It’s hard being green

Ribbit!

I know it’s only March,

but I am thinking SPRING!

and

that means green!

‘Let me glance at dear old Ireland again’

Turn of the century song title

Original Collage Paper Painting by inkspired

Using all recycled junk mail and magazines

Let’s have some green fun today!

Kaleidoscopes by inkspired & KaleidaCam 

Kermit has been a favorite since I saw him

the first time on TV in 

The Frog Prince fairytale with Miss Piggy.

Kermit, The Muppets

I found some fun ‘fake’ movie posters

featuring Kermit....

But wait!

There’s more!

(Old commercial humor)

Do you recognize all the movies they are spoofing?

FYI

If you haven’t seen 

“Driving Miss Daisy”

you have really missed out on a fabulous movie.

Let’s find some green in nature-

Does anyone know what this is?
I found the photo on Pinterest
with no identifying captions.

No matter,
I sure would not want that to buzz around my head!

Next we have a lovely Shamrock collage 
made with recycled, used postage stamps.
See past blogs to find more postage stamp art!
💚

Amazingstampgallery.blogspot.com

I believe this is from an Etsy shop, no longer available.

From an Etsy store, picture from Pinterest

A card by inkspired using scrap paper and bits of lace and buttons

A card by inkspired and Cricut Explorer 2

A lovely layered card by Shelly Newkirk

Well, are we feeling green yet?

Having fun with a new app, found on AppAdvice,

called WordPack.

Have a safe and Green Day!

‘Til next time - 

inkspired

Truth from experience - 

Usually discovered before 10am or coffee:

You will not find coffee mugs in the coffee/tea cupboard.

Coffee and tea are kept there.

Spoons are not found there either...

Monday Meanderings in Red

Rahu

'Peace' in Estonian

http://www.coolest-traveling.com/

Today is a red day.

Don't ask me why.

It just is!

138th Kentucky Derby

Jim Leuenberger from Shawano, Wisconsin wearing a red bowler hat

photo cred: Mark Humphrey

re-sized and hand colored Art Nouveau Alphabet bottlecap necklace by inkspired

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

I just spent a very pleasant time listening to some of my favorites on YouTube. 

I like quite a wide variety of music genres.

Even if you think you are not a country western music lover,

I think you will enjoy this song by Dolly Parton:

 'He's Alive'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJF3_IZwnk&feature=related

found at www.musiclog.in

Here's another one I like:

'Jesus and Gravity'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gyqjSn-q34&feature=related

unknown source - it looks like a vintage pattern envelope illustration to me

Here is a recipe from

Colorado Cache Cookbook 10th Anniversary Edition

c.1978, Junior League of Denver, Inc.

'Caliente Salad'

serves 8

1 15'2 oz can kidney beans, drained (they're red!)

1 cucumber, diced

1 small onion, diced

1 green pepper, diced (but you could use red pepper!)

3 large tomatoes, diced (they're red!)

4 slices bacon, crisply fried and crumbled

1 cup mayonnaise

1 tsp. chili powder (it's red!)

dash of red cayenne pepper

salt and pepper to taste

2 cups lettuce, torn into small pieces

>Combine all ingredients except bacon and lettuce.

Refrigerate.

Add bacon and lettuce just before serving.

By the way, 'caliente' means 'hot'.

Goldalia Scarlet Dahlias

Feeling red yet?

:0)

'My Sweetie's Office Flowers'

Original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.collectibles.about.com

c. 1916

Check out Indiana's Music Library!

The link is to the right of my blog!

vintage seed packet clip art

courtesy of Dover Books - link to the right!

I haven't shared from Liana's Blog in a while - so here are some of her wonderful costume creations for paper dolls -

in red of course!

"Grace"

"Ivy"

Birthday Month: June

"...and whenever I'm in a situation where I'm wearing the same as 600 other people

and doing the same thing as 600 other people,

looking back,

I always found ways to make myself different,

whether it be having a red lining inside of my jacket,

having red shoes,

it hasn't changed."

-Jeremy Irons

'Red Dancing Shoes'

original collage paper painting by inkspired

http://www.collagepaperpainting.com/

Well, I hope you are having a wonderful

RED

day!

...until next time,

inkspired

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

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

Art Galleries and Barbie and Collage Art Dolls

Black Lace Barbie with Butterfly

original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

created from all recycled junk mail



Okay, I have some



 REALLY BIG NEWS -

 

One of my Collage Art Dolls was seen on my blog

 

(www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com)

 

by a Gallery Director in New York. She contacted me.

