It’s a Paper Doll kind of Christmas

Welcome!

A kaleidoscope by me

Today I would like to share with you 
something that is dear to my heart - 

Paper dolls!

Paper dolls found on Pinterest
Pinned by mellymodolls.tumblr.com

With paper dolls all you need is a pair of scissors
and let your imagination go!

By Jenny B. Harris
Found on Pinterest

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You can find paper dolls to fit anyone’s style,
hobbies, likes, and dreams.

Some are realistic, some are cutesy,
some are realistic and some are just silly.

Poinsettia jointed elf by Mary Mauritz 
Posted on Pinterest by origamibears.com
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If you want to browse through A LOT of paper dolls
Check out this web site:

www.origamibears.com

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There are many animal paper dolls available now.
Here is a bear and a mouse!

Santa Bear by Peggy Jo Richmund? Rosemund?

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Joan Walsh Anglund is a charming artist
with a very distinctive style.

She has several different Christmas themed paper dolls.
Here is one page with 2 dolls.

By Joan Walsh Anglund

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Here is a set much more realistic,
from a paper doll book by Dover Publications.
They are a great site to purchase paper dolls of all kinds.

I believe the paper doll book is called ‘Santa’s Elves’
By Dover Publications

🎄 Using scissors at an early age helps develop 
fine motor skills.
As we continue to use scissors I believe it helps with our dexterity.
And then there’s that thing called
Eye - Hand coordination!
(Some of us need more help than others in that area!)

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A good tip to remember while cutting out anything:

Move the paper, not your scissors.
Try it! It truly helps.

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If you have a child of any age around
(daughter, son, niece, nephew, neighbor, etc)
invite them over for a paper doll afternoon.

Tell us about it! Take pictures and share with us!
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You don’t have to buy a book of paper dolls either.
Here are 3 paper dolls I made from
recycled magazines, catalogs and flyers,
and old playing cards.
I used brads to make their arms/legs and head moveable.

Original altered paper doll by inkspired

 Original altered art paper doll by inkspired

Original altered playing card paper doll by inkspired

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Most of all, have fun!

‘Til next time,
Inkspired

Truth: (usually discovered before coffee in the am.)
The bottle of milk does not go in the pantry.
The cereal also does not go in the refrigerator.

Kaleidoscope by inkspired

Ah, those lovable computers!

Shanti

"peace" in the Bengali language, spoken in Bangladesh

www.backtobangladesh.blogspot.com

I have been browsing some of my older posts,

and read how I opened so many of them with the word

'Peace'

or

'Welcome'

in different languages from around the world.

Today, I want to thank all the readers of my blog from

Bangladesh

:0)

Bangladeshi children from the wetlands of Bangladesh

harvesting water lilies

www.demotix.com

Hello and welcome!

Today I get my computer back!!! Yippee!!!

It should be up and running by tomorrow. I am really looking forward to all my saved documents, including all my blog material that is on it. It may only be 'saved' from March, backwards. Oh well, I'll take that if I can have my computer back! My husband is very good at making back-up discs. The most recent one 'failed', not sure why. So March is the 'saved' one before that.

The computer people say that most people never back up their computers, or do it so infrequently that it is so outdated as almost unusable.

So...

a reminder to all you computer owners -

Make Back-Up Discs

just in case your computer 'crashes'.

computer humor

copyright Randy Glasbergen

www.glasbergen.com

"Deep into that darkness peering,

long I stood there,

wondering, fearing, doubting,

dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared

to dream before."

- Edgar Allan Poe

I'm sorry, I do not know who drew this.

If you know, please tell me so I can give credit where credit is due.

I found it at

www.dalanel.wordpress.com

That's it for today, folks!

Take time for a giggle today!

:0)

inkspired

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

and on pinterest: kkloberdans

"Time for Flowers"

original paper Collage Art Paper Doll by inkspired

using recycled paper dolls and junk mail

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

Summer Date Paper Dolls

Pec'h

'Peace' in Breton, spoken in France

courtesy of OrigamiBears

Welcome!

I am short on time today, but have found these super

summer-themed

paper doll set, courtesy of OrigamiBears.

If you are into history, or free paper dolls,

or really cheap original paper dolls,

http://www.origamibears.com/

is the place to check out!

1948 published by Saalfield

With regards to what you can do with these free paper dolls:

Many are still under copyright, and NOT public domain.

That means you can print them to your heart's content,

but you CANNOT:

Sell them, in any way

re-package them for sale

change the colors and re-sell

...get the idea?

'Lourdes Flower Fairy'

altered paper doll by inkspired

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

You can certainly print a set and give as a gift.

You can take the base paper dolls,

and make your own clothes from lots of fun paper sources.

You can sell these hand-designed clothes,

but not the base paper dolls, as is.

You CAN print them,

and cut them all up and re-make recycled paper doll collages.

For instance,

you could use the legs and then add your own creativity.

You could probably use the heads,

 but no bodies in the same creation.

'Time for Flowers'

altered paper doll by inkspired

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

Best rule of thumb:

Use these wonderful paper dolls to play with,

design your own clothes,

play sets and backgrounds.

