Snail...Paper?

Today is International Snailpapers Day.  Yeah, I didn't know what it was either.  Apparently it's a reference to the fact that newspapers are rapidly becoming a thing of the past.  So, snail mail is to email what snail papers are to online news?  Whatever, at least it gave me a direction for today's post:

Newspaper shoes!  I think these are kind of fun.  I don't know that I would ever wear them, but they're still kind of fun.

 

What's black and white and red all over?

Looks like an awesome decoupage project!

See comment above.

Snail slippers! These are hilarious to me.  I've actually done a snail post before, but not snail shoes.

Awww...baby shoes.  Why do snails often look so confused?  Must be the googly eyes.

Look!  The snail slippers have siblings!

I love the colors of these.

Happy Snailpapers Day.  Maybe you could celebrate by reading an actual newspaper.

Memory Lane: 2013. 2015.

Peppermint

Today our worship and music director and I were having a conversation about crochet patterns.  She googled a certain kind of crochet toy, and up popped all of these images of super tiny crocheted things.  Here is an example:

 

 

This is seriously teeny tiny.  Anyway, it led to a conversation about how I should make one of these and it could go along with the book about the snail and his shell.  She was actually referring to this book,

 

 

but it made me think of a different book from my childhood about a snail.  Of course, I couldn't think of what it was called.  We searched for it (although not knowing the title or the author, it was more difficult) but didn't find it.  So I called my mom and asked her about it.  She thought it was called Peppermint, or possibly Purplemint, because the snail has a peppermint shell but ends up with purple paint on it.  So I looked some more and still couldn't find it.  The internet, and my brain, failed me today. Mom is going to look and see if it is still in the shoe box at her house. 

 

You know, of course, that this then led to more searching, this time for shoes...

 

 

OK, this is not shoes.  But it goes with the theme.  Still not from the book, though.

 

 

These are taking a theme just a little too far.

 

I love these, though.   Very festive, but in a somewhat more subtle way.

 

Cute, but also a little too themed.  You could definitely wear them around Christmas.  With some kind of horrible Peppermint holiday sweater!

 

I know, I'm sorry.  They were just too cute to resist!  I think my hormones are trying to tell me something.  They need to be telling the hubby, though, not me.



 

 

 

Arrrr, Matey!

If you have been on facebook today, then you know that it's National Talk Like a Pirate Day.  This cracks me up.  I  have no idea what people do to celebrate this day except, of course, go around talking like a pirate.  You probably know how I will celebrate; by looking at shoes!  In this case, pirate boots.

 

 

Apparently what makes a boot a pirate boot is if it has buckles, ties, or folds.  At least according the image search I did.  So, Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!  Wear some boots, talk with a funny accent, get a parrot!

 

Oh, to follow up from yesterday's post, my mom found the book.  It's called The Purple Snail, by Katherine Lewis.  Even with that information, I still could find next to nothing on the book, and no images.  Mom is sending me the book, though...it really does exist.

Books

Guess what?  My awesome mom found the book!

 

Peppermint the snail's mom tells him not to go exploring because he might get lost.  But of course he does go exploring, and ends up getting purple paint splattered on his peppermint shell.  When he finds his way back home (he does get lost), his mom tries to get the purple off, but it's darn good paint.  So she says she'll have to call him Purplemint.

 

After the search for this difficult to find book, I started thinking of other books I loved as a child.  There are probably a million +, but here are a few:

 

 

Little Monster is awesome.  I had other books, too.  One of my favorites is where the monster has an upset tummy and sighs all day.  Literally, when he sighs he says, "alllll day."  Turns out he has an upset tummy because he swallowed a boot.  See?  I can work shoes in anywhere!

 

They build a HUGE sandwich.  With cranes and scaffolding.  They also crawl all over it, which is rather disgusting.  As are all the different layers they include.  I remember reading this to my mom as a kid, and trying to figure out how to sound out the work OK.

 

The title pretty much sums it up.  Little Rabbit tries all kinds of things to get that tooth to come out, but if finally falls out in her chocolate ice cream.

 

I thought the movie was really cute, but I LOVED the book. It was so goofy, and the illustrations were just a little bit creepy to me as a kid.  Made it even better.  I was fascinated with the idea of my food coming from the sky like weather.

 

Like I said, those are just a few.  There are lots more.  Apparently today is more of a book day than a shoe day.  I'll get back to shoes tomorrow.