The Twitch Sisters, Day of the Dead and black cats

pryvitannie

pronounced 'pree-vee-tun-nie'

Belarusian for Hello

I just finished adding to my etsy shop some great Collage Art Dolls.

I finished the Twitch Sisters last night, and just had to get them up in my shop right away! I have about 6 more in partial stages, but not the Twitch Sisters,

just other fun and kitschy Collage Art Dolls.

"Twaura"

"Twyna"

pronounced like 'Tina' only with a 'w'

"Twyla"

Look for my converted perfume bottles, phone scan symbols

and nautical look jewelry!  The threesome has several things similar.

Can you find them?

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We have never done 'witches' for Halloween.

Just a culture that I prefer not to tap into.

We do LOTS of bats, pumpkins, scarecrows, corn stalks, spiders and black cats.

The black cats come from a dear friend who had a black cat named "Prissy".

Peter grew up with Prissy for several years when he was young, so black cats have always been included.

She was named after a character in "Gone With the Wind".

When a character in the movie is about to give birth, they call on the black slave, Prissy, to come and help.  She replies with

"Don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies!"

Since the cat Prissy was getting spayed, they decided it fit perfectly,

because Prissy (cat) was 'goin' to know nothin' bout birthin' no babies'!!! 

c.1905

I'm having a sale on my Collage Art Dolls (unframed) through the end of October. I started changing the prices on some of my etsy listings,

but decided my banner on the top of my page should be enough.

Lazy me, not in the mood to edit 70+ listings, then have to go back and edit the remaining ones November 1st!

"Orange Plaid Busy"

on sale through October for $15.00

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Now that my son is 24 and on his own, he has some personal tastes to explore.

One of them being skulls.

So, now I might add a skull or two around, or just give Peter some skulls to decorate with. They don't mean anything to me one way or another.

I don't think skulls are creepy, just as leg bones aren't creepy.

They just are.

I am liking the Mexican tradition of "Day of the Dead" more and more.

At first I didn't understand it,

I mean dancing skeletons? Skeletons dressed up in finery?

But now I get it that the Day of the Dead

is making fun of death.

We all die, therefore death is a part of our living.

Death has no hold over us - so we make fun of it.

Day of the Dead also is welcoming back departed family and friends.

It is a happy occasion, not scary or anything.

Wouldn't a Day of the Dead costume party be fun?

The ladies can dress up fancy, with a little face paint, and the guys get to choose between skeleton type costumes or 'Mexican' traditional dress costumes.

Brave women with super figures could also be skeletons,

but PLEASE...

don't try to fit a 40 pound butt into a pair of 20 pound butt stretch pants!!!

That would make the party scary....

here are the rest of the costumes for this paperdoll:

I have LOTS of Halloween type paper dolls, so I will try to share at least one every day for the rest of October, or until I run out!

And yes, there are quite a few dolls with 'witch' costumes.

It's hard to get around it.

I guess cute little witches might be okay,

but I just don't like where that might lead impressionable children,

or preteens, or teens or even young adults.

Of course, Glinda the Good Witch

and the Wicked Witch of the West

are different!

(am I showing my bias towards Wizard of Oz?)

recycled bottle cap magnets with Barbie Wizard of Oz recycled junk mail http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/

Add "Wizard of Oz" with Judy Garland as one of my must-see movies.

Well, it's that time again - time to say goodbye for now!

Thanks for the feedback I've been getting -

it really makes my day!

Welcome to Bangladesh as a new country with fans.

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A Honey Kitten Paperdoll kind of day

Good Day!
Well, I have dentist hangover today.
I'm not in any specific pain, just overall kinda' dull, maybe a headache but not quite, maybe a little jaw pain...
just kinda' dull.
So....
You get a complete set of paper dolls. These are vintage, but I honestly don't know if they are copyright free. Let's just assume these are for your own personal use, unless they compose less than 70% of the original in a collage.
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There you go!
Even if you aren't into paper dolls, I hope you have had a few nostalgic memories!

Budget hint:
You can print these out on thin paper, and use it as wrapping paper for a special someone.

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3 Little Kittens Nursery Rhyme Fun

Meooowww...

(cat language for, well, we never really know what they're saying!)

3 Little Kittens

WARNING!!!
cutesy pictures are included
in today's blog!

Oh, those naughty little kittens!

into everything

being adorable

spilling over plants

being super super cute

getting stuck in tiny spaces

and being just pretty much darling.

http://www.docholidaymolds.net/

 

1942 illustration by Masha, Little Golden Books

 

 

This '3 Little Kittens' nursery rhyme was published in 1912,
'The Little Mother Goose'
illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith:

 The Three Little KittensThree little kittens they lost their mittens,
And they began to cry,
"Oh! mammy dear,
We sadly fear,
Our mittens we have lost!"
"What! lost your mittens,
You naughty kittens,
Then you shall have no pie."
Miew, miew, miew, miew,
Miew, miew, miew, miew.

