Whooo is that?

Hellooooooo.......

Barn Owl

www.rudyanayaatcalstatla.blogspot.com

I found this wonderful tutorial on Scary Mask Wall Art!

Here is the link:

http://www.michelemademe.com/2012/10/howling-halloween-egg-carton-masks.html

www.michelemademe.com

It has inspired me to have a blog all about

Masks!!!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/TomBanwell

www.TomBanwell.etsy.com

Tom Banwell has an etsy shop with almost all masks.

They are made out of leather, in all sorts of sizes, shapes and colors.

and they're not just for women...

all above masks - www.TomBanwell.etsy.com

Happy Halloween 

- whatever you are!!!

Paris/Milan fashion show 2012

Alexis Mabille

a Cabbage Patch Head?!?!!

and the model doesn't look too thrilled with it either...

vintage porcelain mask

www.neilsellers.etsy.com

I am sorry, I do not know the creator of this peyote bead pattern.

Do you? Let me know so I can give proper credit.

Come as you aren't!

www.DreaminOfDragonflies.etsy.com

"Hold on, man.

We don't go anywhere with

'scary'

'spooky'

'haunted' or

'forbidden'

in the title!."

- Scooby Doo

Godzilla movie poster

One of the best Halloween costumes I ever made for my son 

was a Godzilla costume!

grasshopper leather mask

www.TomBanwell.etsy.com

'Spooky Night'

sung to the tune of 'Silent Night'

Spooky Night, Halloween Night,

All is cold, Nothing's right.

'Round yon pumpkin glowing away,

People singing in the doorway.

Scream in devilish glee-ee,

Scream in devilish glee.

- author unknown

vintage clip, dover publications

www.janbrett.com

"I don't know that there are real 

ghosts and goblins, 

but there are always 

more trick-or-treaters 

than neighborhood kids."

- Robert Brault

our Great Dane Zeus' favorite costume,

but only if it comes with the couch....

rococo lacy mask

www.tombanwell.etsy.com

bead mask pattern by Deanna Stermer

I'm too cute to spook!!

grey owl mask

www.FemaleArtCollective.etsy.com

original watercolor

www.CarlaLovato.etsy.com

"Clothes make a statement.

Costumes tell a story."

-Mason Cooley

www.MaskerOfDisguise.etsy.com

vintage masks

www.ProperHeirlooms.etsy.com

'A gypsy fire is on the hearth,

Sign of the carnival of mirth;

Through the dun fields and from the glade

Flash merry folk in masquerade,

For this is Hallowe'en!'

- author unknown

www.gringrimaceandsqueak.etsy.com

recycled bottlecap magnet art

www.inkspired.etsy.com

tatted lace mask

www.LaPerLaA.etsy.com

A mask alone can make quite the costume!

Have fun dreaming up the perfect mask for your Halloween costume this year!

www.NormasVisions.etsy.com

Most of the little Halloween sayings I found here:

http://www.craftsayings.com/index.php/projects/holidays/halloween/324-halloween-sayings

'til next time,

inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

and on pinterest:  kkloberdans

www.WhiteMothEmporium.etsy.com

Meanderings with Dinos, little people, and 3 little pigs

Hi!
I had a terrible migraine yesterday, and am still feeling pretty punky today, so I thought it was a perfect time to share some cool blogs, some fun YouTubes tunes, and a bit of other stuff I have discovered!

a fun dinosaur mask. Cut out the white areas only of the eyes.
GGGGRRRRRRrrrrrrrr.....

This next artist is doing some absolutely super Little People street art:

There a lot more Little People photos here:



http://little-people.blogspot.com/

Aren't those just fascinating?

:0)

Garden Stickers from Dover.

Print these out on sticker paper, and have fun making pictures!

How about a nice little scene on an envelope to mail?

Make sure all the edges are smoothed down. If in doubt, use some clear packing tape to cover. Just remember, you can't cover the postage.

Here is a blog from Mike Bellah about his grandmother:

'She Meant Business"

http://mikebellah.com/wordpress/?p=1416

"Kiwi Casual"

original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

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

Ullam has a charming blog.

I especially like the one with the Russian folk tales illustrator

Ivan Bilibin, 1876 - 1942.

He was also a set and costume designer, and an artist.

http://ullam.typepad.com/ullabenulla/2007/03/page/2/

I plan on googling to find some more of his artwork.

http://www.learnnc.org/

a cute bear paper doll to color:

OrigamiBears

Sunny is a perfect shape to make more paper doll clothes for!

Why not get out a few old magazines, and make some!

'Ventura Office Manager'

original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

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

Read 'The Three Little Pigs' lately?

Here is a hilarious version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxoUUbMii7Q

Well, I really do have to go now.

I've been watching:

 pirate movies

and robin hood - type movies

and black and white westerns

and old Rome/Sand/Sandals movies.

Great fun.

A few really good ones,

and more really bad ones!!

:-O

inkspired

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

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

dominoes@myinkspired.com

Butterflies

konnichi wa

(kon-nee-chee-wa)

Japanese for hello, daytime

Today is a good butterfly day.

Recently I have been noticing just a few, drifting around.

monarch butterfly on marigolds

"There is nothing in a caterpillar

that tells you

it's going to be a butterfly."

- Richard Buckminster Fuller

"Butterflies are self propelled flowers."

- R. H. Heinlein

c.1913

 "The green grass and the happy skies
Court the fluttering butterflies."

- Astrid Alauda

recycled junk mail bottlecap magnet

www.inkspired.etsy.com

vintage illustration

Let's have some fun with our colored pencils:

a butterfly mandala

a fun butterfly doodle

Here are two butterflies to cut out and use as masks:

Carefully cut out eye holes.

Use a paper hole punch to punch small holes on either side.

 You can see where easily on the first butterfly.

Knot an elastic cord (found in the sewing dept.) and thread through the holes, starting from the top, Left side. End on the top, Right side.

Adjust to fit. Knot cord, and cut off extra.

For extra bling, you can knot your cord, leaving enough cord to string on a few beads. The last bead strung, fill the bead hole with some glue, and thread onto elastic cord. Let dry. This should give you some pretty beaded dangles on each side of the mask.

a butterfly gem coloring page, courtesy Dover Publications

"If nothing ever changed,

there'd be no butterflies."

Author Unknown

Here is a lovely beaded butterfly pattern:

"But these are flowers that fly and all but sing:

And how from having ridden out desire

They lie closed over in the wind and cling

Where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire."

- Robert Frost, from "Blue-Butterfly Day"

Let's have some fun iris folding.

If you have forgotten how, or are new to this paper craft,

type in my blog search box:

iris folding, or paper craft

to find how-to tutorials.

butterfly pattern removed at request of bergkaarten

courtesy of www.irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com

courtesy of Chona

courtesy Valita Reynolds

vintage illustration

Next up:

a couple of scherensnitte patterns

the top one has the butterfly, the bottom one a pretty roses pattern

This one can be a wonderful greeting card.

It is from this out of print book:

This next one is more to give you an idea rather than to actually copy it.

It is in traditional Papel Picado style.

(Mexican Papercutting)

"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day

and think it is forever."

- Carl Sagan



a stained glass, beveled tabletop plate from www.hollyandivy.com

Take off with this idea, and go get out your clear glass plates,

napkin appliques or wrapping paper cutouts,

and that jar of Modge Podge you have!

Type in my blog search box:

decoupage

and get the tutorial if you need it.



May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun

And find your shoulder to light on,

To bring you luck, happiness and riches

Today, tomorrow and beyond.

- Irish blessing

until tomorrow -

inkspired

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

dominoes@myinkspired.com

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