holiday | veteran's day 2011

Wishing you all a Happy Veteran's Day!!

I hope you'll take a minute today to reflect on the daily sacrifices made by our servicemen and their families.
Today I can't help but think of my grandfather.
A few years before he passed away...
my family and I attended the annual local Veteran's Day Parade.
I was always so proud to be sitting on the curb, waving to him as he went by...

I'm grateful for the sacrifices he made for our country...
I'm grateful for the many other men and women who have valiantly served...
who ARE serving...
and who are preparing to serve our nation.
A huge heart-felt thank you for all you do...every. day.

I've created some FREE patriotic printables for you...
These ought to help you celebrate our servicemen and women, 
our freedom and our country with some real style...

Click here to download the FREE .pdf file


For those of you who own The Pastry Pedestal™ - you know what to do with these.

Those of you who don't own a set yet or are waiting patiently for yours to arrive...
You can create a simple banner by stringing these together...
OR...
make some simple parade signs for the kids to hold by attaching a wooden popsicle stick to the circles.

Enjoy!!
And I do hope we'll all remember, reflect and respect our Nation's veterans!!

KEEPiNG iT REAL

The cupcake is a Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcake I made...

recipe taken from My Baking Addiction.

I'll have more on that for you next week...