It was like Christmas at my house!

I recently submitted a contract to become a Longaberger Independent Consultant. I'm going to try it out for a year and see if I like it. They accepted my contract and my business kit was delivered later in the week. I was so excited to get the baskets; a few of them I didn't have so I felt like it was Christmas! Check it out....This is the back-side view of the baskets above...
Some pottery. I love their pottery. It bakes stuff so nicely.
Small bakers rack. I put it on my kitchen counter. LOVE IT!
And my business kit paperwork. Even that box was exciting!

Okay, enough about Longaberger. I took Amelia visiting her new cousin over the weekend. She did very well around him. Didn't really pay much attention actually. Until he started crying and then she was very concerned as to what was going on with Joshua.

I did get some sewing done yesterday afternoon. I finished the coloring bag but of course the camera battery needs to be charged so I didn't get a picture of it yet. I really like how it came out. This one that I have completed is being given as a gift. I'm making one for Amelia in the same fabrics. She really likes it and wants the one I already completed. I will work on hers this upcoming weekend. And I decided that since these bags are so quick and easy to do, all the little kids I know are getting them as Christmas gifts this year.

Enjoy your day!

Jen :)

Wedded Bliss

The wedding is all done! I'm so grateful that it is. I was working on the cookie favors for 13 hours on Friday. I quit about 11:00 p.m. Friday night. I still had 38 cookies to package up but they needed some drying time so I finished up Saturday morning. Good thing the wedding was starting at 5:00 p.m. and not any time sooner than that! I was going to punch holes in the plastic bag of each cookie and add a ribbon bow just to give the cookies a little more dressing up but I just didn't have the energy or time on Saturday. So they went without. Here are a few pictures of the cookie favors...

These cookies were done at the start of the whole decorating process. The ones that I did at 10:00 that night are a bit sloppy so I won't show those. :)

Punkie wanted a special sprinkle cookie just for her so Mama and Punkie did it together. Of course I only did one and my cousin spotted it and was digging through the basket of cookies for another and was disappointed to find out that I did only one, special for Amelia. Mind you, my cousin is 32 years old. LOL.
My brother and sister in law had a beautiful day for their wedding. Warm and sunny but a cool breeze. Perfect. Worked out well because they were having an outdoor ceremony and reception. Amelia did a great job as a flower girl and sprinkling rose petals before the bride as she walked to the ceremony area. Here's a picture of Amelia in her party dress. She picked this dress because she could twirl around in it and it flaired out and she liked the little shrug it came with because it was soft like a teddy bear.

I'm so happy to have a sister!

Now it's time to be humble. I spoke to my brother on Friday, asking how the reception set up was going since I could not be there to help because I was up to my eyeballs in royal icing. He said it was going well and I asked what Charlotte (the bride to be) was doing. He told me that she was at the spa with a couple of her friends. I commented on how nice that was for her friends took her out for a day of pampering before the wedding. My brother corrected me and said that No, Charlotte took THEM out as a Thank You for helping with the wedding and just being there for her. I didn't say anything but I was very upset to not have been asked to join them. I would have declined because of the cookie prep but it would have been nice to have been asked.

Fast forward to Saturday afternoon... I got to my mom's house (that's where the wedding was happening) and I was chatting with my brother as to what needed to get done and Charlotte called me into the house. They slid a big box in my direction and told me to open it. THIS was inside...

They gave me the blanket basket from Longaberger as a Thank You for helping out with the wedding and taking the time to do the cookie favors. They felt that I would have enjoyed and appreciated more the basket than a couple hours at the spa. They were soooo right. They both know I'm crazy about the Longaberger baskets. I was so stunned and surprised at their gesture, I cried. I could not stop thanking them for the basket. As soon as I got home, I filled it with all my fabric. I just love, love, love it!

That's it. Wedding is over and I can relax and try to get all the royal icing off my counters. That stuff sticks to anything like concrete once it's dry!

Jen :)