Let it snow, let it snow!

Welcome! 

Kaleidoscope by inkspired 

I think of January as Snow Month.

In Colorado we actually have more snow in March.

When I was teaching we had a Snow Day in May one year!

A Snow Day means the roads were so bad 

the school districts closed school for the day.

Photograph of a real snowflake

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Snow is fascinating. 

Did you know there are no duplicates of snowflakes?

Each snowflake is unique, one-of-a-kind!

Wow!

“I wish I could 

press snowflakes in a book

like flowers.”

- James Schuyler

Yosemite winter fog

Photo credit unknown

‘Under the microscope I found

that snowflakes were miracles of beauty;

 and it seemed a shame that this beauty 

should not be seen and appreciated by others. 

Every crystal was a masterpiece of design 

and no one design was ever repeated.

 When a snowflake melted,

 that design was forever lost.

Just that much beauty was gone, 

without leaving any record behind.”

- Wilson Bentley

azquotes.com

Snowflake photo credits include

Pam Eveleigh 

Alexey Kljator

Douglas Levere

SnowCrystals.com

Don Komarechka

ChaoticMind 75

Kenneth Libbrecht

(In random order)

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I hope you have time to stop,

quiet your mind

and listen to the snowflakes fall.

There’s nothing quite like it.

❤️

‘Til next time,

inkspired

There’s no Snow like a Snow Nose...

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Welcome!

Kaleidoscope by inkspired 

“When you rise in the morning,

give thanks for the light,

for your life, for your strength.

Give thanks for your food

and for the joy of living.

If you see no reason to give thanks,

the fault lies in yourself.”

- Tecumseh

Vintage 1931 magazine cover

I hope today’s blog finds you wealthy in good friends

And filled with plenty of the love that surrounds you.

Snow scene, unknown credits

Today we have snow piled high, sunny skies, 

cloudy skies, and cold, cold, cold!

I found several photos on Pinterest of our furry friends

Confronting Snow.

Or enjoying it.

You pick!

Those are some cold looking noses!

Do you think it is their first time

Experiencing snow?

Here are a few more:

Photo credit: unknown

“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake
it is necessary to stand
out in the cold.”
- Aristotle

Kaleidoscope by inkspired


‘Snowflakes are kisses from heaven.’
- unknown


If you are in a place with snow,
No matter how much or how little,
I hope you will see some beauty in it today.

Snowflakes inside a soap bubble

Photographer: Don Komarechka, courtesy Daily Mail


‘Til next time,
inkspired

Truth: (based on experience)
If you walk into a room and want light, 
Check first to see if the lamp is already on
Before
you flip the switch.
This can be crucial when in a closet already occupied.

😁

A snuggly day

Rauha

Finnish for 'Peace'

"First Snowdrop"

http://www.willowdot21.wordpress.com/

Today is a snuggly kind of day. The sky has been overcast so everything is just a kind of dull white. It's cold, even though the temperature says it isn't. The wind is blowing just enough to make it too cold.

A good snuggly kind of day!

http://www.vintageholidaycrafts.com/

If it were just a bit colder, we might have snow.

I like the way the snow covers up everything, and makes it look all clean!

sorry, I don't have info on this other than it looks like a neat layered card!

A perfect day to grab some scissors and old wrapping paper

or origami paper

or just plain white office type paper -

and cut up a snow storm!

Here are three wonderful patterns from

http://www.vintageholidaycrafts.com/

Now, that last one is so pretty, but I am not brave enough to attempt cutting it out. I would however like to try my hand with some caligraphy pens and duplicate it for the front of a card.

If it takes up too much time, then I think it would be very pretty framed.

Then I can scan and print it for cards.

Note: personal use only!

Side note:

Did you know you can get caligraphy felt tip markers?

They come in colors, and different tips and are super super easy to use.

They look professional, and you don't even have to know how to do it!!!

This is a purchased card. I thought the idea was terrific, and easily duplicated.

You could use those fancy dimensional stickers

or rubber stamps

or clip from recycled junk mail

or even draw!

Since you have your scissors out, why not cut out these cute paperdolls.

They are in serious need of more clothes, so get that box of assorted paper scraps you have, and create some!

This set is from the 1940's I believe.

I'm pretty sure I got these from http://www.origamibears.com/

Thanks!

I thought, thinking about snow and all, that I would like to explore some

Snow Queens.

Here are a few that I found:

a Russian Snow Queen

by Marina Davydova

The Pale Shade of Darkness, http://www.likeaflyonthewall.wordpress.com/

I have to say, she is one of my favorites!

'Snow Queen' wallpaper

http://www.naturedesktopnexus.com/

A beautiful beaded necklace -

Snow Queen necklace

http://www.dreambeadweavers.etsy.com/

"Snow Queen" by Meg Fox

http://www.endicottstudio.typepad.com/

Next are a couple of pictures that I like to use as my computer background:

'Snowy Church'

'Snow Svenski'

"If we had no winter;

the spring would not be so pleasant;

If we did not sometimes taste of adversity,

Prosperity would not be so welcome."

---Anne Bradstreet

"A Paler Shade of White" original Collage Art Doll

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

another purchased card:



I'm going to try and 'duplicate' it with my Sizzlet Snowflake set

and use card from used Christmas cards.

Then I'll probably dot a few Stickles glitter glue around.

Maybe glue on a few silvery clear beads.

mmmm.....pretty....

I have a book waiting for me,

and a yummy soft 'lap' blanket my sister gave me for Christmas.

Maybe even a cup of hot tea

"Come along inside...

We'll see if tea and buns

can make the world a better place!".

- Kenneth Grahame, 'Wind in the Willows'

"Snow queen" by Ata Alishahi

http://www.advancedphotoshop.co.uk/

inkspired

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

Well, that's it for today.