Christmas iris folding

Welcome!

Kaleidoscope by inkspired

Today I want to share with you some more beautiful iris folded art.

In past blogs I have described how to make 

an iris folded design.

Some patterns I had to remove because the artist did not

want them shared on a blog.

That’s ok! 

As the creator she has that right and I respect that.

If you ‘google’ 

Iris Folding patterns

you can find pretty much any design you might want.

Here are a few samples of finished cards:

Unknown artist

Courtesy dee-craft.co.uk

By graphicby.com

By duloisircreatif.canalblog.com

All of the above were found on Pinterest.
Can you tell yet how much I love Pinterest?
❤️

Found this pattern that looks like the one used above.

More iris-folding:

Credit given: Craftsome.blogspot.dk

Credit: iris-folding.com

There are several sites to visit just from the above samples!
Don’t forget to search my blog with the key word
iris folding.

 Design by Joanne Sarter

Another graphicby.com card


I hope you try this easy craft out.
The results are beautiful!
(It’s our secret how easy they are to make!)

‘Til next time,
inkspired

Truth: (usually discovered before 10 am, or before coffee)
Do not attempt to brush teeth before coffee.
The toothbrush doesn’t like it.
The mirror doesn’t like it.
The floor/rug doesn’t like it either.

Kaleidoscope by inkspired

Christmas with Betsy McCall

kev tiaj tus

'peace' in the Hmong language, spoken in China, Laos and Vietnam

artist unknown

uniprayerforum.wordpress.com

Let's have a Betsy McCall paper doll Christmas blog!

First, the all important letter to Santa -

Dec., 1952

Next, she gets to help her Mom decorate the Christmas tree -

Dec., 1954

Betsy tries to wait up for Santa Christmas Eve -

Dec., 1953

and now it is Christmas morning! -

Dec., 1951

Through the years, Betsy went through several transformations;

as styles and fashions changed, so did her artists.

Here is Betsy, with her cousin Linda -

Dec., 1958

Betsy needs to write some thank you notes 

for the wonderful presents she received -

can you help her?

Dec., 1959

It's time to visit Grandma!

Dec., 1960

and now it's time to visit Great-Grandma!

Dec., 1965

Let's help Betsy bake some cookies!

Dec., 1971

Betsy learns there is more to Christmas than receiving gifts -

Dec., 1984

Here are some fun holiday activities you can do with Betsy -

Dec., 1986

Dec., 1994

I hope you have had fun with Betsy McCall!

I wish she was still with us....

Did you know that all the cute clothes that Betsy and her family and friends wear are actual McCall's patterns?

Dec., 1992

Dec., 1964

Dec., 1955

Looking back through her paper doll pages is like a walk through fashion history, and a note on society's expectations!

(I love the leopard print undies on the 1955 cousin Sandy, 

and the matching mom and daughter outfits!!)

Jan., 1961

Jan., 1971

Have a merry McCall's Holiday season!

'til next time,

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Pansy Dreams

A cheerful hello to you!

“Pansies? You praise the ones that grow today

Here in the garden; had you seen the place

When Sutherland was living! Here they grew,

From blue to deeper blue, in midst of each

A golden dazzle like a glimmering star,

Each broader, bigger than a silver crown;

While here the weaver sat, his labor done,

Watching his azure pets and rearing them,

Until they seem'd to know his step and touch,

And stir beneath his smile like living things:

The very sunshine loved them, and would lie

 Here happy, coming early, lingering late,

Because they were so fair.”

- Robert Williams Buchanan

greeting card from cnegeleart.com

Pansies have always been a favorite of mine for the garden. I planted some the first year we moved into our new house. They still amaze me by returning each year - not as many, not as vivid, but they are still smiling! I even have pansies through most of the winter - and we live in the Rocky Mountains, so they get snowed on, and the wind blows fiercely, and yet there they are! I have been experimenting with different colors - there are so many! My absolute fav will always be the purples I think, but some of the others are a wonderful accent.

c.1922 from Indiana Music libraries

“I pray, what flowers are these?

The pansy this,

O, that's for lover's thoughts.”

        - George Chapman

Here is a charming paper doll drawn to look like a vintage bisque doll.

I love all her flower outfits, and of course, the pansy flower costume!

The artist is Peggy Jo Rosamond, 1986, from a Doll Review magazine:

Vagrant Pansies

“They are all in the lily-bed, cuddled close together—

Purple, Yellow-cap, and little Baby-blue;

How they ever got there you must ask the April weather,

The morning and the evening winds, the sunshine and the dew.”
- Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz

Years ago, when we were selling our first house and things were not going well,

a neighbor gave me a flat of johnny-jump-ups from the local market. It was the end of the day, and they were pretty pitiful. The flower seller was going to throw them away, as they weren't good enough to sell anymore. My neighbor thought of me (!) and brought them home for free.

That summer I worked out many a frustration by lovingly planting each of those johnny-jump-ups. I would be out there, in the sun (good for improving your mood, among other good things), snipping a little deadhead off, or watering, or just fussing. Those flowers BLOOMED!! They loved the attention and I needed their little smiles. I have never forgotten the kindness of that long ago neighbor.

Here is a pressed pansy flower bookmark, by desertdangles, etsy:

This is a vintage German color clip with an angel and pansies:

“The beauteous pansies rise

 In purple, gold, and blue,

With tints of rainbow hue

Mocking the sunset skies.”
- Thomas John Ouseley, from The Angel of the Flowers

I hope you have enjoyed our little stroll through the pansy garden.
I'm sure that we will have more pansy thoughts later!

inkspired

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