Friday Favorite for Memorial Day Baking

What is on your list to take to a Memorial Day Party?  My son is having a little get together at his house and I said I would bring fruit and dessert.

Of course I need to be creative about it.

Here are some  ideas I found on Pinterest.

 

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I love this idea.  I think I did something similar to this last year in mason jars.

 

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My daughter loves red velvet cupcakes.   I think I will make the red velvet recipe and decorate them like the one below.  

 

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I cannot wait for some family time.   

First Floor Update Week 1

It is the end of Week One with our first floor remodel and there are some changes.  Most of them will be things that are not noticeable. 

In the laundry room, they did the plumbing and redid the electricity.

On the ceiling we switched to can lighting.  It tends to be dark in the laundry room and so adding more lighting is a must.

We switched to can lighting in the hallway too.  Mainly because there is not a lot of space next to the crawl space for the lights.  This hallway is somewhat dark as well.  There is not a lot of natural light in this area.  

I cannot wait to see what happens in Week 2.  

Friday Favorites--Go Green

I heart organizing is by far my favorite blog.  It amazes me each day that Jen has such amazing ideas.  Today Jen wrote and provided FREE examples of green cleaning solutions. 

 

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This is an idea I have been thinking of for quite a while.  Thank you Jen for inspiring me to give it a try.  She also recommended this book.  I will have to add it to my summer reading list.  I know if Jen recommends it, it will be good.

If you go to Jen’s post, you will see how she reused cute jars to store her cleaners and all the ingredients you need to make your cleaners.

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I love this command center idea.  I am thinking of this clean and organized look for my new first grade desk area.  Do I want to create my own board or should I purchase something?  I love the desk chair too.

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 I just love love love hydrangeas.  These are vanilla strawberry hydrangeas.  I think in my next life I would like to be a gardener.

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Enjoy the Weekend :)