~*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!

For Somerset

 Oh My it has Been so Long since 

I Have Written a Post! 

A Month has just Flown By and 

I Have  No Idea where it Went.

I Have been doing 

Quite a Bit of Work in my Studio.

 Here are some Pieces

 I have been Working On

 and Will be Submitting to

Somerset Studio Fall/Halloween Issue.

Hopefully they will Like Them.

I Still get Nervous about Doing This.....

 I Love this Wee Sweet Lad and Lass Image!

My Friend Maureen Sent them to Me from

 Your Craft Book Postcards!

 

She Gave me Another Opportunity to Play!

Thank You Maureen!

Ah Yes! And Thank You Gale 

for Giving Me Chance to Play as Well 

with Some of My Favorite

 Paper Whimsy Images Too!

Well Wish Me Luck! They Get Mailed off today!

Hope You this Finds you All Well!

I have Missed you ALL,

My Blogging Friend!

Have a Wonderful Week!

~*Fidelis*~ Faithful

I am Still Pinching Myself 

that I was asked to be a Guest Designer 

For Paper Whimsy !

It is Already Time for

 My Second Inspire Piece.

Whew! Where did The Time Go!

 Fidelis ~Faithful~  

My New Mixed Media Piece to 

Hopefully Inspire You!

I Love this Lovely Young Lass.

She is one of my Favorite Images.

It was Hard Not to Be Inspired by Her.

If you Would Like to Learn How I Made Her

and How to Create these

 Book Page Leaves and Blooms,

Have a Peek my Tutorial.

 Thank You Again Gale and Nancy 

for Thinking of me!

Have a Wonderful Weekend Everyone!

~Easter Tidings~ Common Ground Market Place

Here is a New Paperies Belle Ephemera
with Easter as the Theme.

Dresden Paper Trim , Victorian Scrap, 

Vintage Mother of Pearl Buttons....

Vintage Ephemera ...
Custom Designed Background
 in a Handmade Folder.

Thank You Debra for
Being our Generous Hostess!

Monday Market Place with Common Ground

~*Monday Market Place 
with Debra of Common Ground*~
A Notion that is So Incredibly Generous
and Absolutely Brilliant!

This Idea that Debra has  Come up with
has Reminded me How Incredibly Generous 

the Woman of this Blogging Community Are!.

Such a Brilliant Idea to support other Woman
with their Online Business
by Hosting
a Market Place Link Party!

 

 

Please be Sure to Visit Debra 

and all of the Wonderful Items Listed 

in the Monday Market Place!!!

Oh My Debra!Thank you!

Some Wonderful News to Share!

 I want to Share something really Special with you

 that still leaves me in Humble Wonder! 

Somerset Digital Studio is Publishing 

two of My Digital Collage Pieces.

Daphne and Opera de Paris!

 Maybe I am being Silly but Every Time

I Click Publish on My Blog 

or Click Send when I Email my Work,

I get a Little Nervous.

Your Art is so Much a Part of You 

and a Reflection of the Things You Love,

It is Humbling to have others Appreciate

  it and to Be recognized for it.

 Daphne and Opera de Paris will be in the March Issue

 and I still Can't Believe it!!!

 I Almost Made the Cover!! 

Can you Believe that?!! 

Have a Happy Thursday Everyone!!!!

Jill~

~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!

My First Paper Whimsy Inspire Project

I cannot Tell you How very Excited I was 

to become a 

Guest Designer for Paper Whimsy
Thank You Again Gale
for giving me this
Wonderful Opportunity!

I must Confess that 

I was a Bit Nervous about  coming up

with a Project for my First Inspire Tutorial.

 I changed my Mind Several Times

before Creating  Be Mine & Sweet.

Both are Artist Canvas Collage 

using a Blend of 

Paper, Fabric, Lace, 

and Mother of Pearl Buttons.

 Please have a Peek 

at my Paper Whimsy Inspire Tutorial

if you would Like to 

Learn how to make these for Yourself.

They are also for Purchase in my Etsy Store.

'Little Petal of my Heart' needed some company!

 

Teddy the Studio Assistant 

doing what he does best.

I am so Excited about this New Adventure!
Happy Creating Everyone!!

 Linking Up With

Debra of Common Ground

and Cindy of Whimsical Musings
Thank You Debra & Cindy!