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Blueberry French Toast Casserole-Great for Christmas Morning

Day 21-Blueberry French Toast Casserole
A girlfriend of mine turned me on to this and I have made it a many times (baby showers, for the day after Thanksgiving, etc. )  It is always a hit.  It's perfect for Christmas morning when you don't want to cook.  You make it the day before and then just heat up in the morning.  It is super rich but very yummy. I got the exact recipe off of www.About.com

A delicious French toast bake with cream cheese and blueberry sauce.

Cook Time: 55 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Ingredients:

• 12 slices white bread, crusts removed
• 2 packages (16 ounces total) cream cheese
• 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, thawed
• 12 eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 1/3 cup maple syrup or other syrup
• .
• Sauce:
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
• 1 tablespoon butter

Preparation:

Cut bread into 1-in cubes; place half in a greased 13- x 9-i x 2-inch baking dish. Cut cream cheese into 1-inch cubes; place over bread. Top with blueberries and remaining bread. In a large bowl, beat eggs. Whisk in milk and syrup, blending well. Pour egg mixture over bread mixture. Cover and chill 8 hours or overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Cover with foil and bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Uncover; bake 25-30 minutes more or until golden brown and the center is set.
In a saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch; add water. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in blueberries; reduce heat. Simmer for 8-10 minutes or until berries have burst. Stir in butter until melted. Serve sauce with French toast.
Serves 6 to 8

Day 22...Fresh Wreaths and Garland...

I love the smell of Christmas trees. It just makes it seem like the holidays. We have not gotten our tree yet...we are waiting till this weekend but I have ordered some fresh garland to put around the inside of my door.  I got mine from www.Costco.com but they're are lots of other great places too.  This is a great way to get that Christmas smell if you do a fake tree.

This is what I ordered from www.Costco.com

Topiaries from PotteryBarn

Lit Boxwood Wreath from Potterybarn

Boxwood Pine Garland from www.Christmas Farms.com

Fabulous Friday Follow!

"Find Fabulous" Friday Follow!

We're mixing it up a little bit over here on our Friday Follow.  We are looking for blogs with great decorating tips, home decor, floral arrangements, party ideas, crafts and more...
If you have a blog post with one of these or something else you think is creative add it to our linky list!

December 3rd-6th

Every Friday begins with "Find" Fabulous Friday Follow Blog Hop
here at Lily's Laundry and  Cleaning Claire's Closet

Here's what you do...

1. Follow LLBB and Cleaning Claire's Closet. (We will follow you too!)

2. Click on the Linky Tool below and add your CREATIVE BLOG POST.

3. Check out the other blogs on "Find Fabulous Friday Follow"

Linky will close on Sunday evening at 12 PM PST

Thanks to everyone who comes back for FFF every week.
We appreciate it.   Happy Find Fabulous Friday!

Happy Following!

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that is not family friendly! Please only add our blog once! It will be ERASED ASAP!

Day 23...Merry Christmas in different languages, Free Printables

That is like the longest title ever, but I just had to get everything included. 

Any who...My husband throws a client appreciation party every year and this year I came up with the idea of incorporating "Merry Christmas" written in different languages into the floral arrangements. 

What do you think?

If you like you can download the printables for free below.
Feliz Navidad!  Merry Keshmish!  Vesele Vanoce!

Joyeux Noel (French) ahhh...just looks like it sounds pretty ;)

Sung Tan Chuk Ha (Korean)

Kala Christouyenna (Greek)

Boze Narodzenie (Polish)

Feliz Natal (Portuguese)

I just liked this pic ;)

If you have a darling idea, decoration or item, submit it to us and 

you might make our 24 Day Christmas Count Down. 

Guidelines for submissions!
Photos are very important to us. So if you have a great idea, product, recipe, decorating tip with some great pics.  Email them to info (at) LilysLaundryBoutique (dot) com for a chance  to be added to our blog!

50% Off Everything at LLB!

Lily's Laundry is having a "Cyber" week sale.  Everything in the store is 50% OFF until December 6th.  This is an end of the inventory, final sale... What what you see is what we have.  

P.S.Please excuse our homepage we are getting a makeover!

Let Christmas Begin...24 Days and Counting....

We are having 24 Days of Christmas over here at LLB starting today!  So  come back everyday to check out new tips, tricks, decor, recipes and more!  

If you have a darling idea, decoration or item, submit it to us 

and you might make our 24 Day Christmas Count Down. See below how to submit.

Day 24

From: The Bella Life

Sometimes monochromatic is just wonderful isn't it!?!?!?

and so are beautifully wrapped gifts!

Guidelines for submissions
Photos are very important to us. So if you have a great idea, product, recipe, decorating tip with some great pics.  Email them to info (at) LilysLaundryBoutique (dot) com for a chance  to be added to our blog!

Beautiful Pic!

Photo By Feije Riemersma

A new blog I am following Spearmint Baby had this pic on her blog and I just had to reshare!

Introducing Cleaning Claire's Closet

We have a new sister blog!  It's called Cleaning Claire's Closet.  It has been in the works/idea stages for over a year and I am just now getting it up and moving :) but it's here and CCC is just in time for the holidays.

CCC concept is to sell new or gently used clothing, accessories, decor and more,  At Awesome Prices. We will be adding more stuff gradually.  What you see is what you get. Items are mostly 1 or 2 peices.  Some are from Lily's Laundry that just never sold and others are, items that have been gently worn (we will never post a piece that we wouldn't put our own kids in i.e. All items are stain free/smoke free.)

Over the next couple of weeks we will be getting all of the kinks out ;)
We will be adding Give A Ways, adding CCC to our Blog Hop and adding more inventory.

So go check it out at www.CleaningClairesCloset.com and let us know what you think!