Tea Time Tuesday ~ Special Tea COZY Giveaway~~

Hello To all my Tea Tuesday Friends!

I am so happy you have stopped by and please

do NOT leave without leaving a comment so that

you can enter my 2 day only, special

Tea Cozy Giveaway!

I honestly LOVE to give. Really I do.

So I wanted to do a special 2 day giveaway to those

who leave me comments on this Tea Tuesday Post.

I will then pick a name from my comments

on Wednesday evening and let you all

know who the special winner is.

I make tea cozy's to sell in my etsy shop.  And

because I love roses, many of my cozy's are

done up in pretty decorator fabrics that have roses.

I also create a unique PIN that coordinates with

each cozy...the pin can either stay with the cozy

or be used in other ways in your home.

It is truely more blessed to give than to recieve!!!

This lovely cozy is in a soft sage background with

creams, peachy pinks and golds. It also comes with a tiny

pull on top.

I use a medium weighted batting between my

outer and inner fabric to help keep your steeping

pot of tea warm just a little longer.

Measures approximately 13"x9".

I have placed this lovely cozy with a

sweet vignette of a Christmas Tea Cup and

lovely Rose Ceramic tea pot.

Please be sure to visit my sweet hostess

Sandi at RoseChintzCottage

to

visit the other Tea Tuesday participants.

Again...don't for get to leave a comment if

you'd like to be entered into my giveaway!

Be blessed!

Lorena

HAPPY THANKSGIVING My Dear Blogging Friends

In my busy preparation for tomorrows festivites I wanted

to stop and make sure I wished those who are

loved and so dear a very Happy and Blessed

THANKSGIVING!

I am hosting my hubby's nephew, wife and their 2 young children

whom we adore.  My daughter is going with her cuz to

the Detroit, Lion's game and then dinner will be home

afterwards!

I've been making the pre-snack goodies and setting my table!

I thought I'd take a few quick pictures for you to see

my simple Thanksgiving fare!

My center piece consist of a few Pilgrims and Turkeys...

because if it weren't for those 1st pilgrims we would NOT

be celebrating and giving thanks.

I also wanted to share my Stoneware that I use for

this holiday.  This was what I picked out 24 years ago

and I still love it...

Pattern...Mikasa's

Whole Wheat Jardiniere.

I have 13 complete placesettings but

since we have just a few I am keeping things

simple.

Also, over the years I have collected odd

silver/silverplated forks, spoons, knives and many

miscellaneous serving pieces.  I love

mixing and matching.

May the GOOD Lord Bless you and your's!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Lorena

Tea Time Tuesday ~ Sweet Friendship~

Happy Tea Tuesday Dear Friends!

Today I am joining my wonderful hostess

Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage!

Sandi I so appreciate the time you take each week to

prepare and make this such a fun Tuesday event.

There are also links on my sidebar to other Tea Events...
please check them out.

My post today is all about Friendship.

I have a dear friend Mary who is 83yr old.  She had hand surgery
4 weeks ago and could not drive so last Wednesday

I took her to her Dr appointment.  Then afterwards was
shopping and lunch...2 kindred spirits and LOVE

to shop, so dangerous! lol. 
My Tea goodies I am sharing today are 

from a little consignment shop Mary spied nearby where

she lives and hadn't yet had a chance to visit!
I was HAPPY to oblidge.

So the story starts when I spied this darling Demi

Cup/Saucer...  I could tell it was hand painted and when
I turned it over...it said lefton!

Snagged it for a little over $2!!! Can you believe that?

Being a painter myself of roses I do have a HUGE appreciation

of other mediums and handpainted roses.

This darling cup SPOKE to me!!!

Tucked it into my lil Butlers Pantry shelf.

But it didn't stop there...as we walked through the

consignment shop, I saw this amazing tray.  Now, usually these tray

are so out of my price range that I just have to admire and move

on...but when I saw the price on this jewel...well

for $10 it came home with me!

JACKPOT...again this is another collection I have

because I adore the hand painting on them.

For now, I decided to keep it in my kitchen so I could gaze at

its beauty as well as the colors on it go so well in my kitchen.

Those were my 2 lil goodies I snagged, I used refrain

as I have so much.  But, there's more to my

story.  When I went home with Mary we began to look around her

home.  She has the most darling apartment that is just full of charm.

(I did a post early this year  so be sure to check it out here, if you wish.)

So she takes me to her 2nd bedroom and shows me

3 darling lil demi cups

and a gorgeous small tea set that was her mothers!

Of course I oooooh and aweeeeed over them and then...

 she wanted me to take this blue chintzy one home with me.

Squeal!!!!

I was so tickled...this is marked Occupied Japan.

Does anyone know about this type of Chintz?

I'd really love to know more.

