Having a Disney Daze

Well Hi There!

A Disney Castle

Been a little tired lately.

I thought today I would share with you 

some fun Disney crafts that are either 

self-explained, or you can go to the web site

and get directions from the creator(s).

Of course I have to sprinkle a few

Kaleidoscopes here and there...

...and add a few Walt Disney quotes!

What an incredible Creative Force

Mr. Walt Disney was.

One of the Disney properties’ castles

So here we goooooo.....

(Peter Pan ride, DisneyLand)

5 Little Monsters

All kaleidoscopes by inkspired and KaleidoCam 

Dollar store pots by jennyplace26.blogspot.com

By Jennifer Nichols

Clever storage for pins! 

I plan on trying this!

A Disney castle

By Christine Marie

These stacked and painted pots are not that

 complicated to make!

There are many tutorials on Pinterest.

juxtapost.com

 Cool Mom Picks

Chaunce Dolan & Andy Herrera created these,

and offers 9 patterns completely FREE.

Posted on Pinterest by ManMadeDIY

Now for those of you with personal die-cutting machines, Disney offers a ton of character ideas for you to create your own little people:

disboards.com

These are just examples from 1 story!

😁

Next, some jewelry ideas,

and smashed penny ideas...

 By Valerie, 51CentAdventures.com

From Etsy

From Etsy, artist unknown

From Etsy, artist unknown

Earrings are By Amber Jewel

A Disney castle

Button Princesses posted by YouandKids

I hope you have seen a few things 

you would like to try out,

or do with your kids.

Staying off the game displays

and tv,

and trying out new ideas and activities

are ways to beat

The Boredom Blues!

Disney Castle

‘Til next time,

inkspired

Nursery Rhyme Time with Hickory Dickory Dock

 Bueno!

(Hello! in Mexican, Spanish)

The Mexican Flag

I haven't featured a nursery rhyme in a while, so I thought today we'd explore:

HICKORY DICKORY DOCK!

Now, I have noticed that different versions contain different tenses of the verb

"to run".

I think the above version is correct, grammar-wise.

Wikipedia has a very good history of the rhyme.

'Hickety Dickety Dock' illustration by William Wallace Denslow from a

1901 Mother Goose collection.

It looks like the rhyme originally was said as:

'Hickere, Dickere Dock'

published in London in 1744.

close-up of William Denslow's illustration

The next version comes from 'Mother Goose's Melody'

printed in 1765.

It uses

'Dickery, Dickery Dock'

Interesting to me:

There are TWO musical versions.

One is popular in Great Britain,

and the other one is popular in North America!

The one printed above is the version I am familiar with,

so I guess it is the North American tune.

A super scherensnitte pattern for a mouse,

taken from a Chinese Zodiac series.

scroll clock by mdereus27

possibly etsy?

Now, the above scherensnitte type clock was originally for a Cinderella story.

By changing the position of the hands, you could easily make this into a

hickory dickory dock clock!

(say that 6 times, really fast....)

vintage illustration found at

http://www.fun-roadtrip-games.info/

Here are a few more coloring pages for you -

http://www.reading-with-kids.com/

unknown source

and another terrific How-to-draw from Dover Publications:

an adorable cupcake found at http://www.thecupcakeblog.com/

Why couldn't you also make that little mouse from clay?

What about making a 'clock' pincushion (felt would be easiest),

and make some hat pin toppers from shrinky dink plastic?

vintage Rand McNally book, found at http://www.michiganzone.blogspot.com/

This next is a very clever way to serve some party treats with a theme:

http://www.littlenummies.net/

That's a peanut butter sandwich, with a hole cut out for a banana slice.

The mouse is made from a strawberry, with halved grape ears,

and little raisin eyes and nose!

I'm not sure what she used for the clock hands

or the mouse whiskers or tail.

But

you could try orange peels,

or chow mein noodles

or bread crusts....

Here is a fun and simple vintage pattern for embroidery:

found at http://www.sewcraftful.com/

Wouldn't it be fun for a nursery room to have several embroidered pillows,

each with a different nursery rhyme on it?

Sew deep ruffles for a girl's room, and knife point edges for a boy's.

You could, of course, be really energetic and make a baby quilt

with each block a different nursery rhyme.

Check out my past blogs for more nursery rhyme patterns,

and check out the links from where I have found them for many more!

I'd like to finish up today with a vintage poster from 1917:

illustrated by Mary Louise Spoor

and found at http://www.smallequals.bigcartel.com/

I especially like the little mouse reading!

Remember to smile at someone today that is a 'wall flower'.

Don't forget to laugh with a child today,

and eat ice cream!!!

:0)

inkspired

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

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/