Lacebook Journal Pages and a Few Finds

You might remember that I am taking part

in a collaborative Round Robin

Lacebook Group.

There are 6 women in our Yahoo Group.

The subject of this book for Deb (Deb has no blog)

is "Victorian Couples" which gave me this

opportunity

to feature my grandparents!

Isn't that the most beautiful posy Clarice is holding!

She was born in 1899 and married Edward (Fred)

in the early 1920's.

These are the parents of my father, James, who died

only last August at the age of 90.

The next page (of the two I had to contribute) is

of an unknown couple.

This is an original postcard which was retrieved from a

house fire, the owners of which were not at all

interested in keeping, so it ended up in the

hands of my husband along with many others

like this.

The postcard shows some brown tinging with evidence of

a fire.  I surrounded this postcard with a hand crocheted

cream frame which was the perfect size for this

piece.

Some of the vintage lace, and beaded lace

were gifted to my by some lovely friends which I

was able to use in these pieces.

I do hope Deb will be happy with these additions to her lacebook

when it arrives back in the U.S.

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Speaking of lace - I have a few gorgeous pieces of

vintage lace to show you

These tiny treasures I have acquired very recently

and am so looking forward to using them

in some future projects.

As well as these I thought you might like to see some

beautiful crochet cottons which I purchased as

a lot

along with this very nice frame

which is begging for a vintage cabinet card, postcard

or something similar!

And to finish off this post I am going to show here

the most delightful little antique plate

which has a diameter of only 3inches.

Isn't that just so beautiful?

♥♥♥

A huge "thank you" to all my wonderful followers -

new and old for visiting and commenting

even if it is just to say "Hi" - you are so welcome

and appreciated.

♥♥♥

"Success is not final,

failure is not fatal:

It is the courage

to continue that counts"

...........Winston Churchill.

Love and blessings to all!

x Suzy x

More Creative Works from Blogging Friends

As I mentioned in my last post

I have some more beautiful works and gifts

given to me recently from dear blogging friends

including this

most gorgeous lace and fabric collage from my
very dear friend, Dorthe,
www.denlillelade.blogspot.com

Now isn't that a most beautiful image and she is surrounded 

with some of the finest organza and lace fabrics 

you could imagine adorned and embellished with

doilies and laces

and

also included were these

and

for a much closer look - one of Dorthe's tags embellished with more

tags, a bird image and one of her special transparent leaves

so delicately sewn

and some ephemera to use in my journals

Dorthe your heart is so much bigger than your clever

creative hands and your friendship is a real treasure to me!

Thank you so very much! - You know where these

will live in my home!

Alexandra from www.cottage-dreams.blogspot.com

sent me this from Germany

Look at these beautiful collaged cards with hearts
and butterflies and a sweet image!
and

a collection of unusual braids to use in my creations.
What a lovely friend you are Alexandra.




From New Zealand came this most precious 
ceramic heart with a lacey design pressed into it -

Isn't that so very beautiful and it represents a special love
and friendship I share with my dear friend, Jo, which spans
more than 40 years now!
Jo's special gift, among so many, is her gorgeous
eco-dyeing - creating sustainable colour
on cloth and fibre
 and the creations made from
these.
So go and visit Jo's blog at
www.aquaplusflora.wordpress.com

All of these beautiful creations plus braid and laces
came from dear Judy of
www.judysfabrications.blogspot.com


Judy's current passion is for paper journals
and she is one of the most talented bloggers in so many different
arts that I have met and she lives in South Australia
which is just across the border from me
which would be more than 500k away -
Thank you Judy so much - you are one of the kindest
friends I know!


and


lastly
from the United Kingdom
came all these beautifully hand created items
from Lynn Stevens of
www.trashtotreasureart.blogspot.com

A cleverly made cone filled with lots of vintage sewing items,
lace motifs and more laces and braid on a card
along with a beautiful selection of
vintage buttons.

I was thrilled to receive all of these gorgeous things Lynn
and you know that every piece will be used
(in fact, I have already used some of these items
in a brand new journal I am creating which
is almost finished)


and just to wet your appetite and with Springtime approaching
in the Northern hemisphere 
here is a little preview -

and just to finish this post I have made a collage
of some very beautiful handmade birthday
cards which I received very
recently!

Aren't these just so gorgeous
and
yes - I have been so very spoiled by
some very beautiful friends!
I feel blessed in so many ways!


I just love this saying too:
"The best feeling comes when you realize
that you are perfectly happy
without the things once you thought
you needed the most"!


Thank you dear blogging friends for visiting, commenting,
following, and supporting me in my endeavours
to become a whole person worthy of
being acknowledged for just who I am!
I hope your days are full of little moments of joy!


Love and hugs, 
Suzy xxx