In finishing up today, I looked up some wonderful Bible verses

all friend related that I wanted to share!

  I have been so blessed by treasured friendships.

I just love how GOD brings poeple into our lives when

we need it the most! He certainly has done that for me.

A faithful friend is the medicine of life.

Ecclesiasticus 6:16

A friend loveth at all times.

 Proverbs 17:17

This is my commandment, that ye love one another,

even as I have loved you.

Greater love hath no man than this,

that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:12-13

May you be blessed today!

Happy Tea!

Lorena

Christmas From My Studio

Hi Sweet Friends!

I know so many are like me and LOVE

to create during this time of the year.  Creating

is so fulfilling and lets me express so much of

who I am.

I want to invite you to my ETSY shop where

I am offering 20% off on your entire order!

Please stop by even just to say HI!!!

Also, if interested, be sure to click my

EBAY auction links to see what Christmas

and other goodies I have to offer!

I have created a collage of the many items I have

been creating and selling!

Have a blessed day!

Lorena

Tea Time Tuesday

Happy TEA Tuseday Sweet Friends!

Its Tuesday already? Wow, where did my week go?

I am going to keep my post very simple today and

just share a few Tea goodies that I have tucked in my

Parlor Living Room (as I call it).

First Off, I wanted to share  a matching Teapot and

Teacup/Saucer.  THIS IS MY MOST Favorite set

of all my tea goodies.  A special Christmas gift

from my youngest sister.  I LOVE the shape of this teapot!

Oh do you see the tiny chip on the saucer? Unfortunately this

arrived at my home in pieces...but I couldn't throw it away, so

I painstakenly glued it back together and now its for display.

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Last off, another gift from a friend who knew I loved anything

to do with tea.  When she found this she knew it was for me!

So if you have a clear tea cup and want a great idea

for how a craft...isn't this a great one?

I took pictures for you to see the different angles and

all the goodies that is tucked on top and all around!

And...even a tea bag and lil spoon...nothing let out

on this darling tea cup!

Cute spoon, huh?

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

My sweet hostess is Sandi over at

ROSE CHINTZ Cottage.

Be sure to go over and see the other Tuesday

Tea Time partcipants! A fun day for all!

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Nehmiah 8:10b

The JOY of the Lord is my Strength...

Ps 34:1,2

 I will bless the Lord at all times:

His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord:

the humble shall hear and be glad.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy TEA everyone!

Lorena

What I've Been UP to...and...What's NEW Coming from my Studio

Hi Sweet Friends in Blogland!

Oh my....

to say I have been busy is an understatement.

Not much blogging time either...have you missed me?

Just a little FYI before I get going to catch you all up...

hubby and I just took a very nice 3 day

trip to Chicago for a fact finding trip. ALL Expenses paid!!!

We were treated very well, fed like kings and enjoyed

ourselves immensly!

The company he is working for is now in the process of

relocating their Fort Wayne, IN offices/plant to the

Chicago area.  The may happen some time next summer.  So those

employees that they want to join them in Chicago have been

given the opportunity to visit Chicago, hear more about their

plans and then spend the day with a realtor to see the area

and what housing is like there...

Oh so much going on, yet no decisions can be made

yet till we recieve their relocation packages to see what

it will mean. That is coming soon?

Now, can you see what I mean about so MUCH going on?

Okay...on to other goodies, like what I have been doing

in my studio.  I have been sharing with you what I do

with my time during the days as I love to CREATE!

My juices really flow during this time especially as I

LOVE Christmas!

Here are some of my newest offering in my etsy shop or what

I am listing on ebay right now!

A Set of PINK Glittered Stars with Vintage Chandy!

At auction on ebay right now!

Sweet Victorian Girl Images on a

Heart that have been decorated and also a vintage

chandy, as well! In my etsy shop!

My NEWEST designs...SPOON Ornies!!!

I created a unique way to reuse old spoons and

embellished them with my clay roses! oh a

a small chandy crystal too!

All at auction on ebay!

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting with me.

I so appreciate  each and every one of my sweet

blogging friends!  Some days you are my only

life line to the REAL world.  Do many of you

feel that way too?

Wishing you all a blessed week!

Lorena

Tea Time Tuesday

A LOVE for all things TEA..

related that is.

Welcome to my Tea Post for this week!

So glad you have stopped by for a visit!

I wanted to share today not your ordinary

Tea Cup or Teapots this time.

Over the years, I have collected,created and been

gifted many Unique Tea related items.

Would you like to see some?

On the left you will a tea cup filled with my hand made roses

and sweet lil birdy sitting atop...a created goodie I made from a

cup that had been my hubby's mom.  Sentimental me just had

to find a way to keep this cherished cup in a new way.

