A Chance to Grow your Blog Party 2014 and a Giveaway

 Vicki Boster, a dear friend, of

2bagsfull Blog
 has generously offered to host another

Grow Your Blog Party for 2014

 for bloggers to showcase

their blogs and to offer to connect new bloggers and old bloggers with each other
 as well as providing an opportunity to make new friends
and to share their talents with each other.

There is much to learn in having a successful blog
and there are many wonderful bloggers
willing to help and assist
where they can.
All you need to do is ask!!!

Vicki is one of those special people always looking to lend a hand

by thinking up ways to raise funds for those in a less fortunate

situation than herself e.g. Pink Scarf Project for women

with breast cancer amongst many others

so

I thought I would join in the party in support and welcome

all new bloggers and old friends and followers

into my little world of blogging here

where I live in the country

on a beautiful property in an old world garden of

rambling roses on the far south coast of
Australia.

My name is Suzy Quaife and below is the studio where

I work (play!!!)

I have had a great love of vintage textiles, rich and exotic

fabrics (like silks and satins), vintage laces, doilies, braids, trimmings, velvet ribbon etc. since I can't remember when going way back even as a child.

This love was expressed through costume making and crazy patchwork for several years and more recently it has

taken the shape of mixed media fabric and paperworks.

  

I have found that bloggers love to see images (and the more the

better) to help them become inspired so be prepared to see heaps!).

They love to see where you create, what you create with and 

the finished creations.

This collage gives a sample of the items I create

and here is a sampling of the materials used in some of these,

 e.g. vintage doilies and laces

buttons, feathers, pods

sari ribbons, jewellery including rhinestones

more laces, seam binding,

tea bags, string, stamps, raw silk, mohair

and many small rusted pieces which I can incorporate into

collages/assemblages such as this. 

Of course one of my greatest passions is in creating

fabric lace books and journals and the collages

which form the layered pages

Daguerreotype images for the theme of this lace book above

and below another theme is that of nature

The many hand stitched layered pages form the background

for these Australian birds or a collection of

gifts from friends are held inside this book

below.

Then sometimes I just love to create free standing

collaged and layered wall hangings using

vintage jewellery with tins and chains

and similar things.

Bags, purses and totes have been other items on my

project list this past year

along with garlands (reminiscent of Buddhist prayer flags)
 such as these as well as the smaller

creations of boxes and cards and mini collages 

Now that you have persevered and finally arrived at the bottom

of this post you are rewarded with a chance to win

this Giveaway - a vintage style brooch
created by me which may be pinned to anything
that appeals to you!

All you need to do is leave one comment here on this page.

You don't need to be a follower but you are certainly

welcome to follow and I will draw a winner

on Saturday, 15th February 

so don't forget to leave me your email address

so that I may contact you.

*** Please feel free to pin this GIVEAWAY
on the sidebar of your blog to tell others!

♥♥♥

I wish you luck in the draw and more importantly

I wish you much success and enjoyment with

your blog as it is in the sharing like

this that we receive

inspiration, acknowledgement and a chance to make

wonderful friends!

♥♥♥

Thank you so much Vicki for the most amazing hours

of dedication you have given this party for the

benefit of so many bloggers.

We appreciate you heaps! xxx

Love and hugs, Suzy