Fairy gardens and etsy coupons

Welcome!

shark soap from the etsy shop:

www.gemsbyjeffnme.etsy.com

Today I want to share with you a couple of discount codes that etsy shop owners have offered, in thanks for being featured in either one of my treasuries, or one of my blogs. Or both!

The first is for gemsbyjeffnme.etsy.com.

Here's the deal:

10% off entire purchase using coupon code: MYCIRCLES at time of purchase

Thanks, gems!

puzzle piece soaps by www.gemsbyjeffnme.etsy.com

My next coupon is from:

www.garnetteh.etsy.com

Fairy garden bench with miniature pillow

www.garnetteh.etsy.com

Here's the deal:

coupon is good for 10% off one item using the code:  FAIRYMAGIC at time of purchase.

Thanks garnetteh!

tiny fairy birdhouses

www.garnetteh.etsy.com

"We grow great by

dreams.

All big men are dreamers."

- Thomas Woodrow Wilson, former President of the United States, 1913 - 1921

Both of these shops feature unique, hand made items.

I just completed another new treasury:

"a little fairy grotto"

fairy bicycle with red mushrooms

www.TheLittleHedgerow.etsy.com

You can find it here:

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/MjAzODE1NDF8MjcyMjEwODI5NQ/a-little-fairy-grotto?index=0&atr_uid=

tiny fairy wand with vintage glass bead

www.BlueStarEmporium.etsy.com

Check out each item, and then check out the other offerings from that shop.
You just might be amazed at what you find!

woodland vanity with sink

www.ByTamara.etsy.com

"Now, isn't imagination a precious thing?

It peoples the earth with all manner of wonders,

strange beasts

and birds, angels, cherubim and seraphim.

And it has to be exercised.

No child should be permitted to grow up

without 

exercise for imagination.

It enriches life for the child.

It makes things wonderful and beautiful."

- Mark Twain

miniature tea cup bird feeder in Purple Rose

www.HelloLittleCloud.etsy.com

I hope you have enjoyed just a taste of my new treasury. I had so much fun looking for items to put in it! I have enough 'favorites' to make at least one more treasury with a fairy theme - perhaps tomorrow!

"Fairies Chatting"

an original Collage Paper Painting by inkspired

using all recycled junk mail!

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

sending Fairy wishes for a happy day to you,

inkspired

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.inkspired.etsy.com - on vacation mode until my computer gets fixed!

www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

and on pinterest: kkloberdans

"Butterfly Tree Sprite"

original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

using all recycled junk mail!

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

Spring is in the air!

Welcome!

"A gust of wind" by Gaetano Bellei

my-museum-of-art.blogspot.com

Ah, visions of Spring!

I know some of you have already had Spring, or are in a different zone where this is coming into your (gasp) winter!

But today, we are having a typical Rocky Mountain Spring:

snow.

Yep, snow.

7 - 10 inches of the white wet stuff.

poor little squirrel.

good thing he has a tail...

www.life-is-beautiful-that-way.blogspot.com

But....

Spring is still in the air...sort of.

I have lovely jonquils and daffodils blooming in my gardens.

At least, they were blooming yesterday. Today they will freeze and turn brown and wilt-y. Oh well, there's always hope for the coming tulips!!

www.greenblueglobe.blogspot.com

"Spring

hath put a spirit of youth

in everything."

- William Shakespeare

"Water, Palm and Butterfly"

original Collage Art doll using all recycled junk mail

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

I am still dreaming of spring wildflower hikes...

 a stampscape rubber stamped card by Rose Walkers

www.stampincatstudio.com

I am looking forward to nature walks, gathering things for my art...

"Garden Wings Fairy"

original Collage Art Doll using all recycled junk mail

by inkspired

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

"Nature has been for me,

as long as I remember,

a source of

solace,

inspiration

adventure

and delight;

a home, a teacher, a companion."

- Lorraine Anderson

vintage clip

Here is a cute miniature scene. It comes with a 'Christmas' tree, but you can decorate that or not, as you wish.

from Karen's whimsy site

no, not me, another Karen!!!

for some strange reason, my computer saved the Large Tree in a weird format that I can't open.

Sorry.

Still learning this foreign language called "computer-speak".

I bet if you printed at 300% or so (play around with the sizing) the one large tree, it would be the right size for the 'Christmas tree'.

:0)

Have fun,

and don't forget to take pictures to share with us!

wee blue happy house by www.lulurocks.etsy.com

Spring -

Time for the bears to come out!

www.origamibears.com

"Walk quietly in the spring;

Mother Earth is pregnant."

- Kiowa Proverb

(North American Native American Indian tribe)

Another reason I love Spring is all the Spring babies!!

Bar-headed Goose with day-old chick

Zoo of Servion, near Lausanne, Switzerland

photo cred: Dominic Favre

unknown credit

3 week-old sand kittens, thought to be extinct in Israel

born in Ramat Gan Safari Park, Tel Aviv, Israel

photo cred: Nir Elias

female trumpeter swan with new cygnet,

Chicago Zoo

a 4-day old seal under mom's watchful eye

Schoenbrunn Zoo, Vienna

photo cred: Herwig Prammer

"The World is very old;

But every Spring

It groweth young again,

And fairies sing."

- Cicely Mary Barker, Fairies of the Spring, 1923

vintage illustration

by Sheryl A. Knowles

copyright 1906

at the right of my blog you will find some of my favorite web sites.

This comes from the Music Library site.

Well, it's that time again where I need to close.

It is still snowing outside. I don't mind. Living in a semi-arid climate -

we can always use the moisture!!

I best go turn on our fireplace, Turner loves to lay in front of it and get all toasty warm!

until next time...

inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

and on pinterest: kkloberdans

free Irish themed paper dolls

WELCOME!

Today is a paper doll day!

Oh! Happy Day!!

Shamrock Care Bear

www.ReprievesCorner.etsy.com

Today I will be featuring several lovely gowns from Liana.

If you love costumes, dresses, paper dolls or just looking for inspiration,

check out her blog! Recently she had a cute little baby,

so she hasn't been as active. She has a wonderful archive however.

Her site address is to the right of my blog.

This is Grace.

She will fit all the dresses that face to the right.

Here is Ivy.

She will also fit all the dresses that face right.

I first thought these next dolls were Irish,

but they're not

(look at the flag, Karen).

I like the dress anyway.

Yvonne and Juliane, with a lovely dress and 3 lace caps
Don't you think they are cute?

So, make some clothes for Yvonne and Juliane,
so they don't have to share just one!

card front by inkspired, using Sizzix die cuts.
You can't tell in the photo, but the shoes, top trim and skirt are from textured paper.

Have you seen the Gingham's?
They were a paper doll series of the 1970's.
Here is a page of dresses for
Sarah

Sarah always has dresses with green tabs.

Here is her other friend...

or are they sisters?
You decide!

Here are some other clothes from the set:

Aren't paper dolls fun??!!

1939 vintage ad, www.collectingvintagecompacts.blogspot.com

c.1915, courtesy Indiana Music Library

and one last costume for Grace and Ivy -

See you next time!

inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

and on pinterest:

kkloberdans

'Golden Flower Fairy'

original Collage Art Doll

made from all recycled junk mail

and a bit of whimsy

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com