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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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.

An InLinkz Link-up

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May Garden Journal 2015

Hello everyone, 

Sweetheart and I have been busy finishing up our living room and master bedroom update. Saturday we hung our new sheers in the living room and on Monday we hung our artwork in the living room and bedroom. And then we (two 70+) non techies hooked our DVD to our television and hooked the tape deck, CD player to the receiver and hooked four speakers to the receiver... Three hours later we were finished.  Our daughter came down just as we were finishing up  and invited us to have dinner at her house, It was so pleasant to eat dinner and not do any dishes. Sweetheart and I were entertained by their two new puppies that have just joined the family. The total dog count in now FOUR. I love dogs as long as they belong to someone else. LOL!!! 

As they say "Now you know the rest of the story" LOL
Now to get to this month's garden journal. To see how the garden has grown from last month go here.

The May garden has a variety of blooming flowers, herbs and vegetables. As you can see the lavender is ready to harvest. 

My newest rose is Cherish a florabunda and has 28 petals per bloom.

The purple spike flowers are called Veronica. 

Foxglove 

A Christmas Amaryllis is blooming. When the Amaryllis is finished blooming at Christmas time I bring the bulbs outside and plant them in my garden. In the spring they bloom and multiply every year. Give them a try... 

It's lavender harvest time. I have seven plants this size.

 Christmas bazaar projects this fall.  

I have Grosso lavender and it is so fragrant.

I use Alyssum as ground cover in my rose beds and as borders in other beds.

My new love this year is the Hosta. I have a big shade tree and my hostas love the space. Nice and cool. This is my first hosta bloom 

~ I am in Love~

Blooming artichokes. Last month we cooked the small artichokes from our other plant. This plant is going to bloom into a beautiful purple thistle 

The grapes are going to be very tasty and plentiful.

Yarrow is the most beautiful yellow.

Last year after the Rose Tour was over, my friend gave me several miniature rose bushes. This one is called candy cane and it is the sweetest climber.

I hundreds of plants, but my hydrangeas are so beautiful. I have lived in my house for over 45 years and I have had hydrangeas in oak barrels and two years ago I planted two hydrangeas in this bed. The big tree that's shades the hostas is also shading this bed. I think this is going to be a successful endeavor.

I plan to dry some blooms for a bouquet to put in the living room this summer. 

Always a mosaic to remember the moment.

Hopefully I will get the tripod out next week and take some photos of our living room update. 

Hope you have a nice sunny weekend.

Joyously,

Betty

Linking to:

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 

The ROSEGARDEN for Showoff Saturday

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday

Rustic and Refined for Table It Link Party - Sunday 

Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home

Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday

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

Lavender Tea for One

Hello everyone, 

I couldn't resist taking more photos of my lavender centerpiece. I took the lavender into the house and set the arrangement on my small table in the dining room with one of my Lavender tea cups and saucer. Check out the centerpiece for my 'Summer Lavender Tea' here.

This cup and saucer is part of a set I found at an antique store.

 'Lavender' Archive Collectable Teas, Royal Albert, Bone China.

The tea cup and saucer post is one of the top ten most favorite posts of  all time.
The post featuring the complete set is here.

The fresh lavender is so wispy and feathery in the vintage white pitcher.

Hope you have a wonderful week.

Thanks for visiting My Cozy Corner.
Linking to:

Rose Chintz Cottage for Tea Time Tuesday
A Delightsomelife for A Return to Loveliness
Artful Affirmations for Tea Cup Tuesday
Marthas Favorites for Tea Cup Tuesday
Bernideens for Tea in the Garden
Jan  Olson for Share Your Cup Thursday
The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home
Joyously,
Betty