31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS (2020): Alexa, Make Me Coffee Mug

For those attached to Alexa, I am pleased to have discovered for the eighth day of my 31 day mug series this fun "Alexa Make Me Coffee" mug by Brooke and Jess Designs. It is a ceramic mug designed to look like an enameled tin camping mug with, of course, the textual reference to Amazon's Alexa.

Alexa, for those who don't know, is Amazon's virtual assistant that interacts with users by interpreting voice commands for playing music, making lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, providing the news, the weather and so on. 

This Alexa mug is ceramic and it is both dishwasher and microwave safe. It measures 5 inches by 5 inches by 6 inches, holds 14 ounces of your favorite hot and steamy beverage and it is readily available from Amazon by clicking right here.

Order this mug for someone you know but be warned. Alexa still won't get your coffee.

I love how the coffee mug you use can reflect your personality, your mood, your interests! 

Brenda 

Treasures By Brenda 

You never know what I might 

have in store for you! 

Quick Links: 

Find all of Brooke and Jess Designs on Amazon.

Check out all the new, used and vintage coffee mugs in my eBay store.

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS: The Golden Girls (2020)

I remember my mother watching the award winning television series The Golden Girls in the 1980s and I know I watched it sometime after that, too. 

The show ran for a total of seven seasons and offered up a whopping 180 episodes. An amazing 27.2 million people tuned in to the series finale in 1992. 

It starred four legendary actresses: Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, all of whom are gone now except for Betty White, who is 98 years old as I write this in 2020. 

The premise of the show was four senior citizen roommates who managed one way or another to live in the same house and stay friends. 

The series has had incredible staying power. All these years later, it is still widely beloved. It is popular with older folk who may or may not have watched it originally as well as with younger folk who were not even born when it first aired. The Queen Mum loved it and Sir Laurence Olivier did, too. 

The BBC calls it the most treasured show ever saying it is the "ultimate pop culture goodie: more naughty-but-nice" and describing the characters as 'fiercely funny, unashamedly soppy, brazenly glamorous (1980s style) and bravely outspoken.' 

If you or someone in your life loves The Golden Girls, they will love this fun coffee mug that features a drawn illustration of The Golden Girls on one side and the text 'Stay Golden' on the other.  I am featuring it here as the second mug in my 2020 series, 31 Days of Coffee Mugs. Find your Golden Girls coffee mug on Amazon by clicking right here. Be warned, it is a big one at 20 ounces, perfect for holding a large cup of coffee or tea!

Stay tuned! You never know what 

I might have in store for you!

Brenda 

Quick Links: 

Buy your Golden Girls coffee mug on Amazon.

The Golden Girls 25th Anniversary Complete Collection DVD boxed set on Amazon.

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS INDEX PAGE (2016)

I wrapped up my second 31 Days of Coffee Mugs series in 2016 late and created this index page even later! So without further ado, here is the interesting assortment of mugs that I shared in my series 2016.

Starbucks 2016 Year of the Monkey Mugs

Star Wars the Force Awakens Mug

B. Kliban the Cat Mugs

Keep Calm and Carry on Coffee Mugs

The Toilet Coffee Mug

Cat Caffeine Coffee Mug

Life is Good Start Me Up Mug

A Clowder of Black Cat Mugs

Colour Matching My Cuppa Mugs

Chaleur Coffee Mugs Feature Famous Works of Art

I Gotta Have More Cowbell Mug

Starbucks Christmas Coffee Mugs

Frozen Anna and Elsa Silhouette Mugs

Winnie the Pooh's Tigger Is That You Mug

Mustached Coffee Mug Art by Lisa Audit

Purple Coffee Mugs from Life is Good

Kate Spade Things We Love Mug

Five Siriusly Wonderful Harry Potter Mugs

Green Coffee Mugs for St. Patrick's Day and All Year Long

Liquorice Studios Handmade Mugs

Sarah Spademan's Easter Peek-a-Boo Mugs

Leslie Knope Motivational Mug

Prince's Purple Rain Mug

Vintage Taylor and Ng Mugs

Muhammad Ali Mugs

Marc Tetro Coffee Mugs 

Starbucks Emma Bridgewater Coffee Mug

Emma Bridgewater Diamond Jubilee Mug

The Muppets Most Wanted Mugs

Vintage Don't Borrow Trouble, Borrow Money Mug

Girlie Coffee Mugs from Rose Art Prints

You can find anyone of these posts by clicking on the link shown above. You can see all of them plus more coffee mug posts by clicking on the Coffee Mug tab at the top of the page. Finally, you can be notified of future posts on my blog by using the subscribe box, also located on the right-hand side of the page.

You can find lots of COFFEE MUGS on Twitter here and on Pinterest here.

I love how the coffee mug you use can reflect your personality, your mood, your interests!

Brenda
Treasures By Brenda
You never know what I might
have in store for you!

Quick Links:

Coffee mugs in my eBay store.

 

 

Fixer Upper's Chip & Joanna Gaines Play The Newlywed Game

I am not a designer, my house is far too busy operating as an eBay store to be artfully arranged. However, that does not stop my husband and I from watching and thoroughly enjoying television programs like HGTV's Fixer Upper.

As a matter of fact, we are like so many others eager to know more about Chip and Joanna Gaines who are entertaining to watch but also very talented at what they do in this popular television program.

I smiled then when I discovered this video in which the talented duo play The Newlywed Game.

I am not sure that my memory would serve as well were my husband and I to sit down and play this version of the Newlywed game though I think it would be a fun game to play at a family or friends gathering.

