To our friends who have become family, and our family who have become friends.

Yesterday was Briee’s bridal shower.  It was a lovely shower with lots of church friends and family.  We had plenty of food and some good coffee. 
But as I think about it today, it marked the beginning of the end of the wedding preparations and the beginning of the beginning of the happy couple’s new life together.
So while I am happy, I am also sad and need to make sure I don’t overlook all the things and  emotions that go along with handing over your oldest daughter to the man who will take over taking care of her.
Because I still have a baby sister and three little girls of my own.  And that is a lot of weddings to get through!

I handed my camera over to Josie to take a picture of me and the bride and needless to say, it didn’t turn out !  Note to self, a professional photographer is a must!

Baby Cakes

Babies + Cakes.  You really can't go wrong.  Especially when the cake reveals a new baby brother!

I needed to be prepared  so both blue and pink it was :)

Limited time and a new recipe made for brown edges :(

Have I ever mentioned that frosting cakes is not my area of expertise?

So excited to find out!  Come on Mom!  Hurry up!

Congratulations!  We can't wait to meet him.

Collections vs. Hoarding

I like a lot of stuff.  As in, different things.  Pyrex, cookie cutters, books, cookbooks, milk glass, Jadeite,  melamine, vintage tablecloths, vintage sheets.  Just to name a few.  Since I like so many things, I also have  a lot of things.  I  have convinced myself I have collections of things and have them all neatly organized and displayed so as not to appear on an episode of Hoarders. 

So when I took the Christmas decorations down I decided to mix it up a bit and showcase some stuff that was stashed away in boxes in the basement.  It's kind of like finding a hidden treasure and getting a whole new box of stuff :)

95% of my melamine collection 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Melamine resin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Idealized structure of melamine resin

Melamine resin or melamine formaldehyde (also shortened to melamine) is a hard, thermosetting plastic material made from melamine and formaldehyde by polymerization. In its butylated form, it is dissolved in n-butanol and xylene. It is then used to cross-link with alkyd, epoxy, acrylic, and polyester resins, used in surface coatings. There are many types, varying from very slow to very fast curing.

Applications

In the kitchen

A melamine-resin plate

Melamine resin is often used in kitchen utensils and plates (such as Melmac). Melamine resin utensils and bowls are not microwave safe, as they absorb the microwave radiation and heat up.^[1] As with all thermosetting materials, melamine resin cannot be melted and, therefore, cannot be recycled through melting.

During the late 1950s and 1960s melamine tableware became highly fashionable. Aided crucially by the stylish modern designs of A. H. Woodfull and the Product Design Unit of British Industrial Plastics, it was thought to threaten the dominant position of ceramics in the market. The tendency of melamine cups and plates to stain and scratch led sales to decline in the late 1960s, however, and eventually the material became largely restricted to the camping and nursery market.^[2]

When I grow up I want to be a professional organizer

I love Christmas and all the trimmings that go along with it.  I also love neatly packing everything away and finding new homes for all the gifts we received. 

There are so many wonderful organizational ideas out there and products for every size of home and style of organizing. 

One of my favorite blogs is  Tatertots and Jello.  She has some of the best crafty link up parties and she also writes a segment called The New Home Ec over on Babble. Check out the series she just started about organizing your home, room by room, and then hop to it!

Happy New Year!

Here is some pertinent reading material to start off your new year,  compliments of my mother. (With special thanks to my dad for his life long subscription to the WSJ!) 

Here's to an  incredibly productive 2012!

Conquering the To-Do List



{Cheers}

Christmas Cookies and Food Gifts for all your friends!

 

We  love Christmas.  We  love baking and decorating.

We  love making gifts and thinking and planning the perfect thing for each and everyone on our gift list.

We  also know that there are so many of you  who enjoy all of these things as well but don’t necessarily have the time it takes to get them all done. 

Create Christmas memories with these homemade gifts. Let us do the making, you do the giving!  Place your order and cross that off your to do list. 

 

Nothing says Christmas like a batch of iced sugar cookies! 

Choose from Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas

or Happy New Year.

$25 per set.

 

Need a cute gift for that friend or neighbor that loves to bake? 

Try a vintage sifter stuffed with a

Cranberry Buttermilk  Muffin Mix!

$15 each.

 

Here is the perfect pick–me-up gift!  Grab a bottled beverage and

top it with one of these handmade cookie collars!

Collar comes with a cranberry orange white chocolate 

cookie tucked inside. 

$3 each. (beverage not included)

 

Give the gift of a  simmering Christmas Aroma. 

Oranges, lemons and Christmas spices all wrapped up in a

vintage enamelware pan! 

$15 each.

 

Little kids and big kids would love to have  these

Christmas Brownie Pops  in their stockings this year! 

Homemade brownies dipped in dark or white chocolate,

wrapped up and tied  with a decorative tag.

$1.50 each or $15 per dozen.

 

Place your order by calling

Kellee at 970-744-0913 or Laura at 970-481-2191

or email us at letitbe.done@yahoo.com

Information regarding delivery or shipping will be discussed  when your order is placed.

Good news from heaven the angels bring,
Glad tidings to the earth they sing:
To us this day a child is given,
To crown us with the joy of heaven.

Martin Luther

Ikea,Pyrex and other fun but unnecessary things

Quite the combo, I know.   This past week was filled with the most interesting mix of projects and tasks I think I have  ever had.   Most of my family will be here today today for Thanksgiving so I have been doing the usual cooking and cleaning to prepare for company. 

Another thing I really like to do before company comes is add lots of unnecessary projects to my list.  It’s like an instant deadline to get everything done I have been putting off  and obviously it runs in our family, right Lauren? And MOM? 

So while I have plenty of things to blog and lots of Thanksgiving recipes to share,  I now have to get up and get back to work.  But you can hop on over to Jan’s blog and check out our trip to Ikea last Friday and see what we did with our time together!