Lavender for Holiday Gifts

Hello everyone,

Gather your shopping bags it's almost Black Friday and we're all looking for the perfect gift to give family and friends this Holiday.  This year I made some handmade gifts from the lavender I grew in my garden this summer.  

Lavender sachets, lavender bath salts and bouquets of 16 inch lavender stems. (50 stems per bouquet) I have plenty of lavender left over to make soap and candles when the busy Christmas season is over.

Lavender Bath Salts♥

homemade bath salts and silver plate spoons from the thrift store. The bath salts are in a net bag with three sprigs of lavender tied on top...with a lavender ribbon. 

Lavender sachets are packaged in sheer net bags and linen bags. 

A lavender iron on transfer is used to decorate the linen bags and tea towels.

Have a great weekend and I will back soon to share with you my holiday decorations.

Joyously,
Betty

Linking to:

Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday 
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday 
Met Monday at Between Naps on the Porch
Mosaic Monday at Lavender Cottage

Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House

Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thur Life

Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style

~A French Lavender Heart~

Hello Everyone,

Let's have a tea party.  I've made the favors and the tea is brewing.

'Pink Perfection' is perfection. Don't you know and  I love Spring...  

Do I have a favorite season? Well,  I love each season.  They are all so different. 

 Especially being a gardener I'm always watching and  interested in the way my garden grows from year to year.

Now let's sit back and dream of being in a tea room filled with wonderful ladies.  They're visiting and eating delicious food and drinking the best tasting tea.  ~ I want a tea room~ whine!

  

I've been making these hearts for a couple of years now. 

 Since I have lavender in my garden I use the dried lavender blooms in the heart sachets.

I make the hearts in different fabrics and now I want to embellish them for a more professional look.

The back is covered in  red velvet and a satin ribbon for the hanger. The hearts are very versatile for decor, drawers or closets and  lavender has long been used as a pest control agent.  I love the smell of lavender in the bathroom too.

I'm getting so much joy from my 'Pink Willow' dishes.

  One of the best Christmas gifts I've given myself in a long time.

Sweetheart and I are very busy here at My Cozy Corner.  March is birthday month.  

My Sweetheart will be 70 years old on March 10th

My mother is going to be 91 years young on March 14th

Our son will be 48 years old on March 16th and his name is also Patrick.  I just couldn't resist naming him Patrick when he was born at 9:30 p.m. on the 16th. (I had meatloaf with a shamrock on the top and green jello in the hospital when he was born. It was meant to be). 

Also my Sister will be 68 years old. on March 25th. 

I hope she doesn't see that I put her age out there for the world to see.

My Sweetheart has two  friends having their birthday the same week as his and we are going to a brunch on Friday for the  guys. 

Sorry! I'm always playing around when I write a post.  Now let's see where was I.

Oh I remember... I made a card for my sister with the mosaic that's at the end of this post.  I love making handmade cards.  With the great printers and photo editing software out there, card making is so much fun. 

This set of 'Pink Willow' was made in England and I purchased a place setting for eight before Christmas from Tuesday Morning.  (If your new here...I work part-time at Tuesday Morning)  Wow!!! Do I have fun straightening everything.  After working as an accountant most of my adult life I  love working  with people.  I do the register most of the time and everyone is so sweet and kind to me.  Even if I'm slow.  But I'm accurate!  

  

Thank you so much for visiting My Cozy Corner.

I hope you have enjoyed our little soiree. 

I'm joining some awesome parties today.  Please come along.

A Stroll Thru Life for Table Top Tuesday

A Delightsome Life for a Return to Loveliness

Rose Chintz Cottage for Tea Time Tuesday 

Sweetology  for Tea Party Tuesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday
Bernideen's Tea Time Blog for Friends Sharing Tea  

A Delightsome Life for Home and Garden Thursday 
No Minimalist Here for Open House Thursday
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday
French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
How Sweet The Sound for Pink Saturday
and
The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday

Thanks again for becoming a follower and I love to read your comments.

xo

Betty

A Gift for Baby and New Mom

Hello Everyone!

Monday

 My favorite Day

This Saturday afternoon I went to a baby shower.  As you know I try to be thrifty. I belong to a large society of women and someone is having a birthday or a baby just about every month.  So I started making my gifts.

First is the basket.  Basket story~Sweetheart is at a yard sale and buys about 20 baskets for a ($1.00) dollar.  Now I have lots of baskets to give as gifts.

Next is a handmade lavender heart sachet to put under the new mom's pillow after the baby is born to help her sleep.

Soft and fragrant

Always nice to have a bow on the basket

Some Bath Salts with lavender for a good soak in the tub after delivery.

Last a handmade card with a little something $ so mom can buy whatever she wants for the new baby or herself.



Card stock and a photo of the wild violets in my garden and a scanner is the recipe for a handmade card.

A ribbon to hang the lavender sachet.

My favorite pastime!!! Making a Mosaic

I'm joining

The Little Red House for Mosaic Monday

The House in the Roses for Show Off Your Cottage

Boogieboard Cottage for Masterpiece Monday

Southern Hospitality for Thrifty Monday

xxoo

Betty

Thank you for visiting My Cozy Corner.

A Heart for Mom

Hello Everyone!!

I just came home yesterday from celebrating my Mother's 90th Birthday.

A Birthday party was held in my Mother's honor on Sunday afternoon. Her family gathered together and had lunch, gifts and a birthday cake.

My mother has two daughters, five grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. 

It was an inspiring afternoon to see everyone happy and healthy.

I made this heart for my mother. It is scented with lavender and she can smell the fresh fragrance every day.

I hung my mother's handmade heart from my china cabinet to see if the ribbon was long enough.



I also hung it from a table lamp in my living room.



I put it on my pillow

She loved it so much

I hope you enjoy a beautiful day

and

Thanks so much for visiting My Cozy Corner

I'm joining

A Stroll thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday

A Delightsome Life for A Return to Loveliness

and

Coastal Charm for Thrifty Tuesday

I have the heart for sale in my Etsy Store
Please take a look!!!!
xo
Betty



200 Lavender Sachets

What a week.  Home from a trip of a life time on Sunday. And on Monday I started making 200 lavender sachets for a convention I am attending tomorrow at 8:00a.m.  I was so grateful that I had my two granddaughters to help me. They are eight and ten.  My daughter just started a new job on Monday and needed some instant child care assistance for one week before school starts.  YES Grandma said OK. LOL.

Here they are hard at work.......

 

Beth is eight and can iron, thread the sewing machine and thread the bobbin.

Lexi is ten.  She sewed 200 hearts.  What a girl.

Stuffing!!

Stuffing!!

More Stuffing!!!!

All Done and it's Friday

Bless the sweet girls for helping Grandma the last week of summer.

 Hip Hip Hooray

Three Cheers for the girls

Thank you so much for joining me at My Cozy Corner

I am joining Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

PLEASE link back and enjoy more handmade crafts.

Please leave a comment and become a follower

xoxo

Betty