I've Been Featured - Julie's Little House

Yesterday I got up and had a nice surprise - I found out that I was being featured on Julie's Little House as one of her favorite blogs.  I was just as flattered as could be.

Julie is doing a series where she's been introducing blogger's to some of her favorite blogs.  Isn't that a great idea?  I was surprised to see that I already follow some of the blogs she's recommending.  That means we've both got good taste, right?

Julie and I have become good blogging friends and I always enjoy reading about the things she's doing.  She's recently retired, and when she's not cooking up something mouth watering in the kitchen she enjoys knitting, takes beautiful pictures, likes to garden, and always has something interesting to say.  We share a mutual love of Pyrex and comfy porches.  Oh, she lives in Canada too.

So please stop over there and say hi.  I think you'll start following her if you do because you'll quickly see why I like her so much.

Thanks for featuring me Julie.  That was so sweet and made my day!

Julie's Little House Give Away

Two weeks ago I won a giveaway over at Julie's Little House.  Julie has a fun blog where she shares her passions for cooking, knitting, gardening and fixing up old furniture.  She also has another blog, Dinner at Julie's that you are going to want to visit.  She puts together some yummy looking meals with great photos.  I may just have to make a trip to Ontario with my fork and spoon and knock on her door in time for dinner!

Anyway, this is what I won...

The raspberry & cream shortbread cookies are really good.  I love raspberry anything and these are fantastic!

I was anxious to try the Lady Grey tea.  Practically all I drink is tea - iced tea, hot tea, tea that's been sitting on my stove for 2 days.  However, I usually only drink plain, Lipton tea, not flavored with anything.  I tend to shy away from flavored teas.  The Lady Grey is a delicate blend of black tea with bergamot, lemon peel and orange peel.  I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was.  Looks like I'll be switching up my tea assortment a little.

I haven't decided what I'm going to use the pretty cup and saucer for yet.  I'm open to suggestions.

The final, and my personal favorite, was the silver tray.  It's the perfect size to sit on my dresser and display my shell jewelry pieces.   Some of you probably recognize the jewelry because it's all hand made by my good friend Della, over at Del's Shells.  Isn't the tray perfect for holding my jewelry?

Thank you Julie for a fun give away!  Be sure to stop by and say hi to her at Julie's Little House.

Helping a Fellow Blogger

Many of you know Brenda from over at Cozy Little House blog.  She has a charming blog, full of interesting things and gorgeous photos.  Recently Brenda took a nasty fall and broke her ankle.  Unfortunately, that resulted in surgery and lots of medical bills.  Plus, she's going for be laid up for a few months.

Julie, over at Julie's Little House came up with a really great idea to help Brenda cover some of her medical bills.   Julie is selling some of her vintage items and donating the profits to Brenda to help defray some of her medical bills.  If you're interested in helping out, hop over to Julie's blog, read about what she's doing, and make a purchase if you like.

Brenda, here's to a speedy, and full, recovery!