:  K.Kloberdans

A Mermaid Monday

aloha

[Hawaiian for hello]

a fun series of digitally altering famous people into other things,

like a merman - Jim Carrey

Today is a mermaid kind of day.

I'm hoping to see the mermaids in the new Pirates of the Caribbean soon.

I like unusual mermaids,

and pretty mermaids.

You can leave me out when it comes to

'let's make an almost pornographic image/photo/painting,

pop it into a mermaid costume and call it a mermaid' arena.

I don't particularly like ugly mermaids either.

You know, the scary ones with weird gill things going on

and talons instead of fingers.....

So

let's have a "nice" mermaid day today!

One of my mermaid Barbies. I try to collect them whenever I can.

very sorry, unknown artist

Do you know who painted this? Let me know:

Inkspired@yahoo.com

"Mermaid Sighting"

Anne Hathaway

No decent mermaid day would be complete

without a lovely Liana's mermaid costume:

These are from her Paper Boutique line of paper dolls.

These next costumes fit her newer dolls, facing to the right.

Why not get out just a few beads, and make up this quickie mermaid pattern?

'Mermaid Mini'

Get out a few more beads,

take some more time, and make this 'down under' mermaid:

"I'm tired of all this nonsense

 about beauty being only skin deep.

That's deep enough.

What do you want -

an adorable pancreas?"

- Jean Kerr

a Laurel Birch mermaid fabric, made into pincushion,

www.RoundRobinFabrics.etsy.com

a Heritage stencil

These mermaids are all hand painted!

www.GlassGemsbyChristine.etsy.com

These next mermaids are just a few of the

Collage Art Doll Mermaids that I have made.

I use all recycled junk mail to create and hand cut

facial features, body, costumes, tails, purses, hair, etc.

I have so much fun making these, it hardly seems like working!

"Blue, blue mermaid"

Collage Art Doll by inkspired

http://www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

"Shopping for Lunch" mermaid

Collage Art Doll by inkspired

"Mermaid Pearls"
 original Collage Art Doll by inkspired 

 "Blue Hair With Pearls"

Collage Art Doll Mermaid by inkspired

"Lagoon Pearls" Mermaid
 Collage Art Doll original by inkspired

"Seriousness is the only refuge

of the shallow."

- Oscar Wilde

Mermaid Lagoon Limited Edition pin, Disney, from 'Peter Pan'

Mermaid pin by Kati Savage

Mermaid in Art Deco style

vintage cover of Life magazine

photo by Rene Maltete

original painting by joojoo, etsy

'Mermaid in the Sea' pincushion 
by http://www.pattidolls.etsy.com/

Mermaid musings...

enough for a little while!

Is there a subject you would like me to cover?

Let me know

Inkspired@yahoo.com

"Everything you can imagine

is real."

- Pablo Picasso

sending calming breezes and mermaid good wishes your way,

inkspired

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

http://www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com/