Summer's End

www.stampscapes.com

Summer is coming to end so soon....

let's enjoy some last-minute summer fun

before the weather gets cool

and the days get shorter....

Rocky Mountains

www.wallpaperdojo.com

Here in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains,

we look forward to the aspen trees changing color.

They provide us with colorful splashes of yellow,

gold and some flames of russet.

But, before that happens, 

I think we should take a last visit to the beach...

(of course, not here in land-locked Colorado....)

www.patternbee.com

starfish, unknown source

Do you know? Let me know so I can credit!

silly stamped fish on a kirigami cut out blank note card

by inkspired

Here are some charming bears, ready for late 

summer activities:

I believe I got these from origamibears

They are from sheets of wrapping paper.

Next is one of my Collage Paper Paintings.

I use all recycled junk mail and upcycled magazines to create my  one-of-a-kind paper collages.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, is checking on her 

last flowers of the season:

"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary"

original Collage Paper Painting using all recycled junk mail by inkspired

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

I like to include "FUN FINDS" when I list each Collage Painting. With Mary, the 'fun find' is

her bottom skirt is made from a Q-tip ad!

Now is the perfect time and temperature

 to get lots of dog walks in!

"Walkin' the Dog" Collage Art Doll

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

"Sashay With Dog"

Collage Art Doll by inkspired

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

Or, er, rabbit walks?

"Nantucket with Rabbit"

Collage Art Doll by inkspired

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

Perfect weather for a little serenading too...

vintage song sheet cover, copyright 1921

courtesy Indiana Music Libraries

The Lamplighter's Serenade

words/music: Paul F. Webster & Hoagy Carmichael

recorded by Glenn Miller, 1940

found on www.traditionalmusic.co.uk

Laura Zastrow credit

www.postcardsandpretties.blogspot.com

I'd like to finish with a charming paper doll set

'Little Susan'

She has many darling outfits that will take her from Summer into Fall with a nice Autumn coat!

I believe I got this set from Origamibears

That's all for today friends.

Remember to step outside and breathe in 

the last of summer...

inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

and on pinterest:  kkloberdans

Feelin' a bit o' Green

found on www.magnoliasurprise.blogspot.com

I'm Feeling a Little Green today!

I've been looking for shamrocks and Celtic designs and Irish Song Sheets...

yep.

Feelin' Green!!

a Celtic applique found on ebay

also found it www.popscreen.com as a decal

'Forest Dew' beaded necklace set by inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

Oh, I'm really NOT complaining!

As long as you don't make me smell Green beer.....

don't even think about me drinking green beer....

fairy tale bloom crepe paper and netting flower

www.withatwist.etsy.com

2003 Birthday Stone Barbie, May - Emerald

(You knew I'd get in at least ONE Barbie...)

Gone With The Wind Barbie in infamous 'Drapery Dress'

a beautiful rubber stamped scene from:

www.stampscapes.com

"May the Lord keep you in His hand,

And never close His fist too tight."

- Irish Blessing

matroyshka doll note card, by inkspired

pattern from 'Paper Crafting in No Time'.

I can't think about Saint Patrick's Day

or Ireland

without thinking about shamrocks.

Also known as

clover.

real four-leaf clover earrings www.TabaliciousCreations.etsy.com

The Four Leaf Clover is considered by many to be 'lucky'.

In reference to 'shamrock' it is almost always a three-leaf.

botanical clover www.Orama.etsy.com

oxalis-shamrock plant found on www.ehow.com

'shamrock' party banner www.GFetti.etsy.com

c.1915

vintage St. Patrick's Day cherub

www.tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com

real four-leaf clover in resin necklace

www.JemsbyJBandCompany.etsy.com

"Ireland is where

strange tales begin and

happy endings

are possible."

- Charles Haughey, London, July 14, 1988

c.1906

I have lots more GREEN things to share,

and IRISH things to share,

and IRISH PAPER DOLLS to share!

But not today!

See you again soon....

inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

and find me on PINTEREST too!

K. Kloberdans

"Beachy Stripes" on green,

original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

More Fairytale Cottages

Phyongh'wa

'Peace' in South Korean

Traditional wedding costumes paper dolls for Mexico and Korea



Today is another fantasy, fairytale kind of day!

It's 101 degrees Fahrenheit outside.

Sunny with no clouds or chance of rain...

I'd say it's high time for a little fairy-tale dreaming!

Fairy tale Toad House, http://www.claysoul.etsy.com/

I have had way too much fun looking at way cool cottages

with fairies, elves and such.

So naturally, I have to share with you!

'Brighton's Fairy House'

Just as I said yesterday, I don't have much if any information on many

of the fairy cottages that I found.

If you know of a name, or where they are located,

please drop  me a note so I can credit the photos.

Thanks!

dominoes@myinkspired.com

Thatched House, http://www.planetoddity.com/

I adore the look of a thatched roof!

I understand they need a fair amount of upkeep, and replacement every so many years. So, they would be ideal to rent!!!

I've always wondered what the bug factor is with them?

rounded thatched roof, http://www.cdn.home-designing.com/

"Come fairies, take me out of this dull world,

for I would ride with you upon the wind

and dance upon the mountains

like a flame!"

- W. B. Yeats

unknown source, probably Dover Books

'Commoner's Quarters', www.mygardenrocks.etsy.com

'Storybook House' is 12 inches high

www.cinderellamoments.etsy.com

I found some great vintage fairytale house type paper dolls,

many of them from OrigamiBears, but also gathered elsewhere.

'Moreland Cottage, 1785'

"Misty Green" stamped scene by Stampscapes

Solebury Township, Cottage with 1788 additions

'Congratulate yourselves

if you have done something strange

and extravagant

and broken the monotony

of a decorous age.'

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

cottage circa 1958

cottage in Giethoorn, Netherlands

http://www.10awesome.com/

a European Farm House, historical

"Don't let weeds grow around

your dreams."

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

from 'Life's Little Instruction Book, Volume II'

Hansel and Gretel Cottage in the Forrest

http://www.mikescottphotos.com/

'Neighbors' stamped scene using Stampscapes stamps

'Witch Cottage', circa 1920's, California

This next one just cracks me up.

A fine example of scherensnitte!

'Queen of the Double Wide' hand cut by http://www.lisoloo.etsy.com/

'Blue Moon Gnome Home', from etsy but I'm sorry I don't have the exact addy.

you can purchase this at: http://www.artputz.etsy.com/

Charming!

"Between every two pines

is a doorway to a new world."

- John Muir

With that, I bid you good-day!

See you soon!!

inkspired

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

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

"Broccoli Butterflies Wood Sprite"

original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

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