Did you know Chip and Joanna are releasing a book that tells their story? Interestingly, when The Magnolia Story appeared on Amazon it instantly zoomed to the top of Amazon's best seller list. It is meant to share answers to the questions that fans want to know like: "Who are these people? What’s the secret to their success? And is Chip actually that funny in real life?" It'd be a great gift for anyone who enjoys the series and who is interested in the couple's story. It's on my wish list.

Are you one of the myriad of people who enjoy Chip & Joanna Gaines work on Fixer Upper?

Brenda
Treasures By Brenda
You never know what
I might have in store for you!

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Order The Magnolia Story from Amazon.

Doctor Who Target Books

I've been busy listing the first of a number of Doctor Who book sets in my eBay store. It is going to be a long process and I am trying to commit to listing six books a day. Wish me luck!

UPDATED TO SAY: ALL OF THE BOOKS IN THIS SERIES HAVE BEEN SOLD.

This huge collection belonged in a sense to my son because they were purchased for him.  However, he never had the opportunity to read them and now he is moving to Seattle and leaving them behind to be sold on eBay...

The first set that I am listing is the Target Books paperback series, which was published between the years of 1973 and 1991. I read that Target started with new releases of the books by Frederick Muller and that the last three books were released by Virgin books after they took over Target.  Those last three titles were The Power of the Daleks and The Evil of the Daleks by John Peel and The Paradise of Death by Barry Letts.

I'm learning a bit as I work my way through these books.  If you have already read them, you no doubt know more about the history of them than I do and probably remember them fondly from years gone by.

I had the opportunity to meet a customer who purchased three books from me shortly after I started on this Doctor Who adventure. He was thrilled to find the titles that he needed to complete his collection.  He purchased The Rescue by Ian Marter and The Planet of Giants and The Wheel in Space by Terrance Dicks, his collection is now complete and my collection no longer has those titles available. It was really rewarding to see his appreciation for the books.

All of the books that I have listed so far have been in pretty good condition with yellowing as befits older paperback books and a small irregularity at the top of the spine, which was caused by the removal of a small sticker. I expect the rest of the books in this collection to be in the same condition. 

If you are missing a title or two, be sure to visit eBay to complete your collection. See all of the vintage Doctor Who books on eBay by clicking right here.

You never know what I might
have in store for you!
Brenda


Image Credit:

By chance, I stumbled across The Target Book: A History of the Target Doctor Who Books by David J. Howe on Amazon.  I would love to have a chance to look at it but it appears to be a very hard-to-find book, which translates directly into it being very expensive on Amazon.  

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS INDEX PAGE (2015)

I wrapped up my first series, the 31 Days of Coffee Mugs at the end of January and thought a list or index page of the mugs that I covered might be helpful to you and to me. So without further ado, here is the interesting assortment of mugs that I shared in my series in January, 2015:

Starbucks Boy With Green Balloon Mug
Starbucks Dot Collection Mugs & Tumblers
Disney Store Frozen Coffee Mugs
Mr. Right and Mrs. Always Right Mugs
Marsala Coffee Mugs
John Wayne Mugs
Sheep Coffee Mugs
Sandra Boynton Coffee Mugs
Vintage Federal Glass Company Zodiac Mugs
St. Patrick's Day Coffee Mugs
Starbucks You Melt My Heart Mug
I Heart Hugs Snoopy Mug
Konitz Snuggle Hearts Mug
Gray Grey or Beige - Greige Mugs
How to Use a Coffee Mug Properly
Classic Movie Mug 
Heat Activated Shark Mug
Disney's Mickey Mouse Coffee Mug Warmer
Super Hero Dad Mugs
Duct Tape Mug
Mugs For Old Guys
Three Stitch Mugs From Disney’s Lilo & Stitch
Five Fabulous Turquoise Blue Mugs
A Garfield Mug
A Squirrel Mug
Mugs For Mom
Harry Potter Coffee Mugs
Emma Bridgewater Hearts Mug for Valentine’s Day
Downton Abbey Tea Cups
Self-Stirring Coffee Mug
Starbucks 2015 Year of the Sheep Mug

You can find anyone of these posts by clicking on the link shown above. You can see all of them plus more coffee mug posts by clicking on the Coffee Mug tab at the top of the page. Finally, you can be notified of future posts on my blog by using the subscribe box, also located on the right-hand side of the page.

You can find lots of COFFEE MUGS on Twitter here, on Pinterest here and on Facebook here

I hope you're enjoying whatever's in your mug!

Brenda
Treasures By Brenda
You never know what I might
have in store for you!

Quick Links:

Coffee mugs in my eBay store.

31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS: Downton Abbey Tea Cups

Third in my series of THE 31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS is a set of teacups. Downton Abbey teacups, that is.  I hope you will forgive me that they are teacups. I assure you your coffee will taste perfectly fine in them.

It seemed only fitting to choose this subject matter given the fact that Season 5 of Downton Abbey arrives in North America in just two days time. I know that I am not the only one anxious for the return of our favourite characters although I will confess to already knowing how disappointed we are going to feel after each episode is over...

Back to the mugs.  These handsome mugs were produced by World Market for Downton Abbey. There are three cups in the set, which are available individually or as a group.

One mug has a quotation from the Dowager Countess of Grantham that reads, "What is a weekend?" a line that will go on to immortalize the Dowager Countess and the amazing Dame Maggie Smith. A second mug features the words Downton Abbey and shows the crown and the third has the initials DA for Downton Abbey. They are all beautiful but if I had to guess the most popular one, I'd go with the weekend reference. It would definitely be my first choice.

In case you are wondering where you can buy these mugs, you can find them, singly or as a group on eBay by clicking right here.

Keep calm and 
Downton on! 
Brenda 

Quick Links:

Buy World Market's Downton Abbey mugs on eBay. 
See all of Amazon's Downton Abbey mugs.
More Downton Abbey reading here.