One World - One Heart 2011

One World One Heart

was created by Lisa Swifka in 2007 as an event hosted to connect bloggers with one another around the world.  Each blogger who participates hosts a giveaway as a little gift for popping by.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I really welcome all visitors especially those visiting for the first time.  I am a fabric/fibre artist as well as a crazy patchworker who
loves to work with rich and exotic fabrics.

I live in the land downunder and you can read my whole profile by

clicking "About Me"

on my sidebar.

If you would like to be included in the draw to win a gift 

 including a fabric collaged card
made by me,
a vintage tapestry purse with leather and
swede pocket as well as a number of vintage doilies
just leave me a comment below.

Being a Follower or not

your comments are truely appreciated -

the only condition being

that you have an active blog of your own.

I will draw a winning name for the prize

on 18th Feb.'11

This event is really about getting to know bloggers out there who would love to meet us

and vice versa 

to share their creations

and make new friends and connections.

So lets all support Lisa in her wonderful generosity

in making this last One World One Heart event

a huge success!!

Love and thanks for sharing in this with me.

xxSuzy

Whimsical Musings Magazine

Just leaving the link to the new Magazine by Cindy Adkins called Whimsical Musings Magazine where I will be featured during the week of Monday, 24th January. Check it all out at her blog!

Whimsical Musings Magazine

Whimsical Musings Magazine

is a brand new on-line

magazine produced by Cindy Adkins.

This magazine will feature a few new artists every Monday

and

this Monday I am happy to announce

that I will be featured here.

So pop over  by clicking on the

badge and check out all the beautiful creations.

Thank you Cindy for the invitation!

Completed Journal

My Pre-Raphaelite Women Journal

is now complete.

Actually it really looks a bit more like a picture book

with pages of layering and collaging.

I'm afraid there is no room left for journalling here!

Here are the front and back pages 

I have used several tapestry fabrics here

plus laces, printed silks, and cottons.

The tassels are made from sari silk, scrim, lace and thread.

I have posted the first two inside pages here and have decided to

make a slide show of the whole journal for you to see in its completed form.

Some Final Pages of Journal

Just been quietly working along with these

inside pages for

 Front and Back Covers

This one is the inside page for the front cover

and

this page belongs to the back cover.

So my next post will show the completed

front and back pages

and

I should be able to show you the whole journal assembled.

The Journal is Growing

I do have another page for you to view

it will be the last main page before

I put together

the front, back and inside cover pages

which are on the way.

I have used 

 here some of my vintage fabric from Rajasthan, some heavy weight upholstery fabric, burnt orange printed silk, black lace, beaded fringing, Indian braids, a vintage serviette which I rust dyed and embellished with some guipure lace. 

It has quite an earthy feel to this one I think.

Sold Collage Card

Yesterday I sold this card in my Etsy Shop

so I thought I might add 2 or 3 more similar

crazy patchwork collage cards

which could be used either as

gift cards

or

they could be framed also

so they may appear in my shop very soon!

Summer Garden Colour

Parts of Australia at present are under water

particularly in Queensland

which is very sad for many families and farmers there

but where I live near the South coast in

New South Wales

we are more lucky and are having very cool even drizzly

Summer weather which takes the load off watering

when you have quite a large garden.

So

here we are feeling quite blessed at present and are having a

bounty of beautiful vegetables and flowers to pick.

These guys visit just about all year here

and this is the

male King Parrot - How gorgeous is his colour.

This is a view from our kitchen window

looking out on to an outdoor area where we spend half of our living

inside/outside.

Not sure how this photo got in here but this is a shot of some of

our girls who keep us in eggs throughout the year. 

A very happy and contented life for chooks!!!

 There are a few different areas to sit in the garden

providing Summer shade and spots to view

heaps of bird life.

And all of the beautiful shades of
Summer colour!

Back Working on the New Journal

Just lately I have been really busy with visitors from interstate

holidaying here with us.

At one stage we had  9 people filling our home including friends and family.

It has been a most lovely time sharing stories, meals, shopping, marketing, some gardening, etc.etc.

so now that they have all departed I have had a chance to finish

my next page of

my Pre-Raphaelite women Journal

and have posted it here 

BUT

Before doing so I would really like to thank everyone who has left such

kind comments on my blog over the past week or so

when I haven't been able to respond to them

SO

THANK YOU ALL SO MOST  SINCERELY

FOR YOUR SUPPORT

I hope to reciprocate very soon!!!

You are all so wonderfully thoughtful!!!

I would also like to say a very big THANK YOU to Lilla

for the beautiful Lace Dove

which I won in her Christmas Giveaway.

Lilla makes the most beautiful creations often with a French theme

using vintage laces and fabrics

and Lilla is so generous in sharing her techniques

with everyone.

THANK YOU LILLA!

(unfortunately Blogger would not co-operate with an image!)

A New Year's Message

As I was driving home along a country dirt road

just before Christmas

I came across a car accident which had just happened.

On the side of the road and

standing in a paddock next to a car on its roof

was a very distressed but unharmed young man.

He was a victim trying to avoid a crash.

As I lived quite close to the scene

I took this young man home

so that we could help him to make arrangements about the car etc.

as anyone would.

and

as Christmas Day approached so too did this young man, Dale

came knocking at our door with his father bearing a gift of gratitude. 

Thus came this wonderful act of kindness out of the blue

without any sense of expectation.

Aren't we surrounded by wonderful human beings

who can give and take

and establish a system of real humanity

actually based on kindness!

May Your New Year too

be filled

with

many acts of kindness

and

May happiness, inspiration and creativity

be yours!