ICED TEA & A COOL GIVEAWAY!

READY FOR A SUMMERTIME GIVEAWAY?

DID YOU KNOW JUNE IS NATIONAL ICED TEA MONTH?

WHAT,  JUNE IS ALMOST OVER?

HEY, WE HAVE THE HOTTEST DAYS AHEAD,

WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED!

The folks at

and

purveyor of fine tea products offered me the opportunity 

to review their tea and to offer a nice giveaway to my friends.

We all know tea has been around since Methuselah was a baby.

 Early cookbooks from England and America indicate that tea cold tea has been served at least since the early nineteenth century. Those beverages were green tea punches and heavily spiked with liquor. The oldest printed recipes were made with green tea and not the black tea normally used for iced tea today. 

One of those olden punches was Savannah's own "Chatham Artillery Punch". Chatham being the name of the county in which Savannah is located.

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I chose to try and review The Green Tea, Peach and Nectarine

family sized teabags for iced tea.

I was not compensated for my review.  I did receive their product to test and review. The assessment is my own opinion.

Bob and I loved this iced tea. We KNOW iced tea! If you are from Georgia, you love iced tea and peaches. Additionally we love nectarines.

Not only was this refreshingly delicious but you could get a whiff of the aroma of peaches and nectarines. I don't know how they did that!

If their other products are as good as this, you are in for a treat!

Salada also has an extensive line of Wellness Green Teas

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They have given you the opportunity to win!

Click On The Picture to take you to the site for the store locator!

A box of 100 Red Rose full bodied original black tea bags.

And for those steamy days!

A box of 18 "New" Salada Raspberry flavored, green tea, for 

Iced Tea family sized bags.

A box of 18 "New" Salada Berry Patch (blueberry & acai berry) flavored,

green tea, for Iced Tea family sized bags.

A great selection of Summer pick me ups, 

 from Redco Foods, Inc.

As MY gift to you

  I will be sending the winner a 1965 version 

of the community cookbook

"Housekeeping in Old Virginia" by Marion Cabel Tyree,

Originally published in 1879, it contains the oldest sweet iced tea recipe in print!

Sorry folks, it won't be the original but it is a 1965 reprint.

Still vintage, right?

This is a fabulous Giveaway!

Be sure to sign up.

Redco Inc, products are sold coast to coast. On the RedRose website there is a "where to buy" link. Just click on your state and you will see popular stores and markets listed.

Winning is EASY!

Five chances!

Leave separate comments on this post for each entry. 

Mandatory : 

Follow Savannah Granny 

Optional Entries:

Promote the giveaway on your website

Like Savannah Secret Cellar on Facebook

Like RedRose on Facebook 

Like Salada on Facebook 

Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry as I will be using a random counter. I want you to get credit for everything you can!

I will choose the lucky winner on July 3rd and announce the winner on July 4th!

 Keep Drinking RedRose and Salada Iced Teas!

GOOD LUCK!

I am partying here:

Seasonal Sunday 

Market Yourself Monday 

Masterpiece Monday 

Motivated Monday 

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday 

A Stroll Thru Life 

Market Your Biz And Giveaway 

What's It Wednesday 

Adorned From Above Blog Hop

I'M INVITED TO A PICNIC!

REMEMBER THOSE WHO GAVE ALL!

Louise at Months of Edible Celebrations

Is having her fifth annual Picnic Online Game!

I am joining for the first time!

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Red White And Blue Nod To Independence Day, July 4th.

MAKES ME SMILE!

I AM ALWAYS PLAYING CATCH UP!

How about you? 

Do you find yourself wanting to do something 

then having time just slip away?

I missed Vee's Note Card  that started today.

I didn't make it but I am sharing anyway.

I chose some previously published pictures

that represent moments that made me smile.

They still do! How about you?

A glacier in the Juneau Ice Fields, Alaska.

Native Beauty Berry, friend's garden, Skidaway Island, Georgia

Sunset over Rend Lake, Benton, Illinois

A little friend waiting patiently for lunch.

Calla Lily foliage, my garden.