Use the basic doll shapes to help you make your own.

I use paper doll bases to get the hang of where arms fit on a torso,

or where earrings fit on a face...that sort of thing.

These you can package and sell if you choose,

as it is all your own drawing, etc.

'I Dare You to Eat Candy'

altered paper doll by inkspired

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

Hope this has been helpful.

Give me a comment at the end of this blog,

or

you can drop me a note at

dominoes@myinkspired.com

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY

have fun!

:0)

'Happy Stripes'

original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

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

inkspired

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

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

Geseende Kerfees

(Merry Christmas in Afrikaans)

 

Radio City Rockettes rehearsing for the 2011 Christmas Spectacular

photo by Timothy A. Clary

Wouldn't it be fun to see the Rockettes?
I would love that!

Today, again, I will have a short blog.

Only

4

more days until my Craft Fair!

For those of you in the Denver area, stop by and say hi!

I will be in the Main Exhibition Hall, right next to the rotunda in

the Adams County Fairgrounds

just a little bit East from Riverdale Road

Dec. 3, 9am - 4pm

Dec. 4, 9am - 4pm

I had a fun discovery today -

several completed altered paper dolls!

2 of them are Halloween themed, but I'll still put them out.

Here are 3 that I have scanned. The others need to be resized, etc. and I will share!

'Brigette Dark Angel'

I used recycled images for the under-dress and Brigette's face.

I really like how my gown turned out with all the free flowing ribbons.

'Boo' altered paperdoll by inkspired

I still have to fiddle with the color a bit, as the 'Boo' is a bit more glow-in-the-dark orange. Her spider is hanging free. The legs are from a paperdoll, and her round 'skirt' is a recycled tarot card.

'I dare you' altered paperdoll by inkspired

Again, I still need to fiddle with the color, but I do like her attitude!

Next is a copy of a greeting card - Chrissie:

Thank you to OrigamiBears for sharing this paperdoll with us.

What, you don't know what a 'OrigamiBears' is?

Check out her blog right after finishing my blog.

Her addy is to the right.

I need to get to the post office.

I sold my first Collage Art Doll!!!

ooooooohhhhh, I am so happy.

Except...

I really like her and am having a surprisingly hard time letting her go!

sigh.

Here she is:

'Time for an Office party'

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

Sorry, that's it for today!

Have fun on OrigamiBears' site. She is just wonderful for sharing her

humongous paper doll collection.

:0)

inkspired

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

Summer Butterflies

Goeie

(Frisian, a Northern Netherland language,

informal for 'Hello")

'Butterfly Forest Fairy' Collage Art Doll by inkspired

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

I am celebrating the last of the summer butterflies today!

I love to see the first butterflies of the spring and summer.

I look for them all summer long.

They are much fewer now.

I would love to go to their 'winter' resting place.

How beautiful it would be!

framed paper butterflies, etsy

courtesy Dover Books

"Just living is not enough", said the butterfly,

"one must have sunshine,

freedom,

and a little flower."

- Hans Christian Anderson

stained glass to color, courtesy Dover Publications

And what's a butterfly? At best,

He's but a caterpillar, at rest.

- John Grey

stained glass coloring page, courtesy Dover Books



butterfly postage stamps

Here are a few scherensnitte patterns that feature butterflies for you:

from an out-of-print BackStreet Originals book

both of the above patterns are by Patty Rook

'Broccoli Butterflies Wood Sprite' Collage Art Doll by inkspired

Here are a couple of beading patterns for you that feature...

the butterfly!!!

(surprise, surprise)



simple beaded butterflies added to cards!

I have another beading pattern for a butterfly and daisy bracelet,

but for some odd reason I cannot get it to transfer to my blog.

sigh.

Really.

Some day I WILL become the blogging master!

...but not yet.

'flapper' in butterfly costume

butterfly mandala, from a book of mandalas, Dover

'Tatiana' by Frederick Howard Michael

and here is a close-up of her crown:

'I do not know whether I was then

               a man dreaming I was a butterfly,

Or whether I am now

                                  a butterfly dreaming I am a man.'

- Chuang Tzu

"Purple Fairy"

altered paper doll by inkspired

My altered paper doll, shown above, is a very fun way to recycle

gardening/flower catalogs,

and old paper dolls that might have flaws, or tears,

or are just ready to become something else.

I actually scanned and printed my paperdoll

in case I need the original for another project!

I then took a few flower catalogs,

and snipped out all the pieces of purple flowers that I could find.

I arranged and re-arranged, and fussed

until I liked what I had.

Then I took my trusty Aleene's Tacky glue,

dabbed it on the snipped paper, and glued them to the  paperdoll base.

To finish, I traced around the finished paper doll onto purple paper.

I cut out the silhouette and glued it to the back of the paper doll.

Voila!

plastic butterflies, www.butterflybazaar.etsy.com

It's about time for me to leave for my dentist's appointment.

I love the way my teeth feel after a cleaning!

vintage photo

c.1917

ta...da!

:0)

inkspired

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

dominoes@myinkspired.com

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