"Through Winter's Door" Journal for Simply Neutrals Tuesday No. 12

In the northern hemisphere some of my blogging friends are

now entering "Through Winter's Door" and that is

the name of this fabric, lace and paper book

bearing the subject of "Angels"!

 

 I'm especially mindful of the need for angels around

at the moment with the events of the past couple of weeks and because we are now moving into the Festive Season

of Christmas.

 

(Now sold!)

 This book has been constructed using many beautiful

stone angels as well as Renaissance angels

 

 

on top of water colour pages layered in several mediums

including linens, brocades, printed organzas

dyed and stamped fabrics like cottons and chiffons,

 

some of my eco dyed silks with dyed doilies to blend in

with the varying shades of neutrals, whites, greys and browns.

 I have also been mark making with my blue paint

(and white paint too!)

here and there around and under images with 

appropriate messages like the one above

which says "Love's Forgiveness" -

 

 yes a virtue that needs so much practice

and patience right now and every day

really for the rest of our lives!

 

 It's a timely reminder for each and everyone of us!

I have also been preparing a few Art Angel Fabric kits for

anyone wishing to create their own projects, collages,

cards or journal pages using my chosen

Art Angels like these

for Christmas or anytime at all!

These and the Angel book above you can find 

in my Etsy shop here.

These images will also be part of Wen's 
www.appleapricot.blogspot.com
and I'd love you to visit there

and see some amazing artwork and gorgeous images.

 Thank you all for always visiting and leaving such

lovely comments - you are appreciated!!!

xox Suzy

Simply Neutrals Tuesday No. 11

 It is extremely difficult to write a post when 

your heart is heavy - heavy with the

senseless loss of so many

innocent lives

in Paris in recent days so keeping it simple

with my no fuss heart

I created this heart for a dear friend

with the prism finding represented at the centre

 

 to help me look to the centre of myself

 

 to reflect upon how grateful I feel

for the life and love I have today

and

appreciating the safety of my own surroundings,

my friends, family members, my home,

my freedom, my place to come and go as I learn every

minute to never take any of it for granted

but

in my own surroundings what gives a spark of hope

is new life approaching as in this tiny nest.

 

 

I am grateful!!!!

I am grateful to all of my blogging friends in my own country Australia and to all those across the world and to

Wen for hosting this wonderful party

I'm sending you all love from 

my heart!

Thank you also Wen for featuring my art angels last week -

they are all around us if we can only see!

I'm linking this today and giving thanks

to you Wen and all of you!

Simply Neutrals Tuesday No. 11 

 

A Chorus of Angels for Simply Neutrals Tuesday No. 10

Already the shops and big stores are filling with their

Christmas paraphernalia (I mean gifts!)

but some of us like to create our own

homegrown and more natural gifts.

To this end I am sharing a Chorus of Art Angels

recently completed as well as
a heart.

 

These art angels have been dressed in many layers

 

 

of both new and recycled laces and fabrics including chiffon

 

 

 which drapes so beautifully when handing.

 

Some have pockets created from doily pieces and glittery fabric.

 

This one has some of my dyed doilies in shades of soft blues

 

and shades of grey

 

 

and her pocket is part of a cut lace embroidered doily so 

beautifully edged with some lace

with added pearl buttons. 

 

This heart has been created with scripted fabric

and the added vintage laces with a

little pocket 

 

holding a tag of a beautiful stamped image 

 

of the Madonna - such a beautiful idea for

decorating your Christmas tree or hanging from your mantle. 

 

 

 The Angels are now on their way to their new homes
but this heart along with some other Christmas
angel cards are still available in
my Etsy shop
like these ones





and

 

I'm linking these angels and the heart to
Wen's Simply Neutrals Tuesday
over on her blog at www.appleapricot.blogspot.com

So if you love all things neutral i.e. whites, greys, creams etc.
why don't you join me there!

Many thanks for your continued visits and lovely comments
always!

Love and hugs, Suzy

Simply Neutrals Tuesday No. 9

Just the other day I received some small fabric pieces

from a friend which I will share below

and there was a piece in there

which inspired me immediately and I just had to create with it!

I called this art piece "Gratitude"

 

I found this gorgeous image on the net and loved it immediately -

the soft tones of loving children embracing

each other so tenderly

with flowers cascading down their little bodies!

 

It is so delicate and soft with an air of mysteriousness!

 

I used some very soft lace and a silken

hand knitted doily to partially frame

their sweet faces 

 

 and partially covering the image on the opposite side

 with a little

soft felted chiffon! 

 

 

  The inspiration for this collage started with a piece of 

recycled fabric from my lovely friend, Liz,

 

 you can see it on the far left had side.

Aren't those French wood bobbins so gorgeous

that you can see in the front of the pic.?

Well there are still some in her 

 Etsy shop La Croix Roison for sale

at 

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/253077147/vintage-french-wood-bobbins-set-of-4?ref=shop_home_active_7.

Today I'm linking my collage to Wen's

 Simply Neutrals Tuesday

so won't you come over and join me there?