HOT paper dolls

Welcome!

Kaleidoscope by inkspired and KaleidoCam 

As they say,

“Is it hot enough for you yet?”

I cannot find the artist’s name for this.

Do you know who it is?

Today’s Forecast:

HOT. HOT! HOT!!

HOT!!!

Vintage Beach Beauties

Time to visit the beach,
splash in some water
and cool off.

August 1952 cover art for American Magazine
Artist Peter Stevens

Kaleidoscope by inkspired and KaleidoCam 


Here is a nice one page paper doll set
for you to play with until you get there-

I believe this Vector Stock set is for personal use only.

Here is a matching one page boy set-

Can’t get to the beach?
Swimming pool still closed?
Maybe playing with some beach-themed paper dolls
 will help!

Little Miss Revlon paper doll with a summer theme
c. 1957, personal use only

Catalog swimsuits to purchase, 1950’s

Next I have some paper dolls from the 1940 - 1950’s.
These are from the Katy Keene magazine series.

It’s a good thing bathing suit styles have evolved...

Otherwise you could be wearing one of these
ummmm...
Unique! swimsuits....

Vintage swimsuits from the 1920’s


Did I mention they were most likely made out of
wool?!
😳

This photograph could be from around 1863;
from a Brighton, UK men’s club

Vintage 1952 swimsuits, vintagedancer via Pinterest

Vintage travel poster

The credits for this are written in Cyrillic characters.
Found on Pinterest

Kaleidoscope by inkspired 

Unknown photographer

Vintage French ‘wrap-around’ paper doll, with a front & back
By Volumetrix (I think. My French is a bit rusty...)

 Next up - 
Betsy McCall paper dolls;
some with cousins and some with her mom.

Betsy was a very popular paper doll that was
printed in McCall’s magazine for many, many years.
Her debut was May, 1951.
I believe the last magazine paperdoll printed was 1995.

 Betsy with her cousin Linda McCall

Betsy with her mom

Betsy with her cousin Barbara McCall

Betsy was so popular that she spun off into
a series of vinyl dolls and sewing patterns.

You can find a lot of pages to print if you desire
from other Blogs of mine, Pinterest, or the internet.

July, 1917 issue

I would like to finish with some paper dolls
I found on Pinterest.

I can only find these with Cyrillic alphabet words,
with one hint that they are Russian.

Well, that’s it for today!
I hope you print out some paper dolls
and share them with a child to play with.
Actually,
sharing with an adult friend could be fun too!

‘Til next time,
inkspired

on Pinterest as K.Kloberdans

Truth, 
usually discovered before coffee and/or 10am:
This is not the time to try a new recipe.
Ingredients are skipped,
new measurements are used creatively;
and overall it is never a good idea to use
an oven before coffee, anyway.
(You have been warned.)

Summer's End

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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

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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....)

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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

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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

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"Sashay With Dog"

Collage Art Doll by inkspired

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Or, er, rabbit walks?

"Nantucket with Rabbit"

Collage Art Doll by inkspired

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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