Announcing the Winner of My Giveaway

Choosing the Winner of any Giveaway

is never easy especially when you wish for everyone to win

but

that choice is taken away from you when the winner is

chosen randomly

so

asking DH to just choose a number out of 112

he chose No. 84

so this Fabric and Paper Collage created by me

has been won by

Jillayne Wickware

from A Fine Seam

Now Jillayne is a most creative artist and quilter

who uses the most beautiful fabrics, buttons and beads

so go and visit her blog for some new inspiration.

Congratulations Jillayne!

The collage will be off to you very soon!

I am sure that the collage will be right at home with you!

I really can't thank you all enough for the wonderful

coments left here by ALL of you.

All of you play a very big role in inspiring my artistic pursuits

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

And

another big THANK YOU to all of my new followers

who love my artworks and creations enough

to show continued interest

even when I can't always reply immediately.

I also have another gift to share with one of a number of

supportive followers who so generously placed the 

the Giveaway on

their blog

and this gift is an appreciation of a guesture of kindness

and it goes to Carole at 

www.maynardgreenhouse.blogspot.com

Thank you Carole for being such a supportive blogger -

and you will receive this little collection of 

an ATC, vintage laces and doilies

and some vintage Australian stamps with a First Day Cover.

So there we have it!

And until my next post of some gorgeous gifts received 

I wish for you a most creative

week!

Love Suzyx

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