The three little kittens they found their mittens,
And they began to cry.
"Oh! mammy dear,
See here, see here,
Our mittens we have found."
"What! found your mittens,
You little kittens,
Then you shall have some pie."
Purr, purr, purr, purr,
Purr, purr, purr, purr.

The three little kittens put on their mittens,
And soon ate up the pie;
"Oh! mammy dear,
We greatly fear,
Our mittens we have soil'd."
"What! soil'd your mittens,
You naughty kittens!"
Then they began to sigh,
Miew, miew, miew, miew,
Miew, miew, miew, miew.

The three little kittens they washed their mittens,
And hung them up to dry;
"Oh! mammy dear,
Look here, look here,
Our mittens we have wash'd."
"What! wash'd your mittens,
You darling kittens!
But I smell a rat close by!
Hush! hush!" Miew, miew,
Miew, miew, miew, miew.

public domain vintage illustration

I found a few different versions of the nursery rhyme.

The original is thought to have been written by Eliza Lee Follen

printed in her book "New Nursery Songs for All Good Children."

Ms. Follen referred to the rhyme as "traditional".

Here is her version:

Three little kittens lost their mittens;

And they began to cry,

O mother dear,

We very much fear

That we have lost our mittens.

Lost your mittens!

You naughty kittens

Then you shall have no pie

Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.

No, you shall have no pie

Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.

The three little kittens found their mittens,

And they began to cry,

O mother dear,

See here, see here;

See, we have found our mittens.

Put on your mittens,

You silly kittens,

And you may have some pie

Purr-r, purr-r, purr-r,

O, let us have the pie,

Purr-r, purr-r, purr-r.

The three little kittens put on their mittens,

And soon ate up the pie;

O mother dear,

We greatly fear

That we have soil'd our mittens.

Soiled your mittens!

You naughty kittens!

Then they began to sigh,

Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.

Then they began to sigh,

Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.

The three little kittens washed their mittens,

And hung them out to dry;

O mother dear,

Do not you hear,

That we have washed our mittens?

Washed your mittens!

O, you're good kittens.

But I smell a rat close by:

Hush! hush! mee-ow, mee-ow.

We smell a rat close by,

Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.

vintage illustration

 

I found some of this information on

http://www.mamalisa.com/

 

Check her site out for tons of nursery rhymes, vintage illustrations,

recordings of nursery rhymes, and some coloring pages also.

 

 

From this out-of-print book, here are some kitten cuttings for you!

I have enjoyed cutting all of these,

and mounting them on different papers for the backing.

Take a picture of yours, and show me!

My 'leave comments' has become much easier to use.

If you have tried in the past, and it was a BIG PAIN,

try again!

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Here is another version of 'The Three Little Kittens':

Three little kittens have lost their mittens;

And they began to cry,

    Oh Mother dear, we sadly fear

        That we have lost our mittens.

What! Lost your mittens, you naughty kittens!

Then you shall have no pie

    Mewo, meow,meow.

                No, you shall have no pie!

The three little kittens found their mittens!

          And they began to cry!

            See here, see here’

      See, we have found our mittens.

Put on your mittens, you silly kittens,

          And you may have some pie.

     Purr-r, purr-r, purr-r,

                   Oh! let us have some  pie,

                       Rurr-rr, purr-r, purr-r.

3 little kittens crying

an embroidery pattern courtesy of turkeyfeathers

a Danish language children's book,

for sale at http://www.cgi.ebay.com/

http://www.makinglearningfun.com/

and here are some kittens that we don't normally think about

with this nursery rhyme, but

they are 3 'little' kittens!!!

photograph taken by Dumith Fernando in the Phinda Game Reserve,

KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

vintage ad, http://www.graphic-design.tjs-labs.com/

vintage illustration, public domain

Disney's 'Aristocat' 3 kittens: Marie, Berlioz and Toulouse!

vintage 3 little kittens eating pie - with those mittens!!

Here's another 'learn to draw' from Dover Publications.

Perfect traveling in the car activity!

1953 illustration for 'Mother Goose' by

Eulalie Banks

That's it for today!

Use the nursery rhyme to help little ones learn their number!

Use the coloring pages for them to practice their fine motor skills!

Use the embroidery pattern for more fine motor skills!

Try the scherensnitte to practice scissors skills!

but

mostly just have fun!

see you tomorrow!

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