travel around the world etsy treasury

Spokoj

'Peace' in Bosnian

http://www.mypersonalits.etsy.com/

I have had fun today making up a new treasury on etsy:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTc2MTA5M3wyMjkxNDg5OTQ5/travel-around-the-world?index=0

"travel around the world"

I'd like to share some of the items that I found for the new treasury:

www.virginiakraljevic.etsy.com

www.KeysquahsCreations.etsy.com

www.GoFoInFa.etsy.com

It all started with another seller adding one of my items to her treasury

"Tale as old as time"

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/ODg5MzAwN3wyMjgyNzQ5Mjc2/tale-as-old-as-time

She featured one of my recycled junk mail bottlecap magnets:


www.inkspired.etsy.com

Browsing through this treasury, I found the shop:

www.AvantPrint.etsy.com

From there, I found this item listing:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/91223790/navigating-the-globe-black-and-white-owl?ref=tre-2291489949-8

Still with me?!
Here are more items from my new treasury:


www.MyLittleBookGarden.etsy.com



http://www.etsy.com/listing/92890090/scrabble-tile-jewelry-scrabble-tile?ref=tre-2291489949-15

www.Handmadeinchico.etsy.com

I really love that quote!


www.Grumpaandme.etsy.com

So I wonder what the story is behind "Grumpa"?!!


www.ekate.etsy.com

For traveling, we better upgrade our passports!


www.bellehibou.etsy.com


Let's not have any lost luggage -

www.VintageCrew.etsy.com

and here is a journal to take along-

www.UsefulBooks.etsy.com

Here's a clock to help you be on time where you are,
where you've come from
and where you're going-

www.Bresworld.etsy.com

Some souvenirs from the plane ride:

www.SunnyDayVintage.etsy.com

Those would look great in a scrapbook of your travels!

Some fun paper doll fabric to cover the front of your homemade journal-



or to make yourself a travel bag for jewelry or....


www.NauvooQuiltCo.etsy.com

Wouldn't this fabric also make up a fab apron?
Use it to accent an apron made from coordinating solid colors.
You could make the pockets and trim from the World fabric.
Ooh, makes me want to go get out my sewing machine....



www.anna.etsy.com

I hope you have enjoyed this little trip of
Travel Around the World

I need to go get ready to go out for dinner.
A friend of ours is having a fund raiser for her orchestra (she plays flute, one of my favorite instruments). If we eat at a specific restaurant, they will donate a portion of the profits to her orchestra. Her parents invited us out!
:0)

Cool.
Good food and good company too.

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

A Fall Craft Fair and scattered brains

Greetings, earthling!

(random Alien 'hello')



Today I am in a finish up mood.

The house is a wreck - seriously needs attention.

I have been picking up paper stuff mainly,

so far.

Those darn stacks of papers -

you can't throw them away because sure thing,if you do,

there will be an important bill or a check or something in the middle of it.

I have been throwing away magazines and catalogs from last year!

Yeah, pat on back!!

I am getting ready for a Craft Fair.

This is a new one to me, held at the

Adams County Fairgrounds

on October 1.

9:00 - 4:00

Come by and say hi!

That means

1. I'm terrified!

2. I have to organize my crafts and jewelry.

3. I have to figure out how to display the items for sale.

4. I want to make some more items to be sold.

(check out the making bottlecaps scene above)

5. I need to repair or re-glue anything that needs a little help.

6. I have to organize my craft room if I expect to be organized at all for the Show.

7. I have to print up price tags and affix them to most items.

8. I have to figure out how to package things, so they don't get damaged by being handled by possible customers.

9. I still need to recruit 1 or 2 persons to help me out i.e. carrying stuff in, set-up, doing sales and sales receipts, breaking down, repacking...+more!!

10. ...and probably at least 60 more things to do to get ready...

maybe even 85 things!

Okay, think calming thoughts...

dans le jardin, http://www.ellemoss.etsy.com/

That's me (not really), thinking calm thoughts,

or falling asleep.

Could be both...



The result for my blog?

My thoughts are pretty much on overtime right now,

so let's make a short blog today, shall we?

Yes, I really can!!!

