Journal "Listening for Wisdom"

This is my latest book entitled

"Listening to Wisdom"!

I have for many years - dare I say about 50

 been a follower of the most wonderful

Persion Poet, Rumi

and I have devoted many of his quotes

to a journal I have just completed.

 

 

 So many elements have been added to this book

including a rusted finding for closure with string,

  many images from daVinci's artworks,

 

vintage ledger papers, vintage music papers,

 

 collaged and patchworked fabrics,

 

dyed vintage linens and laces,

 tags,

 

scrapbooking papers,

 

scripted fabrics, machine stitched quote by me,

 and a variety of plant stamped pages.

This journal has now been listed in my Etsy shop

 

 

If you wish to make your own book using my style of bookmaking

then visit Creative Workshops

here

to find all the details of how you can enrol

and follow along using your own particular theme and style.

Thanks all for visiting and I wish you many happy days

creating or just feeling happy and contented 

within yourselves!

Suzy xox  

Lace for Creations - Simply Neutrals Tuesday No. 43

As many of you know I just love to create with

vintage/antique doilies and laces

and,

over the years of collecting, I have quite

a stash and I'm thinking it is time

to be sharing these out

so whilst in the process of sorting I decided to take

a few photos for sharing of some 

neutral coloured beauty for

Simply Neutrals Tuesday today.

 

I have many different types of lace and doilies of various sizes

and have them sorted into baskets with their particular 

size

 

for different projects as well as 

 

 various linens, serviettes, curtains and crochet trimmings 

 

and tablecloths.

Just a couple of baskets of small doilies stacked

 

as well as medium sizes.

 

There are also some very old more torn and tattered

pieces which often end up in journals

and lace books, cards or collages.

 

  

 and there are some which I just love to admire
and I know they will never see the
approach of a pair of scissors LOL!

and some special pieces which I love to see on display

as inspiration!

 

 

 (A little book I created sits upon this one!)

 

Shelves with boxes of other pieces

and

the doilies which end up in books I create like these!

 

So for all intents and purposes

I have put together some sets of doilies like the ones below

which I feel are perfect for use in creations such as collages,

journals, bags, wall hangings, cards, scrapbooking etc. as they

are strong and less delicate and are therefore

able to stand handling for a very long time! 

These can be found in my Etsy shop!

 ♥♥♥ 

Now if you have a love of all things beautiful in natural colours

then pop over to Wen's Blog to see some amazing

creations and images there!

Thank you Wen for hosting our Simply Neutrals for another week.

We appreciate so much the work that goes into making

this gathering happen!

Love and hugs to all of my blogging friends here -

new and old. I'm grateful to all of you who come and visit and leave such kind comments! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

XOX Suzy

 

A Birthday Card - Simply Neutrals Tuesday 42

Dear Friends thank you for popping into read my blog

again today and I would love to welcome my

new followers here also!

For Simply Neutrals Tuesday No. 42 this week

I'm sharing a special Birthday Card

which I made for a wonderful woman whom I met recently

and have the pleasure of sharing some morning teas with.

This is for Alice who will be celebrating her

95th Birthday at her new book launch of Short Stories

next week.

 

 Alice is a well loved and respected woman

of our local community

 

 

 and this is her third book to be published!

 

 (I love this beautiful linen fabric with printed trees

as it is so representative of the Australian

bush land where Alice grew up!)

 Such an amazing achievement at this ripe age of 95

and I have no doubt her family and friends

will be there to honour her

and

the occasion!

Come and join us over at Wen's blog to see what other articles

in neutrals you will see there this week!

Thanks Wen for hosting this party again this week for the

pleasure of so many viewers!

xox Suzy

Angel Friends - Simply Neutrals Tuesday No.40

 

 Everyone knows just how much I enjoy creating 

books and journals!

 

 

 especially with vintage laces and fabrics!

 

This particular one incorporated the use of some of my 

eco-dyed silks!

I remember also using some vintage

wall paper from a house which we

renovated! So pretty -

 

serviettes and logan berry dyed doilies!

 

 

 

It's always fun and interesting to see how different

media combine and work together -

yes another challenge worth trying! 

This one has already found it's new home! 

 

Sharing these pages on Wen's blog at

Simply Neutrals Tuesday 

Hope you can come on over to see what other neutrals

you might find there!

Thanks Wen for hosting this line-up again for another week!

Thanks to everyone who is so kind to come and visit me

here to see what I have been up to lately! 

Have a great week and hugs to you all!

xox Suzy