A Couple of Birthday Gifts to Share

 You know that everyday is special

but

a day can feel even more special when friends

want to share your Birthday with them!

by sending and giving me a string of cards

and a few special gifts

like these! 

A dear little altered box filled with all number

of things like

these beautiful soldered pendants

and charms as well as some

beautiful vintage 

photo frames.

These came from dear Marie

at Lost Bird Studio

Marie knows that I am creating a journal of collaged pages

and tags which I have collected from many blogging

friends

and 

Marie has created the beautiful "Friends" bezel

for me to incorporate on the cover.

Thank you so very much Marie for thinking of me!

She is a darling and knows just the images that I love!

♥♥♥

Now we all know that books give us so much inspiraton

  for our creativity so no doubt

I'm going to love these!

♥♥♥

A beautiful cloche sitting on a decorated tin base

- another gift from Maggie

in which I have for the moment placed this most precious

vintage shawl and on top of which is one 

of Marie's pendants.

Now there is a story which came with this from my dear friend,

Rosemary (of some 46 years).

The shawl(which is almost like gossamer!)

belonged to her favourite Auntie (her mother's older sister)

and

it was kept with her lace wedding dress so Ro

assumes it may have been her Auntie's wedding day shawl which

she says is over 80 years old! 

Just how special is that - a true treasure!

I feel so blessed to receive such an amazing piece of the

finest knitting I have ever seen!

♥♥♥

Have you ever seen one of these?

Well it happens to be a "dibbler" - an instrument

which has been turned from some red gum timber

for using in planting seeds -

what more could a garden enthusiast want???

Such a thoughtful gift from Jenny.

A stunning cheese plate with cover so beautifully fashioned

with scrolls and leaves with silver plating

and sitting next to it is this most amazing hand fashioned angel

doll created so incredibly by my very talented doll artist and dear friend, Dorthe

at www.denlillelade.blogspot.com

So please pay these girls a visit and view their creations.

You will not be disappointed I assure you - anything but!

Their work is truly inspirational!!!

and both are so gifted!

And here she sits watching over me looking so elegant now

with her pearls over her cream and beige laces, ribbons

and tuille with the sweetest blue eyes 

and feather like

hair.

My heartfelt gratitude Dorthe - she's just adorable

and so special!

Now, I had to show you this very special gift from my friend,

Jo in New Zealand 

This special gift which she organized will go to a family in 

East Timor to provide them with a Watering can, one of the gardening implements 

which may help them in growing a healthy and stable diet to

avoid the incidence of malnutrition.

This is organized through Oxfam who work with 

Movimento Co-operativo Economico Agricola

to assist the people in East Timor with self sufficiency.

My Birthday Card message to you all is above!

Have a fantastic week full of adventure

and creativity!

Thank you for all of your kind wishes and

comments as well as a warm welcome

to all my new followers!!!

Love, Suzyxxx