Chimney Sweep Bert and Mary Poppins

I am laying out my finished bottlecap magnets now.

I organize them on pizza trays and cookie sheets,

as they are magnetic.

A magnet has come off, so I will re-glue that.

a recycled junk mail bottlecap magnet

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

Next up is to get out my Bottlecap Ribbons.

I have sold a good amount, so I'm not sure what I have left,

or what is in a 'making it' stage.

a series I am doing on "Peace" in different languages.

Custom work available.

Recycled bottlecap with hand colored Art Nouveau alphabet.

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

Now I need to get out my jewelry; it is scattered in a few different places.

Get out my displays, and match up what I want to put where

once I get to the Craft Fair set-up.

Oh yes, and find out how early that is!

an assortment of daisy chains I have made

Well, I guess instead of whining about all this,

I better get going!

Couldn't miss my blog though...

:0)

stamp by vivalasvegastamps:

inkspired

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

dominoes@myinkspired.com

and don't forget you can now easily leave a comment

on my blog!!

Honor, Loyalty and Chivalry with Castles and Paperdolls

Wai

or Oi or Oye

(Bodo, informal way of saying hello to someone.)

Bodo is a Tebeto-Burman language.



Going to church hat

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

First, I need to apologize for an incorrect link from yesterday.

For any of you that tried to reach Robert Sabuda's

Pop-Up tutorial and directions for a pop-up castle,

here is the correct link:

http://www.robertsabuda.com/popmake/index.asp

Sorry about that. I had forgotten a '/' from the former.

Vittskovle Castle

Sweden

So, did you know there is no country called

"Myanmar"?

The country's name is BURMA.

Myanmar is the name that the rebels have given the country that they took by force and much bloodshed.

They have not been officially recognized by the United Nations,

or the United States of America.

The people of Burma have not recognized them as official.

Only the USA newspaper journalists call it Myanmar...

apparently they have decided that violent takeover

deserves to be taken officially,

and to not recognize the true government of

BURMA.

SO glad that our journalists and newspaper reporters are

sooo unbiased....

moment of sarcasm....

passing now.

Glamis Castle

Scotland

the setting for Shakespeare's MacBeth

Let's get on with our knights -

known for their honor, loyalty and chivalry!

J. Waterhouse

'Tristram and Isolde', 1916

Prince Caspian,

recycled junk mail bottlecap magnet

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

movie poster, 1967

Muiderslot

Netherlands, 13th century

I think it's time for more paper dolls!

(Is there really a time for no paper dolls?)

Castle Mespelbrunn

Germany, 1412

a couple from 1449

'Romance in the Rose Garden'

medieval tapestry

Thanks to OrigamiBears for her spirit of sharing!

Bierten Peasant Castle

Romania

every day activities in Medieval times

Chateau de vitre

 France, 11th century

Knights from the 13th to the 16th century

Budget friendly projects:

Print these knights out on thin paper.

Cut out, and decoupage onto a wooden trunk,

or a set of decorative plates.

Print these knights out on sturdy cardboard - as thick as your printer will accept. If your card is still not sturdy enough, you can glue the printouts onto thin cereal box cardboard.

Cut slits in the bottom. Cut stands from extra cardboard. Slit at the top. Push slits together to make a simple stand.

Think paperdoll stands!

Now you can place these in a medieval/castle diorama,

or play with them with the wonderful cut and assemble castles from Dover publications.



Make your own castle settings, trees, etc. from magazine cutouts.

Mount them on the cereal box cardboard, and make stands as directed above. Set up your own castle scene using an old cookie sheet. Cover the cookie sheet with scraps of green/grey/brick/beige scrapbook paper leftovers.

Or tear tissue paper and overlap. This will work best if you dab glue in just a few places to hold down the flutterings.

Karlstejn Castle

Czechoslovakia, 1450



vintage paper dolls

Let's finish today with a modern day castle,

built in 1908!

Hatley Castle

California, USA, 1908

Browsing castles, and knights in shining armor, and medieval times, I have acquired quite a few more things to share

more along the lines of Camelot, perhaps.

But that's for another day!

Don't forget to smile at someone you don't know today...

inkspired

dominoes@myinkspired.com

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

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