Creating in White

Hello dear Friends

I'm running late this week!

I thought I would show you some of

the creamy white loveliness

I've created over the year.

 

It's always a joy

to pull out my boxes

of laces, ribbons and buttons

and have a little play! 

and most especially when there is

a very special piece

of lace such as this one given to me by

my dear friend Patty of the blog

Magpie's Nest .

A lot of you already know Patty

but if you don't please pop over to her blog

and have a drool at her amazing art.

Today I'm joining Becky

for

Blissful Whites Wednesday

I'm sending this basket of  Spring flowers as
 "GET WELL" 
wishes for my dear friend

DORTHE
http://denlillelade.blogspot.co.nz/ 

We're all missing you dear Dorthe and
blogging just isn't the same without
YOU!!!

  A wee reminder about the two giveaways on my
side bar - the last day for entering is Friday 28th!


Thank you for your kind comments!

Take care of one another
  Merci à bientôt

♥ Shane ♥

 

 

 

Exquisite Hand Made Lace

When I visited the

Auckland Vintage Textile Fair

I was enthralled by these

exquisite hand made lace samplers.

I am full of admiration for the women

such as our grandmothers,

great-grandmothers and great aunts

who created this fine work.

It took many hours to make one small piece

such as a collar and cuffs

for a special dress.

I imagine much of this work was done by

poor lamp light in the evening

once their hard days work was done.

I have several pieces of precious

hand made lace which I will

pass on to my granddaughters and

I hope they will appreciate it's beauty

as much as I do.

I'm linking up to Becky for

Blissful Whites Wednesday

please pop over and see what others are posting!

Thank you for visiting
and leaving your kind comments!

Merci à bientôt
be kind to one another!

♥ Shane ♥

 

 

 

 

A Sweet little Bag for Stella

Before I travelled to France last time

I made this cute little bag

out of grey and white ticking with

a band of floral vintage looking fabric.

It was for my granddaughter's birthday!

I tucked all sorts of yummy bits and bobs inside

for her to find. 

All my granddaughters love pretty feminine

things - just as all little (and big) girls do!

So I added some frou frou in the way

of a rose which I made out of seam binding.

A vintage doily on the back.

Some little buttons too!

I added a long strap so it could be worn

over her shoulder.

I'm linking to

Becky for

Blissful Whites Wednesday

and

Michelle for

Grey Deys Thursdey

Thank you all for visiting!

WELCOME

to all my new followers.

Merci à bientôt
be kind to one another!

 

♥ Shane ♥

 

 

 

 

 

 

MY GIVEAWAY COLLAGE

Hello dear friends

I have created a collage

made with my favorite pieces

of vintage fabrics, lace and trims.

It is my Giveaway as part of Vicki's

GROW YOUR BLOG PARTY

which is on until 14 February.

 Some of you may not know about the party

so I thought it only fair to give you the opportunity

to enter my giveaway as well!

You don't have to be part of the event
to enter.

If you are interested please leave your comment on my
"Grow Your Blog Party" 
 post HERE

(NOT on this post)

by Friday 14th February 2014.

Bonne chance mes amis!

I am involved with the party for the next few days

but after that I will be over to visit you

and see what you've been up to!

I'm linking to Becky's

Blissful Whites Wednesday
 

Thank you for visiting my blog!

Merci à bientôt
be kind to one another!

 

♥ Shane ♥

Bloggy Sunshine Package and a Lesson

I want to show you these exquisite pieces created by my blog friend
Karen of Todolwen.

Karen had issues with her blog late last year.
While working behind the scenes on her blog she decided
to make a few changes - one was her URL.
WARNING: NEVER EVER CHANGE YOUR URL
 This resulted in her blog disappearing totally.... imagine the stress
involved! Luckily she knew the person to turn to -
Karen of Valentine Design 
Todolwen is up and running again but what a lesson to us all!

Karen emailed some of her followers and asked if we would
put her "NEW" blog button on our blogs - which I did.

To say thank you Karen sent me a packet of her gorgeous
little crocheted flowers, hearts and flutter-bys.
A sunshine package I call it!

I photographed them on a vintage silk table cloth

aren't they beautiful.

Please pop over to Karen's blog here and if you were one of her
previous followers you will want to re-join!
If you enjoy doing creative things she shares her amazing
tutorials and they are FREE.

 Here is the link to her free felted nest tutorial.

Just look at these violets with smiling faces - I will be using them
in collage pages and banners I'm currently working on.
 Thank you Karen for your precious gifts!

I'm joining these parties
Karen for Sunlit Sunday
Mary for Mosaic Monday 
Becky for Blissful Whites Wednesday

Thank you dear friends for your sweet comments!

Merci à bientôt
be kind to one another!

 

♥ Shane ♥

 

I Love my Whites and Greys....

Hello dear friends

Today I'm joining
Becky of Timewashed
for
BLISSFUL WHITES WEDNESDAY
and

Michelle of  Petite Louise Michelle

for

GREY DEY THURSDEY

I love this paper of the crowns

of the nobility.

A while ago I received some goodies from

Rhonda

A Little Bit French

 and this is what they were wrapped in.

I think I'll frame it!

(thank you dear Rhonda).

My little tin of bling

which is sitting on a favourite

embroidered doily.

I would like to share with you
A BEAUTIFUL GIVEAWAY

MARIE
the sweet inspiring artist behind the blog

LOST BIRD STUDIO
is celebrating her 4th Blogeversary

with a very special

GIVEAWAY

you won't want to miss out so

please pop over and enter by leaving

her a kind comment.

If you follow her blog you're entitled to 2 chances to win!

BONNE CHANCE!!!!

Thank you for your kind comments.

Do pop in and meet

Michele here
 and

and Becky here

WELCOME

to my new followers - it's so lovely to meet you!

Merci à bientôt
be kind to one another!

 

♥ Shane ♥

My heart skipped beats.....

~ A magical gift ~

Hello dear friends!

As the title of this post says

"my heart skipped beats"

the day I received a wonderful parcel from

my dear blogging friend

Mary.

I have followed her lovely blog

A Breath of Fresh Air

for a few years.

She writes about her home and garden,

 her amazing travel exploits

often to quite remote destinations

An exquisite grey heart

and also about her visits

to antiquey shops/flea markety places

you know what I mean!!!

I've always wanted some fairy dust!

I left a comment on one of those posts

which sparked an idea for Mary

and the result was

this beautiful gift she sent me

quite out of the blue!

a beautiful collection of tags

vintage linen and exquisite bobbin lace

Everything in the parcel is divine,

telling me that over the years she

has got to know me very well!

 THANK YOU

dear Mary - you have filled my heart with

JOY
"I'm over the moon and dancing on air"!

So to celebrate - I'm joining these parties

Becky for Blissful Whites Wednesday

and

Michelle for Grey Dey Thursdey

WELCOME

to my new followers - it's lovely to meet you here!

 

Merci à bientôt
take care of one another!
 

♥ Shane ♥