Then...

my lovely teapot, that I LURRRV the roses on its front,

is

a melting pot with a cut out in back for my votive candle.

see the front?

See the back?

Oh and the sweet lil birdie amongst my roses...too tweet!

Then I have 3 tea pots to show you

...each very unique in their own way...

The glass one w/the pretty blue flower is a Paper Weight,

the tiny gold tea pot is a Placecard holder

and

the silver one is a real loose Tea Strainer!

Cool, huh?

Last, I wanted to share two sweet ornies that

were gifted me.  The sweet teapot is from MudPie and

the tea cup is connected and so you can hang it.

I love unusual things that flow out of a Love or collection.

I have been so blessed by friends and loved ones who know what I love and

are so thoughtful when they give them to me.

But I want you to know this about me is;

these are just Things...pretty things,

things to treasure and hold for now.

More important to me than all the *things*

I could aquire in my life tho,

is the knowledge of knowing the love of

my Father God.

I have been truly Blessed.

I have felt a love so deep and pure that the

 trials I have been through these

past 3 years would have counted

for nothing, if HE wasn't by my side.

I have known a quietness which I did not understand

and

learned to wait upon my Lord when

I did not know what more would go wrong.

I have seen His answers to prayers.

And wondered...

but known all along

He loves me and has been by my side. 

May you have a blessed day!

Lorena

Tea Time Tuesday ~ **Timeless Treasures** ~

Welcome My Friends!

Timeless Treasures!

That speaks to me...in today's busy world

many times things of years gone by are just cast off,

given away, trashed or found in thrift stores and flea markets.

Now, don't get me wrong...I am so glad many times

for those *cast off* because they become MY

newest treasures.

The sentimental girl in me walks around my home and

the memories just flood me.  A special tea cup, from a loved one,

plate of roses, found at a thrift store, a beloved

sewing machine filled with treasures, but the sewing machine

was hubby's grandma.

These treasures SPEAK to me.

I was gifted many years ago with a book by

Emily Barnes called...Timeless Treasures.

The amazing paintings are by Sandy Lynam Clough!

Just looking at the gorgeous illustrations in this book

makes my heart sing.  I think because it best illustrates

who I am inside.

I am going to share a few of the pictures with you!

Aren't these just lovely?

If you love beautifully written and illustrated books,

then this is a must have!!!

Also in keeping with my timeless treasure theme...

I was looking around my home and decided to share how

I have incorporated, broken, chipped, mis-matched or

displaced tea goodies in my home.

I have wired sweet tea cups that have lost their saucer mates!

This was a fun way to decorate up a plain brass

candleaubra in my dining room.

I took a teapot with a chipped  lid and spout and created

a unique pin cushion.  I used laces, ribbon and my own

hand made clay roses to bring out this once

cast off's beauty.

Then there's this sweet Tea Cup Candle holder that I

created out of a mis-matched set.  They both have very

similar patterns but didn't go togethers..yet now they do.

I wanted to share these with you because I believe I am

like these castoffs.  I have so many chips, cracks and

have felt unwanted at times.  Yet, in the eyes of my maker and

creator...I can take those imperfections and

create something brand new.

I believe that is what GOD has given me through the

gift of salvation in Jesus. When God works

his amazing power in us...we who once were

chipped, cracked and discarded are

made new, prettied up and become

TIMELESS Treasures!

2 Corinthians 4:7:

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

that the excellency of the power may be of God,

and not of us.”

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lorena

Please visit my sweet hostes Sandi @
Rose Chintz Cottage
you will NOT be disappointed in visiting
all the other lovely tea post!

Market Monday at Etsy Cottage Style ~ Sharing Creativity

Hi Friends!

I am part of a wonderful group of sellers  on etsy who

work together to help each other sell there

items.  One of the wonderful ways we do this is

called Market Monday's.  Just click

to see or also click on my sidebar.
 I have made it easy

for you to visit us there as well.

The first Monday of the

month we collectively put our names and sights

down for all to visit, shop and see.

I am sure with the Holidays just creeping closer and closer

you wont want to miss out on the talented gals

in this group and what they have to offer.

I have also been a busy gal and have gotten many

goodies listed in my ebay and etsy sights.

Ebay has made it less expensive right now so I am

taking advantage of this.

Both sights have links to them on my sidebar!

Also, I am offering 10% OFF your entire order in my

etsy shop.  So...come on over and browse.

One of my signature *Crystal Heart* Ornies, I have

added a darling girl angel image!

Most all of my auctions are starting at $9.99!

SNOWFLAKES, glittery and with roses!

Framed Art...I love  Jeweled Christmas Trees and have

made my version of them, using of course, my Clay Roses!

Sugared Heart Rose Clusters w/Crystals!

So there you have a peek at a few of my listings this week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a GREAT Week everyone!

Blessings...Lorena