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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Thanksgiving Day Tea Time

Hello, everyone, 
Wow, we are fifteen days into November, and I wanted
to share my Thanksgiving Tea Time tablescape.
The beautiful flickering votive candle is the centerpiece
with the traditional Turkey and berries.
An Acorn teaspoon is symbolic of fall, and the
gold trimmed teacup and saucer are a
thrift store purchase. The dessert plate is
French Limoges. They look so similar I paired them
together for the elegant look of high tea. 

My sister and brother-in-law visited a few weeks ago, and they brought 
 a gift of gratitude to me. 
The oak leaf shaped white dish with gold trim and a salt and pepper
shaker in the shape of Acorns. I love the thought and the gift. Very cute.
Mr. Turkey is sparkling in the light of the candle. 
I found him at my favorite store "Tuesday Morning."
I have finished my 2018 Tea Time calendar, and it will be available on December 1st. 
One of these photos will be featured in November.
A mosaic to Pin
Hope you have a wonderful holiday,
and if you are traveling I will be praying for your
safety. See you soon.
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
Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend
How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes
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Sunday, November 12, 2017

November is Gratitude Month

Hello everyone,
November is gratitude month. Every day on Facebook I post what
I am grateful for. It is one the most rewarding ways to see
what is important to me in my life every day.  My family always tops
the list. Friends are on the gratitude list too.  
Gratitude has not always been natural for me to recognize.
 For years I was looking for something. More money, better home, better job.
 Today, in my opinion, seeking material things was a waste of time. I can say that today. 
At 76 years old, I want to savor every moment of the days I have remaining on this earth. 
Being in the state of gratitude keeps me in the now.  I live day by day. 
I move with ease through the day. Taking care of my emotional well being.
Enjoy my hobbies, planning healthy meals and feeling my best on a daily basis. 
Gratitude helps me see a situation in a way that lessens panic and opens up my
thinking to new solutions.
Every night as I rest in bed, I review my day and give thanks
for the blessings, I have received during the day.
Prayer and Meditation bring positive thoughts into
my brain before sleeping. 
Gratitude brings our mind from the negative to the positive.
We will be celebrating Thanksgiving.
Our country will celebrate gratitude for a free country.
Thank you for visiting 
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
Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend
How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

A Casual Tea Time

Hello everyone,
It's Tea Time again. 
I am putting the final touches on my 2018 Tea Time Calendar.

A decorative white teapot from Tuesday Morning and I am going 
to try and keep this new African Violet alive for more than a week. LOL!  
When I retired from work in 2007, I decided to collect tea sets. 
I wanted to have my lady friends over for tea and wanted to
set the table with matching tea sets. Now after all these years my love is
collecting a single teacup and saucer made in England.
But this tea set is one of my favorites, and I love
anything lavender. 
I have posted this tea set before. HERE and HERE
The tea set is discontinued  'Lavender' Archive Collectable Teas, Royal Albert, Bone China.
The milk glass vase is a candy dish given to me as a gift from 
a dear friend. She had many pieces of milk glass from her
father's estate. I am the proud recipient of the fabulous milk glass.
Lavender, lavender galore.
A mosaic to pin
Thank you for visiting My Cozy Corner.
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
Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend
How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes
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Friday, November 3, 2017

How to make a Sock Monkey

   Hello everyone, 
Hi, fellow bloggers. I'm delighted to be posting today. 
Happy to see November and some rain in this part of California.
  Yesterday I planted some pansies, knee-high
sweet peas and a red holly bush, and today we enjoyed a light rain. 
Now it is time to share my sock monkey project with you. 
I am such a procrastinator. I bought this sock monkey kit in 2012.
 Last week I finally put the eyelashes on MR. MONKEY. 
The adoption decree isn't filled out, but I am the proud guardian of
this precious wee sock monkey.
I am going to admit I have wanted to make a sock monkey forever. 
At the ripe old age of 76, I finished my first sock monkey. I am trying to
finish all the projects started in the last few years. Scrapbooking is also on the list
I love MR. MONKEY'S eyelashes and black button eyes.
The kit included two Rockford Red Heel, socks.
One sock is cut to make the different parts of the monkey. 
The ears, mouth, arms, and tail are one sock.
The other sock is the head. Body and two legs. The sock is turned inside out, and a line
is drawn to the heel.  The two legs are sewn and then cut apart. A small hole
is left to add the stuffing.  The sock is turned right side out and stuffed with batting.
After stuffing the head is tied at the neck with a string and hole is sewn shut.
The kit includes embroidery thread to sew the mouth, ears, arms, body, tail, and eyelashes. Also
the kit includes the black felt for the nose.
I found a friend for MR. MONKEY  at Tuesday Morning. 
The small monkey was a Christmas tree ornament, but
he is now MR. MONKEY'S best friend. I also knitted
him a new red scarf too.
They both have found a new home in the dining room on the wicker chair.
I made some new blue and white checkered pillows for fall. 
When I decorate for Christmas, I will have red plaid pillows
in the chairs.  I am sure MR. MONKEY loves his new family.
I sure love him and loved making him too.


A mosaic to pin.

Thank you for visiting, and I hope you have enjoyed
my monkey tale. 
Joyously,
Betty 
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
Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend
How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes
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Sunday, October 8, 2017

October Tea Time

Hello everyone,
Pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins. I just love pumpkins. 
It's time for another tea time. October is so amazing. The colors are
warm, but the weather is cool. When I started styling my tea time tablescape
I used my new tea towel. Pumpkins and sunflowers embroidered on a white linen background. 
My orange velvet pumpkin adds softness to my design. 
Radfords Fenton England"The Gatineau"Tea Cup and Saucer
Made in England.
Sedum Autumn Joy is in full bloom in my garden this month.  I
adore the color and texture of sedum.  A small crock is used
to keep the photo in the 8 x 10 frame for my calendar page.
A pumpkin napkin holds my handmade sparkly autumn leaf napkin.  
My flower chintz teacup and saucer with gold trim is so perfect for the fall season.

It is so difficult to choose a favorite style.

I love to create a mosaic for my Pinterest board PIN IT 
Have a great week.  I hope to be back soon.
Joyously,
Betty 
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
Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend
How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes 

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Sunflower Tea Time






Hello everyone,
It's been awhile since I have written a post.  If this is your first time visiting,
I love to write about tea time, traveling and family.  A few years ago, I would 
cook and bake up a storm, but my husband has diabetes and sugar has been removed
from our diet.  I have been publishing a tea time every month this year to 
use for my 2918 Tea Time calendar coming on sale in November.
This month is all about Sunflowers. I found the beautiful Sunflowers at the grocery store, and I have my favorite place in my dining room for tea time photography.  The tea table is covered with a vintage tablecloth from the thrift store.
The Franciscan teacups and saucers are a thrift store find also. 
The Sunflower napkin rings are from the thrift store. My great-grandmother's
tea spoon is ready to stir a cup of tea.  I love to find great vintage items and bring
them home to treasure for my lifetime. Our dining room faces the South, and the
bright sun is not the natural light I would love to use for my calendar,
 so I use the cafe curtains while I photograph Tea Time.

The French Country teapot I purchased in Brookings, Oregon while  I 
was touring the Oregon Coast during 2008. 
I have a little news about our weather.  We had a shower of rain last Thursday, and
the fires and smoke are much less this week.  The triple-digit temperatures are
 gone for a week or so.    Forcast is beautiful weather for the first day of Autumn
on September 22, 2017.

Thanks for visiting My Cozy Corner
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
Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend
How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes 
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Sunday, September 3, 2017

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
Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend
How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes 
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