Labor Day Celebration and More

Hello everyone,

Heat and Smoke are the themes for this week.  We have 

had triple digit temperatures for over two weeks, and now

we are surrounded by fires.  It is so bad we can

smell the smoke in our house. But we don't have it as

bad as Texas.  I want to send prayers to everyone, who is 

suffering from the devastation of the Hurricane. 

My other prayers are for everyone traveling on this

long holiday weekend. 

At the beginning of this summer, I decorated our patio with a 

patriotic theme.  I received "God Bless America" patriotic

plaque for my birthday in June. 

Fourth of July I decorated my swing and lounge chair with

a Stars and Stripes comforter and shams. 

My granddaughter and I made two pillows from scarfs I found at

Walmart.  I taught my granddaughter how to put a zipper in the

bottom of the each pillow. I have noticed sewing for young girls

is not taught in our public schools.  The art of sewing is

an art I wish was still encouraged as an elective in

high school.  

Thanks for joining me today.

Joyously,

Betty 

Linking to:

Rustic and Refined for Dishing It and Dishing It

Love of Home for Sunday at Home 

Normandy Life for Mosaic Monday

 The Dedicated House for Make it Pretty Monday 

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday
Tuesday Cuppa at Antiques and Tea Cups

Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

Our Home Away from Home for Tuesdays at our Home

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday 

The Dedicated House for Before and After Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday 

Katherines Corner for Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop

Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life 

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday
Thoughts of Home at Poofing the Pillows

The Essence of Home for  Show Your Style Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes 

Happy Holiday

Hello everyone,

Hope you are having a Happy and Safe Holiday.

We are getting our patio ready for our

family reunion the first weekend in June.
I've hung my Summer Wreath and my
American Flag and now I am ready
to celebrate the glory of our
wonderful country this Monday.

GO HERE to see this wreath last Summer.
I've transformed my wreath to serve the

Patriotic theme for May, June, July and August

Memorial Day

Flag Day

4th of July 

and

Labor Day

I love the Blue and Pink color combination.

Three little flags to add to my Summer holiday theme.

A mosaic to pin

Thanks for visiting today and again 

have a great holiday.

Joyously,

Betty 

Linking to

Rustic and Refined for Dishing It and Dishing It
Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday

 The Dedicated House for Make it Pretty Monday 

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday
Tuesday Cuppa at Antiques and Tea Cups

Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

No Place Like Home at Rose Chintz Cottage 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday 

The Dedicated House for Before and After Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday 

Katherines Corner for Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop

Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life 

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday
Thoughts of Home at Poofing the Pillows

The Essence of Home for  Show Your Style Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes

Friend's House for the 4th

Hello everyone,

Another day to be grateful for the wonderful country we live in. On Saturday evening Sweetheart and I were invited to our friend's house to watch the city fireworks celebration. Our friend has the most beautiful home on the bluffs overlooking our city.  The garden is perfection. Statues and a fountain and other garden decor are placed in different spots around the garden. I hope you enjoy the evening.

The deck looking down to the garden.

A view of the back of the house.

I love the terraces and the beautiful black iron work on the deck.

I want this bird house in my garden.

What a great idea for gazing balls.

One of the guest's brought a fabulous cake.  She found the idea on the internet.  I love the blue bed for the stars. I researched this recipe and it takes five cakes to get the different colors to make this one cake. I love it so much I would love to bake one.  Someday maybe I will. Lol~

This cake was a show stopper!!!

Now on to the finale for the evening. Around ten o'clock the fireworks show started and lasted around thirty minutes. It's amazing to watch the beautiful fireworks in the beautiful garden of a dear friend. We are so blessed.

A mosaic for memories of fabulous evening.

The month of July has started with a BANG!

Thanks so much for visiting and please come back soon.

Joyously,

Betty 

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday

Tweak it Tuesday at Cozy Little House

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday 

4th of July Party

Happy 4th of July everyone,

I've been playing this week with my granddaughters. We have been shopping for summer clothes for their trip to Hawaii in a couple of weeks. The two girls that live here are going to meet their two cousins that live in So Cal for a week's vacation in Maui. I told them they only need a bathing suit and shorts, but they want MORE.  Before we went shopping one of my granddaughters helped me photograph this blog post.

I found two flag bandanas at Wal Mart for $1.97 each. They are 21 x 21 each. I made this pillow to celebrate the 4th of July.  

I have some pink lemonade ready to drink. 

This pillow I made from a banner I bought at the dollar tree and for the back of the pillow I used a piece of the tablecloth I used on my patio swing pillow.HERE

Flag plates and red flatware are ready for a snack.

A little a festive decoration on the patio for the 4th of July.

My flag tray and a bouquet of red, white and blue flowers from my garden. While we were taking these photos the temperature was almost 110 degrees at eleven o'clock in the morning. My granddaughter and I had perspiration running down our brows...but we kept clicking. LOL!

I hope you are safe this holiday and have a wonderful 4th of July celebration.

We are so blessed to live in a beautiful and free country.

Thank you for visiting My Cozy Corner today.

Joyously,

Betty

Linking to: 

  Patriotic Party
Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday 

No Minimalist Here for Show Your Style Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday 
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday 

4th of July

After

Happy 4th of July! 

Hello everyone, 

I wanted to share with you my quick and easy holiday wreath.  I simply used  my existing summertime wreath and added some flags from the Dollar Tree for my 2012 4th of July tablescape.  HERE.

Starting off with my Summertime Wreath. HERE

Before 

Something magical about Red White and Blue. I love my country.

Burlap and flags... How American is that? Perfect in my book*

~Here she is in all her Glory~

Saturday afternoon I will pluck the flags out of the wreath and put them in storage until Labor Day. Ta Da...

Have a safe and happy holiday.

I love my freedom and I love my country.

Hope you enjoyed my DIY 4th of July wreath.

Thanks for visiting My Cozy Corner.
Linking to:
French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell
The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday
Joyously,
Betty 

4th of July

Hello everyone, 

It's JULY 4th, 2013 and HOT! HOT! HOT! 

Our temperature here yesterday was 116 degrees and today is was only 113 degrees. 

All I can say is Wow! 

The kitchen update is finished and I'm in the process of putting the dishes away.  I will be back to blogging more frequently in a couple of weeks.

I would love to share a popular post from 2010.

AN OLD FASHION 4TH OF JULY PARTY

What better way to spend 4th of July than the Old Fashion Way.

Cupcakes and Pink Lemonade

Setting the table with Red, White and Blue

'Ingrid Bergman' 'Crystalline' 'Delphinum'

I think canning jars are so Old Fashion 

 Red and White stripe star plates I found at Michael's Craft for a $1.00  each

  

   

The napkin rings I bought from K-Mart. $4.99 for four.  I love them and the monogram napkins I've had for a couple of years.

Cupcakes are perfect for the 4th of July. And my granddaughters love them too.

Pink Lemonade is a Winner too.

This fun tray is another thrifty find and is so perfect for the 4th of July.  It's great to catch the drips from the jar of Pink Lemonade.

Our family has a great time spending time in the patio and enjoying Cupcakes and Pink Lemonade.

 My favorite thrifty find.

Please join me for a tour of these awesome blogs.

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday

Stonegable for Tutorials Tips and Tidbits

Thank you so much for dropping over to see my Old Fashion 4th of July Party

It is so great to have you enjoy the fun.

Please leave a comment and become a follower

Betty

Have a great weekend