THURSDAY FAVORITE THINGS BLOG HOP #218

Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop #218

Welcome.
Are you ready to party?
I am!!!
My favorite thing this week is my
Church Bazaar project...

Now it's time to get this party started.

THURSDAY FAVORITE THINGS BLOG HOP NO. 218

Welcome to the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. We invite you to link up and share your favorite post or a post about your favorite things.

We can't wait to see what you share!

Katherine- Katherines Corner || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Nina-Vintage Mama’s Cottage || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Debi- Surroundings by Debi || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Jas- All That’s Jas || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Erika- What Erika Wears || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Betty- My Cozy Corner || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Rina- I Thee Cook || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Rosemary- An Italian in My Kitchen || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’||

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A Santa Party

Hello everyone,

Today is the 2nd of December and I'm on a roll.  I've been a busy girl for the past couple of weeks. On November 21st we had our annual church bazaar. I am so impressed with the talented women we have attending our church. I wanted to highlight one talented lady. This is the story of  how these adorable Santas were made...

During the year this talented lady refurbishes and creates beautiful Santas.

The santas are found at yard sales and private collections.  The santa below has

a beautiful fur shawl.  One of the ladies at church donated her fur coat and Carol sewed a beautiful fur shawl for this precious santa...

Some of the santas start with just a head and Carol has patterns for making santa clothes and embellishments to add to the beautiful outfits she designs and sews.

Each santa is different and the price for one santa ranges from $10.00 to $40.00 dollars. 

I bought two small santas and I will be sharing them with you soon.
 I just love looking at all the detail on each santa. 

The detail on these santas is truly fabulous.

This is only a portion of the santas that were on sale at the bazaar. Simply amazing.

Well that's my santa party. I hope you enjoyed the santas and my friends talent. 

Joyously,

Betty 

Linking to:

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday 

Katherine's Corner for Thursday Favorite Thing 

A Delightsome Life for Home and Garden Thursday

Northern Nesting 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

Rustic and Refined for Table It Link Party - Sunday

 The Dedicated House for Make it Pretty Monday 

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday

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 

THURSDAY FAVORITE THINGS BLOG HOP #214

Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop #214

Welcome.
Are you ready to party?
I am!!!
My favorite thing this week is the lavender I grow in my garden.  Each year our church has a bazaar the weekend before Thanksgiving. I gather my lavender together and make bath salts adding a vintage silver spoon to the bottle. I make lavender sachets and sell bulk lavender by the scoop. As you can see LAVENDER is my favorite thing this week. If we had smell added to a blog post you would be smelling the beautiful clean aroma of my lavender right now.
To see more of my lavender GO HERE
Now it's time to get this party started.

THURSDAY FAVORITE THINGS BLOG HOP NO. 214

Welcome to the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. We invite you to link up and share your favorite post or a post about your favorite things.

We can't wait to see what you share!

Katherine- Katherines Corner || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Nina-Vintage Mama’s Cottage || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Debi- Surroundings by Debi || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Jas- All That’s Jas || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Erika- What Erika Wears || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Betty- My Cozy Corner || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Rina- I Thee Cook || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’|| Rosemary- An Italian in My Kitchen || Twitter || Pinterest || Facebook || Google + || Instagram || Bloglovin’||

Adding your link to this blog hop gives Katherine and her hostesses permission to share your posts and pictures via social media, on pinterest and as features on their blogs.

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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

Church Bazaar 2012

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to My Cozy Corner.

Each year, I prepare handmade items for our church's bazaar. 

My lavender items sold before I had a chance to take a photo of the bath salts in the basket. 

You can see some of the lavender bundles in the background and a few bath salts.

I love to make handmade dishcloths.

 I knit one dishcloth in a couple of hours while watching television in the evening.  

One lady bought all the dishcloths I had brought. I love use them in my kitchen, and I also give them away as hostess gifts wrapped around some jelly or a jar of flowers in the summertime. 

 Handmade Dishcloths are My Favorite Thing.

I had a few random ornaments around the house to sell.

The ladies would like me to bring more lavender next year. 

Handmade Christmas pins and Dept 56 ornaments.

Odds and Ends

'I Believe' Magic Christmas Dust is always a hit.  I put oatmeal in a baggie and sell it for one dollar. 

The small children spread it on their front lawn for the reindeer.  

Our little Anglican Church did very well at the bazaar this year. Our ACW...Anglican Church Women are
 very proud of our success.

Come and join me while I hop to some parties.
Tuesday 
Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Wednesday 
DIY by Design for Winter Blues Wednesday
Thursday
Stonegable for Tutorials Tips and Tidbits
Friday 
The Thrifty Groove for Thrifty Things Friday
Saturday 
Mockingbird Hill Cottage for Favorite Thing Saturday
Thank you so much for visiting today
Thanks for the comments.  I love to read them.
xo
Betty 

Come to a Church Bazaar!



Hello Everyone,

Welcome to the Church Bazaar.  I wanted to share with you a few things I made to sell at our Church Bazaar.  We are building a new church and the Women of the Anglican Church try to help raise funds for the little extras that go into building a new church.

Yarn by the bag and Potpourri in Martini and Margareta glasses

Pomegranate jelly made with the juice from our tree

It's a big seller

Printable Recipe here

Handmade paper ornaments

Handmade Christmas pins

Handmade greeting cards

My table at the Bazaar

Yard sale item to resale

Cute yard sale felt stockings and potholder

Homemade Banana and Zucchini bread

Busy! Busy! Busy!

I'm joining

Show and Tell Friday

Inspiration Friday

and

Foodie Friday

Thank you for visiting

xo

Betty