~*Butterfly- A Poem Book*~ Inspire for Paper Whimsy

~Butterfly,
I Like the Way You Wear Your Wings.
Show Me Their Colors,
For the Light is Going.
Spread Out Their Edges of Gold,
Before the Sandman Puts Me to Sleep
 And Evening Murmurs By.~
~*Hilda Conkling*~
Poems By a Little Girl

 A Little Poem Book For Inspiration.

But I must Say That 

Hilda Conkling Poetry is Inspiration in itself!

 Growing Up In Northampton Massachusetts 

in the early 1900's, 

Hilda Began Displaying  her talents 

to Her Parents through Songs

At the Age of Four.

Her Mother Diligently
putting Down to Paper
 her Creative Verse. 

And By the age of Merely Ten years old,

 she Published Her First Poetry Book

 Poems By a Little Girl.

Her Works Lend Themselves so well 

to Mixed Media  Art I think.

 April is National Poetry Month
so I thought it would be Fun 

to  Create a Piece centered 

around a Poem.

If You are Interested in Learning how

 to Make one of Your Own,

Have a Look at My New Tutorial 

On Inspire at Paper Whimsy

Hope You all Have a Wonderful Weekend!

~Field of Wonder~

 

A Sweet Pretty Girl ...

A Garden View... Butterflies..

Antique Lace and Mother of Pearl Buttons.

Some of my Most Favorite Things.

~Field Of Wonder~

What could be more wonderful
Than the place where I walk sometimes?
Swaying like trees in rain . . .
Swaying like trees in sunshine
When breezes stir nothing but happiness . . .
What could be more lovely?
I walk in the Field of Wonder
Where colors come to be;
I stare at the sky . . .
I feel myself lifting on the wind
As the swallows lift and blow upward . . .
I see colors fade out, they die away . . .
I blow across a cloud . . . I am lifted . . .
How can I change again into a little girl
When wings are in my feeling of gladness?
This is strange to know
On a summer day at noon,
This is a wild new joy
When summer is over.
The scarlet of three maple trees
Will guide me home,
Oh mother my dear!
Fear nothing: I will come home
Before snow falls!
~*Hilda Conkling*~

 

Hilda Conkling was an 

Eight year old Girl 

when she Wrote this Poem.

It was my Inspiration for this Piece.

My Sweet Lass is from Paper Whimsy

Along with the Butterflies and Garden Background.

She is on an Artist Canvas Embellished 

with  Many of my Favorite Things!

She will be Listed in my Etsy Store!

Have a Wonderful Valentines Day Everyone!

~ Sweet Silvery Girl~

 

~I wander mountain to mountain,
From sea to sea,
I wander into a country
Where everyone is asleep.
There in the Land of Nod
I never think of home,
For home is there,
With sleeping doves and silvery girls,
Sleeping boys and drowsy roses.
There I find people whose eyes are heavy,
And trees with folded wings.~

~ Land Of Nod ~

~Hilda Conkling~

Love Her Poetry!

 In May I signed up 

for Parisian Dreams

with Nancy of Sugar Lumps Studio. 

One of the Pieces we were inspired to Create 

was Flea Market Clip Boards.

Lets See...May, June, July and August..

3 1/2 Months Later Here,Finally is my Piece!

I decided to try my Hand at these
Beautiful Fabric Roses
I see Everyone Making.
The Fabric I used here was Heavier than Muslin.
They called it utility Fabric at Joann's.
I just tore 2 inch wide strips by the
Width of my Fabric from Salvage to Salvage(40")
I Liked the look that tearing the Fabric gave the Roses.
I started by rolling the Center and then Twisting the Fabric
so it folded over itself,
around that Center until I had my Rose.
A little Hot Glue or
A Couple of Stitches and you are Done.

I then Stitched on  a Crocheted Doily to the back 

just to add another Element 

as well as a Covering for
the less Pretty Backside of the Rose.

 Lemay and I found some Old Paper Lace Doilies 

that had such a Wonderful Patina. It is a Little Tricky to Glue them on because they wanted to tear but I loved the Look they Gave. 

I found Matte Gel Worked Best and Also worked Very Well with the Mica I used to add a Little Sparkle to the Victorian Scrap!

Love this Look!

What I Learned in Floral Design is to
Always Cover your Naked Behinds!

So a Piece of my Favorite Sheet Music
and another Paper Lace Doily...

And we are Finished!

Loved this Project! Thank You Nancy!

If you are Interested in learning about More
of Nancy's Wonderful Courses

Click here to her Blog!

  

Thank You Debra!

  Thank You Courtney

 

I do Believe in Fairies! I do I do I do!
Thank You Karen!!!! You Can Find the Music Sheet Image I used Here!

 Yes I DO! I Do Love Paper Whimsy! 

You Can Find the Word Art Sheet  

I used for download to you computer Here
Be Prepared to find yourself perusing more than
Just this Word Art Sheet!
Gail has So Many Lovely Images for Purchase!
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Hee Hee! Have Fun!

 This Sweet Silvery Girl is one of My Favorite Images from Blanca!

You can Find Her Here!

Have a Wonderful Weekend Everyone!