Splish! Splash!

Welcome!

 All kaleidoscopes are by inkspired and KaleidoCam 

I did some weeding yesterday.

Planted some wildflower seeds and

watered everything in the front-

Flowers,

Birdbath,

Trees,

Some grass,

and...ME!

Fortunately it was a nice day in the 60’s.

It got me thinking of swimming pools

Which always gets me thinking about

MERMAIDS!

An original Collage Art Doll by inkspired

I have no idea when my fascination

with mermaids began.

I’m not anything like my sister,

So perhaps I was left on a doorstep,

or found on a beach...

I know this is a well known artist but I sure can’t find the name! Sorry.

She always did tell me they found me on the doorstep. She told my parents to 

‘Put her back!’

But they didn’t listen, so here I am....

Susan B. Pearse (1878-1980)

Mermaid lore has been around for a very long time,

across many cultures.

Artists have been mesmerized,

Poets have been enchanted

and People have dreamed.

 Found on Pinterest where no credit was given. Grrrr...

 An original ooak collage art doll by inkspired

‘Mermaid Wedding Dress’

An old TWA airlines poster

  Bookmark, sold on Etsy

Vintage illustration

Found on Pinterest - love it!

Would you like to learn how to draw a mermaid?

I found a couple of How-To-Draw sheets:

 By Maxine Lee Makkie

I also found some sea creature friends

you can add to your mermaid scene.

 By WooJr.com

 By 10minutesofqualitytime.com

By Macidrawingjournal.thewhitestyle.ru

Vintage Peter Pan art with meme 

Next are some more realistic 

mermaid interpretations:

 I really searched to try and find the artist who painted this, to no avail.

I think she is an absolute beauty among mermaids.

By Anita Greene, found on Pinterest

“The Promise” by Victor Nizovtsev

Mr. Nizovtsev is one of my favorite mermaid artists.

😋

That’s it for today, because beside the sea,

Others are calling me,

For instance,

Laundry,

An unmixed coffee cake,

Vacuuming,

Dead head my daffodils 

Deliver to neighbors

Label and address card;

Give card to post office

Pick up dog p**p

Clean my craft room

Finish painting rocks

Oh...

the List just goes on...

and on...

Or a nap could be good.

So could gluing some cards...

So many choices we have!!!

‘Til next time,

inkspired

Truth, (usually discovered before 10am,

or before coffee)...

Your coffee will not heat up in the microwave

if you don’t turn on the microwave.

No matter how long you wait for it.

Comments, Seashells and coloring books

Salama

"Peace" in the Swahili language, spoken in South Africa

Nelspruit, South Africa

www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk

Welcome to my blog today!

I have a blog all set on 'SEASHELLS',

but first I need to address a nasty comment submitted.

I suppose this happens to everyone, eventually, who writes blogs.

However, it is my first time, and I feel so wronged!!!

First, the person didn't leave any way for me to return a comment.

Frustrating.

no photo cred, found at www.ethnicwords.blogspot.com

Second, the accusation was completely untrue!

Hurt feelings here!

www.CartoonStock.com

The comment went something like -

'you are an in-your-face photo thief who never gives photo creds'

ouch.

The funny thing is, by leaving only a first name, I'm guessing

the author was a photographer from a photo that I DID credit!!

So, let me reiterate (wonderful word of the day) -

If you find a photo, or puzzle, or anything on one of my blogs,

and you know who is the creator/photographer,

please

let me know so I can add the proper credit!

...as I have said again,

and again,

and again!

no photo cred, found at www.psychadminpartners.com

Now, on to more fun things!!!

:0)

Like Seashells!!!

www.seashellsupply.etsy.com

I've been workiong on a line of notecards to sell in my mainly paper shop -

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

Here are just a couple of samples of the base images:

hand colored seashells, from Dover's Seashell coloring book

by inkspired

When I am in pain, and watching tv to get my mind off of it,

mostly movies that is...

I don't feel very creative.

But, I can't just sit there, so I color.

I have loved coloring since I was a small child.

We always had coloring books, and good crayons.

soy based Prang crayons, found at: www.ladyandtheblog.com

My mom liked to color also, so we would sit, sometimes just the 2 of us, sometimes the 3 of us (with my sister). She had a special box of crayons just for her, that were all sharp and new looking in the Crayola box with the fold up top and the crayon sharpener built in in the back.

Good times!

So, I continue to love to color. It is very relaxing.

I love the Dover Books series of coloring books.

I have many.

Dover coloring book by Jessica Mazurkiewicz

After finishing off some seashell pictures, using my new Fine Point permanent Sharpie marker set my Michael gave me, I really liked the finished result.

When turning the pages, I noticed that the back side of each page had such pretty designs from the permanent markers bleeding through!

Inspiration!

Here are just 4 examples. I'm not sure if I am going to add sparkle or glitter or whatever, yet.  I will be putting sets up for sale at:

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

Here are a few coloring pages for you to have fun with -

I like this one because it tells me what the different shell names are,

from Dover.

A coloring page courtesy of Jan Brett.

She has wonderful coloring pages you can download for free!

www.janbrett.com

A wonderful large stamp from Peddler's Pack.

I LOVE their large stamps like this one!

Ruth Heller has a series of Designs for Coloring books printed by Dover

I especially like them, as the design is printed on one side,

and on the back side it is blank.

That means if there is bleed-through, it won't damage a second coloring page!

I really like that.

I have finished coloring in 'NatureScapes' by Patricia J. Wynne,

a Dover coloring book. I love the designs, but they are printed back to back, so I can only choose every other design to color, due to bleed-through.

Oh well.  Here's one I have finished:

NatureScapes by Patricia J. Wynne, Dover Books

colored by me!!

If you haven't smelled the familiar smell of crayons

or played with colored markers in a while,

why not color a coloring page today?

It truly is very relaxing,

 and then you'll have something you can hang up on your fridge!!

That is, for all you non-children households.

If you have kids, the space is all taken up with report cards,

art drawings, photographs, hand made magnets, etc.

Here are some seashells to inspire:

no photo cred - do you know?

Cloth of Gold Cone seashell, www.seashellsupply.etsy.com

knobby starfish, www.beachgrasscottage.etsy.com

Have a grand day!

:0)

inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

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