Dragon Thursday

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Last week I decided to have some fun with my logo, Albert Phineas Drache.  The awesome Catherine Dair created him and I decided it was time to get a little creative myself.  I love the saying “I’m a Book Dragon! Not  a worm”.  I have seen this all over the internet and thought to search it’s origin.  What I found was a lovely book titled A Book Dragon by Donn Kushner.  This most likely has absolutely nothing to do with the saying other than it is a book loving dragon.   I found the book used on Amazon and bought the hardback edition with dust jacket.  It is in great condition.  I received the book yesterday and have not had time to read it.  I am very excited.  The illustrations are beautiful.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERATitle:  A Book Dragon
Author:  Donn Kushner
Publisher:  Henry Holt and Company
Publication date:  April 1988
Length:  197 pages
Genre:  Literature, Fiction, Teens
Design & Cover Illustrations by : Nancy Ruth Jackson
Summary:  Nonesuch, the last in a line of dragons, uses his unique ability to change in size to survive for six centuries, during which time he observes such different humans as a medieval monk, an eighteenth-century London chemist, and a modern American bookseller.

Color Illustration from back dust jacket. This illustration appears throughout the book in black and white.

Color Illustration from back dust jacket. This illustration appears throughout the book in black and white.

 

Back of dust jacket

Back of dust jacket

Inside of back of dust jacket

About the Author

I found this paper coaster from the Hotel George, London in between the pages of the book.

I found this paper coaster from the Hotel George, London in between the pages of the book.

Illustration from the book.

Illustration from the book.

Two Dragons - illustration from the book

Two Dragons – illustration from the book

 

I will post a couple of the designs I came up with soon.  Off to read about dragons.  😉

Melyna

Coffee Monday

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Good morning,

Last week Coffee Monday had a little something sweet to go with your coffee.  Today I found a neat idea for making the house smell divine.  The idea came from a link on Pinterest.    This was under a blog post on a site called Chasing Foxes titled 7 Brilliant DIY Scents That Will Make Your Home Smell Amazing. 

A Coffee Vanilla Scent hack.

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I wonder what other fragrances could be used?  This makes a nice center piece too.  The other ideas in the article are geared towards the holidays and sound like wonderful ways to naturally add fragrant scents to your home.

Another one I found was a tutorial for Homemade coffee candles on Art Ideas Crafts.com

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The instruction seems easy and the result is definitely coffee themed.

I am torn about using coffee beans for something other than my morning cup of coffee. I can definitely say that a fresh brewed pot of coffee makes the house smell wonderful and evokes pleasant memories.  These ideas would be nice way to recreate that lovely feeling.

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Melyna

 

Dragon Thursday

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This week in my search for all things dragon.  I ran across an Etsy shop that makes and sells dragon wings for bearded dragons.  I am not familiar with the care and keeping of reptiles, but this bearded dragon looks very majestic with its dragon wings. (Pretty adorable, really)

You can find out more at madam-vastras-boutique

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Coffee Monday

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Good morning!

October is here.  Pumpkins, crisp cool mornings and a steaming cup of hot coffee.  Perfect.  Sometimes a little something sweet would go nicely with that hot cup of coffee. I adore mug cake recipes.  They are quick , single servings of yumminess.  I typically look for low carb, but not today. 😉

I found this Two Minute Coffee Cake in a Mug on Heather Likes Food website.

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As I was reading through the post, she mentions a pumpkin version! Of course I had to go check that one out too.  This one I found on a blog titled Somewhat Simple.

Pumpkin Coffee Cake in a Mug

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Enjoy, and let me know what you think of the recipes if you try them.

Melyna

Dragon Thursday

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This week I discovered more beautiful and whimsical dragons on Etsy.  Stained glass dragons.

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This majestic dragon is called Sintara, Blue dragon and can be found at Firehorseglass.  (Fire Horse Stained Glass Studio)

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This gorgeous dragon can be found at OstisInpirations on Etsy. 

From the description:  Handcrafted using Tiffany stained glass methods. Each piece of stained glass is hand-cut and wrapped in fine copper foil. The Tiffany method involves hand cutting, breaking, grinding, copper foiling & soldering each glass piece.

Measures about 21″ x 28″ .

Maybe you are looking for something smaller and desk sized. 

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This piece is called  Horned Dragon on Citron Quartz Base and can be found at

Cindy’s Stained Glass

From the description:  I love this 3 dimensional dragon! The wings are made from 3 types of stained glass, and it sits on a large cluster of golden colored citron quartz crystals. The back side has been decorated with 6 golden streaked clear glass nuggets. I used copper sheeting on the bottom to securely attach all the components . The solder has been patinated with black and I have added decorative soldering to all the solder seams. 

There are pages and pages of stained glass dragons.  Something for everyone.  Have fun.

Melyna

Dragon Thursday – Happy Autumnal Equinox

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Happy Autumnal Equinox  to those of us in the Northern hemisphere.  It is the time of all things pumpkin spice.  So , in the spirit of things, I Googled pumpkin spice dragons.  Wow.  It’s a thing.  I found the most wonderful site with some whimsical dragons and yes, a pumpkin spice dragon. 🙂

I found this adorable dragon on Deviantart.  The artist is PixieEmz and she has an Etsy shop, Myriad Art Studios,  with more of these whimsical creatures.  To see more of this artists work visit her shop here:   myriadartstudios-logo

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Coffee Monday

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The Autumnal Equinox is only three days away.  Here in central Texas we are not greeted with the promise of cooler temperatures and colorful fall leaves.  The changing of the season is heralded with the start of the school year and the return of pumpkin spice everything. 😉

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Finn and coffee leaves and beans

 

Melyna

 

 

Dragon Thursday

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Once again Pinterest and Etsy have been an inspiration for Dragon Thursday.  I found these whimsical painted rocks, with dragons of course.  Some of the ones I am sharing have sold but the artists have others.  Enjoy.

The first two are from the Etsy shop called MyGardenRocks

This piece is called Sleeping Dragon and is sold. Beautiful, isn’t it?

Also from MyGardenRocks is Baby Dragon Egg

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This little dragon comes from Cynthia Snider at NightOwlFineArt  (sold)

Next we have one called Dragon rock (gold) from Urmelshop

And a lovely Blue Dragon from the same shop

Dragon Thursday

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I was sitting at the computer yesterday thinking about dragons and our perception of them which led to thoughts of dragons in popular culture.

 

One of the first dragons I remember is Puff the Magic Dragon from the Peter, Paul and Mary song from my childhood.  I have a dragon music box that I bought almost forty years ago that plays that song.  The music is a little slower after forty years of playing Puff the Magic Dragon, and that is ok.  ❤

 

Of course there is Smaug from The Hobbit and Falkor from The Neverending Story. Toothless from The How to Train Your Dragon movies  and Haku from Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away,

Plus who wouldn’t love a dragon with Sean Connery’s voice – Draco from Dragonheart.

Draco from Dragonheart

Draco from Dragonheart

 

There are many, many more, and we haven’t even scratched the surface on all of the book dragons out there.   I am leaving links to three sites that explore Dragons in Pop Culture for you to enjoy.

Top Ten Most Popular Dragons at Quantum Books

Our Ten Favorite Movie Dragons at Screen Rant

10 Most Popular Dragons of All Time at Wonderslist

Let me know who your favorite dragons are.

Melyna