Mermaid, mermaid swimming along...

Kaleidascope by inkspired using KaleidaCam app

When it is so hot outside
my thoughts turn to cool water.
Ah!

A paper collage hand cut and created by inkspired
‘Ocean Frolic’

...and then I think of the ocean with its’
soothing waves and the calls of seagulls...

Posted by CreativeMarket on Pinterest

From there it is a natural progression to
daydreaming about mermaids!

This is one of my favorite mermaids, but I cannot find who the artist is.
Do you know?

through the rhythm of the waves
you can hear
mermaids softly chanting
their sea songs 
and quietly whispering
each to each
poems of the deep blue sea

Found on Pinterest, no credits

Vintage illustration by Ted Rand

Not feeling ‘cool’ yet?
How about we dress for the part?

Many times if you don’t feel
Pretty
or special,
Fun
or interesting,
Smart
or good enough -
👕👒👞
Dress for the part!
It is amazing what a fresh shirt
or clean hair with a cute hat
can do for your self esteem and
for lifting your spirit into a better place.

So let us dress like mermaids
in cool, soothing blues
and we will chase the heat away!

Spring/Summer 2011 collection
Fashion Week, AltaRoma
by Italian designer Fausto Sarli 


These watery fashions sure get me in the mood
for a refreshing dip in the ocean...

Ianassa in Hawai’i, Designer Carol Hannah
Photo credit: Matthew Ree of CLY BY MATTHEW

Georgia Rose Hardy is the only info I found for this photo, Pinterest

Oh, alright.
Triton is optional!

But really, it wouldn’t be that hard to make
with cardboard tubes & duct tape...
(think empty tp or paper towel rolls)
Some cereal box type cardboard for the top;
a little gold spray paint;
throw in some glitter and any seashells
you might have for decorations and
Voila!
...might help you get a seat on the bus....

Isn’t daydreaming fun?

Found on Pinterest


I have no idea how she creates this -

By designer Iris Van Herpen, posted by Andrea Li Designs, Pinterest

...but I think
Iris Van Herpen
is one of my new-found fave designers!

I have watched video clips of 2 of her past 
fashion shows, and
WOW!
She is incredibly creative using kinetic type
movement in her fashion designs.
Check her out on Pinterest or YouTube if you can.

Created by inkspired using WordPak app.

Found this on Pinterest.
I am guessing it might be a photo from the annual Mermaid Parade on Coney Island, New York, USA.

What a clever idea for webbed hands!

Still bored?

Can’t find anything fun to do?

What about creating a fanciful

Mermaid top!

Solteiras Noivas Casadas

This pretty mermaid top started out
as a lovely blue strapless bra.
I have also seen them called ‘shelf’ bras.
With such a pretty base, it is easy to use
fabric glue
to apply strings of rhinestones, pearls,
Upcycled jewelry pieces, etc.
to turn it into a mermaid top.
I would also tack some of it down with some thread.

Make a mermaid top, DIY Shell Bra by Seatail, Pinterest

And one more -

Closet da Re, 1/27/2016 article

Well, the new Blogger still has bugs to work out,

and this poor blog has taken me a week or more

to put together. Add in the aggravation and

multiple attempts to post one photo,

a broken air conditioner with temps waving at 100’

for many days, yellow skies due to many fires burning in

Colorado, USA and warnings not to go outside,

asthma, allergies, oh...

the stresses just keep piling on!

So I think I will close,

and go dream of mermaid songs

and

Seashell games

and

the calming sound of waves against the shore.

I do hope that in your day

you take time to relax, and listen to the sounds

all around you.

The world is so full of wonderful things!

‘Til next time,

inkspired

By inkspired, using WordPack app.

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/

Mermaid Musings

Hello!

Let's have some Mermaid musings today!

So what is my fascination with mermaids?

I suppose I would like the ability to swim in the ocean -

the freedom -

the ocean life -

the seashells -

the beauty of all things that surround mermaids.

I really don't like it when movies portray mermaids as ugly, or cannibalistic or revengeful.

That destroys the fantasy of it all!

Besides, mermaids get to play with pearls,

and sunken treasures,

and pretty fish,

and beautiful seashells,

and all sorts of wonderful things!

Miss Universe competition, Miss Dominican Republic

Today's blog is for fun and fantasy!

vintage illustration

Oh yes, and as for all that

'luring men to their death' business,

you just have to remember:

Mermaids just wanna' have fun!

Ned Land, singing in '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea':

"Got a whale of a tale to tell ya lads,

a whale of a tale or two,

'bout floppin' fish and the girls I've loved

on nights like this with the moon above.

A whale of a tale and it's all true,

swear by my tattoo.

There was Mermaid Minnie;

met her down in Madagascar.

She would kiss me anytime that I would ask her.

Then one evening her flame of love blew out-

Blow me down and pick me up,

she swapped me for a trout!"

1950's pin up mermaid!

I know I have posted Ned's song before,

but I enjoy it so much!

Did you sing along as you read the words?

I always do!

I apologize for not having credits for many of my mermaid clip and art. I gathered these before I realized about giving credit, etc.

I am always very willing to give credit for any art that shows up on my blog. Just e-mail me with the info, and I will post.

dominoes@myinkspired.com

"The free

Mighty, music-haunted sea."

- Anna Katharine Green

'Mirabilia' Mermaid Queen xstitch

'Sea Fire' mermaid sconce

'Water Goddess' figurine

Fishing Lure Mermaid

"When a person knows who she really is,

once she understands her true wild oceanic self,

she discovers her

Old Mermaid self."

- Myla Alvaraz,

from 'Church of the Old Mermaids'

Some mermaid coloring pages:

Disney's Ariel, 'Little Mermaid'

vintage clip

Dover, from a stained glass mermaid book

The Mermaid

Who would be a mermaid fair,

Singing alone, combing her hair,

Under the sea,

In a golden curl

With a comb of pearl,

On a throne?

I would be a mermaid fair;

I would sing to myself the whole of the day;

with a comb of pearl I would comb my hair;

And still as I comb'd I would sing and say,

"Who is it loves me?

Who loves me not?...

-Sir Alfred Lord Tennyson

by Warwick Goble

unknown artist

A Japanese advertisement

This next mermaid is found in Costa Rica.

She disappears at high tide.

This mermaid (girl in a wetsuit) is Vancouver, Canada's version

of Copenhagen's Little Mermaid.

Here is a mermaid statue in Warsaw, Poland:



Here is a couple of my mermaid Collage Art Dolls.

You can find more for sale in my etsy store:

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

Well, that is it for today.

I so enjoyed visiting mermaids today!

Have a fantastical day!

inkspired

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

dominoes@myinkspired.com

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