Sweetly Yours

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Inspiration Workshop

I'm linking up today with Gussy Sews for her inspiration workshop!

Our prompt this week is KITCHEN.

So here is my dream kitchen:

So eclectic but still put together and organized!

Things I love about this are:

1. The large farmhouse sink

2. The window letting sunshine in that has flowers on it

3. All of the gorgeous antique cabinets

4. The light and airy colors

5. The glass front cabinets

6. The sweet little island

7. The antique decor (dishes, vases, canisters, etc.) So sweet!

8. The beautiful chandelier

I could go on and on, but basically my dream kitchen is one that is cozy and vintage. I love the look of things being added over time. I agree with Gussy in that I would rather have a small comfortable and lived in kitchen than a large one that is so perfect that you don't want to touch anything.

I also thought of the perfect pantry with this prompt, and this, this is it...

Chalk board front door, neat and organized, beautiful jars, antique creams and whites, yes please!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Ruche

Goodmorning everyone!

I'm going to share a secret with you...

it's my favorite store (besides Anthro) to buy clothes at!

It's called Ruche!

They always have the CUTEST clothes, and when I say clothes I'm talking everything, dresses, tops, skirts, pants, shoes, bags, jewelry, belts...

they have it all!!

AND they have great prices! So affordable!

Here's some of what they have:

They have amazing photography as well for their lookbooks, and they have free desktop backgrounds!

Linking up with

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Recipe & A Cooking Tip

Here it is!

Here's the recipe for the pavlova log that a few of you wanted from my last post.

Also, I wanted to give you all a cooking tip!

Have you ever been frustrated with trying to hold the pan with one hand and scoop out the grease with the other hand when attempting to drain ground beef? I have!!

The pan gets heavy, you tilt it too high and all the meat falls back down in the grease, you spill it, and the list goes on...

Well, with this little trick that my mom taught me, my life has been easier and all my ground beef draining problems have been solved!

Here's what the set-up looks like:

You simply put the pan on some pot holders and put a wooden spoon underneath one side of the pan.

You then push all of the meat to the high side that has the spoon under it, and all of the grease will drain down to the other side!

You're left with a hands-free set-up that allows you to neatly and comfortably drain your meat! Just scoop out the grease and you're done. Simple as that!

Hope this tip makes your life easier like mine! ;)

Monday, June 6, 2011

Weekend Breakfast

Our weekend was spent with Jerry's family who came and visited us!

We hung out, cooked together, went to the movies, watched Jerry play co-ed softball, and Saturday morning my sister-in-law made this wonderfully delicious pavlova log!

It was like dessert for breakfast!