This tree is located in a median and crosses the street and comes to rest in this homeowner's yard.

Perhaps my favorite, Live Oak Tree. State Tree of Georgia.

Located on a suburban street in Savannah, Georgia.

Please join me at these lovely ladies' parties:

Vee's Note Card Party 

Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop 

Open House Party Thursdays 

Time Travel Thursday 

Tutorials, Tips and Tidbits 

I am so glad you came by! Please stay a while and leave a comment. 

Bedskirt Tutorial Redux

This project was done and posted in the summer of 2011. I am still in love with my bedskirt!

Bedskirt Tutorial

 AT LONG LAST!!
IT IS SO HOT HERE!
I RETREATED TO THE INSIDE AND HAVE TAKEN TO SIT DOWN,
 AIR CONDITIONED PROJECTS.

AFTER

THAT USUALLY MEANS PULLING OUT THE SEWING MACHINE.

I have been working on my bedroom redo for a couple of years. It is progressing in stages. We repainted then I made the drapes and ripplefold curtains earlier this year. You can read about that HERE.

If you are like me you have a love hate relationship with bedskirts. They slip and slide. You pin and tuck. Every time you make the bed you end up "cussing" those darned things.

I found a product call "Grip Deck" and it is a winner!

The kit consists of a product similar to the rubberlike shelving except heavier. This covers the deck of the boxspring. Around the perimeter is stitched a two inch hook side of hook and loop tape.

Update! This product is no longer available...involved in some sort of patent lawsuit. However it can be made using a lightweight rug pad (see closeups, I believe that is was the deck is made from anyway) and two inch hook and loop tape. 

The puckering you see is where we had to place the bed steps under the mattress to hold it up. The mattress is heavy and we are old. "Nuf" said.
The kit comes with instructions and enough loop tape to complete the project.
I will post my directions on a Tutorial Page(under construction) for anyone interested in detailed instructions.
For my gathered bedskirt, I constructed three lined and gathered panels to fit my dimensions (I have never been able to purchase a readymade bedskirt for my bed).

assembling the panels

I pressed the bottom that is built in with the lining and pinned the returns.

I hand stitched the returns. You can do this on the machine.

I stitched on double gathering tape. This definitely is NOT a job for machine stitch gathering.

I am sewing on the dining table.

I have a sewing/craft/bonus room over the garage but lately I am sewing downstairs. I can do the fitting and measuring without running the stairs.

I stitched the gathered panel to a 4 inch band with the loop side of the hook and loop fastener. I forgot to make a photo of the band first.

finished panel ~ right side

finished panel ~ back side with fastener.The ends of the bands are just serged as they don't show.

Woo Hoo!!

Sewing finished!

The hook tape is wide enough to provide adjustment for length.

The tape is very secure. It will not accidentally move.
If you are using washable fabrics, a good strong tug and you can put the skirt in the wash.

I need to move that center pillow. This pic is closest to the true fabric colors.
The paint was color matched to the fabric but looks different here.

The quilt and shams were purchased on clearance from Horchow over a year ago. I told you this had been going on for a while. I had to buy it then.... fantastic deal and I saved a bucket load! Of course that is why I have three standard shams rather than two kings.  Don't forget the bucket load savings!

I have companion fabric that will be made into a bedspread ( I will not be attempting that, besides I don't have enough room). The next project for the room will be bolsters and pillows. If the hot weather continues I'll finish before long.

You can see the finished (?) bedroom reveal HERE. Still waiting for the custom bedspread but it will be made from the bolster fabric.

I am really pleased with the results thus far.

So, what do you think?

I would love to know!

Joining Debbie and Ann for:
Pinterest Blitz #3

"PROFUSION OF EASTER LILIES"

 "Lilium longiforum"

Is called "Easter Lily"

only in the United States.

I was trying to figure out what was on the left of the lilies...the grill. I was thinking that was a monster on top but just realized it is the grill scraper! WHEW!

This native of Japan first began to be marketed in the U. S.

as Easter Lily in the 1930s.

And aren't we glad it was!!