She wanted to include my art collage in her upcoming exhibit:

 

Gendered Object: Barbie As Art

The Ann Street Gallery

104 Ann Street

(845)784-1146

Curated by Virginia Walsh, director of the Ann Street Gallery

www.annstreetgallery.org

 

May 19 – June 30, 2012

 

Wow.

I am still pinching myself to see if I am awake or dreaming…

 

My exhibit is “Black Lace Barbie with Butterfly” (as seen above)

and it’s for sale!!! In an Art Gallery!!!

Big grin here.

 

I feel so honored.

 

Now I have a big request.  A really big favor to ask.

If any of you live within driving distance, and want to see a really nice gallery with some really crazy things people have done with Barbie, and have a camera….

Please, please, please

Could you take pictures and send them to me? An e-mail attachment would be just fine.

If there is some kind of ‘brochure’ or directory, I would love a hands-on copy of that too!!

 

The Ann Street Gallery Hours:

Wednesday and Thursday 9am – 5pm, (closed for lunch 1:30 - 2:30pm)

Friday and Saturday 11am – 5pm

There’s also an Artist Reception Sat. May 19 from 6 – 9pm, free and public

 

 

Feel free to forward this to other groups you may be involved with. Forward it to friends – and especially to anyone that might live in the area! I am so sad that I won’t be able to see this first in my life myself, so I am relying on the generosity of others to help me experience it via photographs.  Any comments, photos, etc. can be sent to

 

dominoes@myinkspired.com

 

Let’s play nice, and not give that e-mail to anyone that might abuse it.

My sincere thanks,

Karen M. Kloberdans

Aka….inkspired

www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

 

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.myinkspired.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.com

 

Newburgh NY  12550

Fairy Tale Paper Dolls

Hi everyone!

Today needs to be a no fancy stuff, just pretty plain kinda' blog.
I haven't shared much lately, so I wanted to touch base at least briefly.
busy, busy, busy.  but....a good kind of busy I think.

I have been working on my Collage Paper Paintings, and Fairy Tale themes or Nursery Rhyme themes.
I love it!
More on that later.  Here is one of my recent Paper Paintings:

"Fairies chatting in the garden"

I offer fine art prints of all my original Collage Paper Paintings for $10,

plus $4.00 shipping and handling.

That's US as I have never tried international.

I have received items from international, so I know it can be done!!

:0)

Here is my latest:

"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater"

original Collage Paper Painting by inkspired

http://www.collagepaperpainting.com/

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

Here 's a great vintage sheet of paper dolls:

pretty sure I got this from OrigamiBears

Here is a Paper Doll double page spread with charming fairy tale clothes:

I love her clothes!

It does look as though this one is copyrighted,

so just for your personal pleasure please.

Here is a vintage one page Peter Pan:

Follow the directions on the back, and make a whole family of movable

paper dolls!

Glue on little photos of family faces!

Last are some super fairy tale dolls by babalisme.

I'm pretty sure you can find her things at:

http://www.babalisme.etsy.com/

Hope you have had a little fairy tale fun today!  It's lovely weather (maybe, depending on where you live).  Take your child out for a little, or long walk.
Yes, even those teenages who think a walk around the block is a marathon.
Walks are great times to talk.

:0)

If you weather is wet and rainy, well get your printer working and print out some paper dolls to cut and play with.  Get out your pens and crayons and make up a whole new wardrobe for your dolls! Or get out a stack of old magazines, and cut out a whold new wardrobe. Don't forget to add the tabs!

Have a great day,

inkspired
http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/
http://www.myinkspired.com/ (spent yesterday gettng this fixed. Still needs some work, but MUCH improved!)
http://www.collagepaperpainting.com/
http://www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com/ (added new ones yesterday!)

dominoes@myinkspired.com

Christmas paper dolls

Hello to all.
Catching a cold. Feel really punky.
short blog today!

'Party Decorations' original Collage Art doll made from all junk mail

for sale at -www.inkspired.etsy.com



Here is a nice set of Christmas morning paper dolls:

I have some more pages of clothes I can post later.

Here are some Christmas tags for you,

from Joan Walsh Anglund:

and I'll finish with a very pretty paper doll from Russia -

Wouldn't it be fun to swirl around the dance floor in that ball gown?

:0)

I will try my best to check in tomorrow -

I have Christmas recipes to share

and some cute, fast to make ornaments,

and more paperdolls

and more vintage art

and more....

oh, I'll just see you tomorrow!

inkspired

http://www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

p.s.
Thanks so much to my reader Iana for correcting my paper doll title!

I thought she was from Turkey, but she let me know it was from Russia.
THANKS!!!