More Hearts, Hydrangeas, Home Decor and Giveaway Reminder

I was the very lucky winner of this gorgeous fabric from

Jillayne

(A Fine Seam)
(thank you just so much Jillayne - what a lovely thought!)

recently and loved it so much that I had to purchase more!

It inspired me to create more Hearts like these below:

adding burlap, vintage laces, an embroidered hankerchief

dyed scrim, tulle, netting

and this beautiful metal embellishment

from Liz included in an order I purchased from her 

Etsy Shop - visit Liz here to see her very 

 French inspired Blog and then over to

her shop.

Some more beautifully green tinged hydrangeas

(originally in blue tones)

were ready for drying

as well as these ones which were originally

in pink tones

And yes - another Heart but this one is flat

and backed in chocolate coloured felt

with more burlap, vintage laces

a suffolk puff and chiffon rose

dyed seam binding, guipure lace

and scrim

And just a pic of a couple of recent trays

I purchased
which I find are so useful for a number of projects
(as well as serving cups of tea on, of course!
or the odd glass of wine!)

as well as two small metal plates.

Somehow these items of metal, wood and silver plating

with etched glass on the clock seem to co-exist

very happily together!!!!

There is just one thing else to mention

and, that is,

MY   GIVEAWAY

of a Fabric Collage

so if you would like to enter before 29th Feb.

please go to the previous post

and

leave a comment there with your email address

so that I have a way to contact you!

In the meantime,

remember that:

"happiness is a way of travel each day

and not a destination"!

xxx Suzy

An Auspicious Day for a New GIVEAWAY

I have a New Giveaway for you today

because it seems a rather auspicious time to have one.

Not only is it Valentine's Day

and the fact that I have reach my 2nd Anniversary of blogging but also

I have reached a very large number of dedicated followers who I would like to acknowledge with 

this GIVEAWAY

(This image shows the colour tonings most accurately!)

But before that I would like to inform you that it appears from all accounts that from 1st March'12 Google Friend Connect will no longer be supporting the NON google community which means that anyone NOT having a blogspot.com blog will be unable to follow in Google Connect

and it may even disappear from Blogger.com altogether

which means that there may no longer be any Blog Lists.

SO IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW ME

AND ALL OTHER BLOGGERS

all you need to do is to connect to the 

NEW FOLLOWERS TOOL on the right hand side bar above the Google one.

Just sign in here and create your new FREE Account 

simply by clicking the new "LINKY" tool

and

when you have created your new Account for yourself

you can then follow me and anyone else

by connecting to LINKY

if you wish!

Now this fabric, paper and lace collage I am offering as a

GIVEAWAYwhich closes on

Wed. 29th February

is open to all faithful followers and readers and 
anyone wishing to follow 

 my creative adventures here.

It is a way of showing how much I appreciate your visits

and input to my blog and my artwork

with your kind comments.

Being part of this blogland community has enriched 

my life immensley and through it I have gained

much inspiration and many new

valuable friendships.

So all you have to do is leave a comment here on this post'

along with your emailing information

so that I have a way of contacting you.

Please feel free to add this GIVEAWAY  to the side bar 

on your own blog

 if you wish to share the word.

I wish everyone the best of luck in the draw.

and thank you for visiting

here again today!

Hugs and love dear friends,

Suzy xxx

Some More Heart Love and a Beautiful Childrens' Book

I was so inspired when I saw the beautiful lace hearts

on Julia's 

www.vintagewithlaces.blogspot.com
(go here to check out Julia's most beautiful lace creations
as well as her wonderful vintage repurposed items)

that I had to make just one more Shabby Chic Love Heart

before the weekend 

and this is how it turned out.

I used an image of John William Waterhouse

a favourite pre-Raphaelite artist

in sepia tones.

Embellished with vintage laces, guipure lace and

a white rose chiffon

faux pearls, a vintage button

A little gold embellishment I received from Julia herself

and some twine, thin lace, seam binding and

a maroon tassel.


This Shabby Chic Valentine Heart is for sale in
my Etsy Shop - see here or above under header for 
all the details.

I also wanted to share this vintage book I recently purchased

at a local flea market which I thought was rather special.

This book which was probably published about 1930

are Stories from Charles Dickens - born in 1812

(Great Britain is currently celebrating Dickens 200th
Birthday!!)

which have been retold by his grand daughter.

Such beautiful plates and illustrations 

like these.

Thank you all for coming to visit and for leaving your much appreciated comments

and 

I especially welcome all my new followers.

Have a very warm and cosy weekend - even here in

the Southern part of Australia

it is quite a cool Summer too but we are never

ungrateful for the beautiful rain

to green up our very dry hills and grounds.

Love to all!

Suzy xxx

Rose Romance and A Blog Party

For all of you who just love a bit of romance, roses and  hydrangeas

I have put together these images to share

as a way of showing just how much I appreciate 

you for visiting, following and leaving

such inspiring comments.

"Thank you all sincerely

from my heart"!

There is just so much beauty 

in our garden at present being Summer here in Australia

we have an abundance of these beautiful 

hydrangeas!

Aren't these shades so divine?

complemented with a few white jugs

and tiny vintage bottles

and

vintage pewter

and

a few of my favourite things like this

and this

and this little French vintage draw-string bag.

Oh the textures, needlepoint and embroidery have

inspired me to create some of these

little shabby rose sachets.

using organza, romantic images, braids, tassels and beads

like this

and this

Very soon I will be offering another small giveaway

in appreciation for all of your visits

so stay tuned

but in the meantime I would like to share some exciting

news:

Cindy Adkins at Cindy's Whimsical Musings Blog
(Cindy's button is also on the top right hand side column)

is holding the very first of a brand new 

LINK PARTY ON MONDAY

and it is "A Woman Thing"

The link party will be held every Monday - Friday

of each week so if you have any item of interest whatsoever

that you would like to share 

with other bloggers 

then you can link up to her blog.

And

for this very first link party this coming Monday, 7th Feb.

Cindy will be featuring yours truly

as one of four guest artists

so I hope to see you there!

Love and thanks to all

and have a wonderful weekend wherever you are!

Suzy xxx