Lakeside Collection Blog

We only just entered 2012 and already have spring on the mind. You can check out the complete Spring Catalog online TODAY! Click lakeside.com for a first look at the hottest new items.

Here’s to a happy, healthy New Year!

Are you are looking for tools to help you along the way to a more fit New Year?  Lakeside.com offers a great selection of products for your resolution to a healthy 2012.

Diet Journal

The Mayo Clinic Diet Book

Digital Kitchen Scale

g-Spout Dripless Strainer

Start the New Year off right by getting your home in order.  Below are some clever tips for organizing your home for 2012. Ref. realsimple.com

1. Using reusable tote bags for shopping is a must.  Even so, everyone has a stash of plastic grocery bags.  Organize those bags by storing them in an empty tissue box under your sink. 
2. Kitchen cabinet space is tricky to keep well organized.  Place a small tension rod about 4 inches deep in your drawer. Store lids standing up in the front part and pots and pans on the other side.
3. Make your storage functional.  Use seating that doubles as storage for gaming & entertainment equipment.
4. Being organized it not just about putting things away, but also by making neat what is out in the open.  To organize messy cords behind your TV/computer, try using Velcro tape.
5. Avoid drilling holes in your walls to create more shelf space.  An under shelf organizer slides on the shelf you already have to add space and functionality.

We wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas!

Below is a fun video from the Discovery/Science Channel series “How It’s Made” Candy Cane episode.  Enjoy!

Holidays are usually steeped in tradition.  From the songs sung to the food prepared, when it comes to Christmas, people default to the past.  However the decorating of the tree poses an opportunity to set aside boring strings of popcorn and let your creative Christmas spirit shine.  Ref. egotvonline.com, homeklondike.com

Mountain Dew Tree

Santa Tree

Here at Lakeside our tree is a little on the non-traditional side too

Decorating Christmas cookies is an art form for some bakers.  Since this is the last weekend before Christmas, this is the perfect time to begin baking cookies.  Here are some cute and cleverly decorated cookies.  Ref. giuliageranium.blogspot.com, radlyn.hubpages.com, thedecoratedcookieblog.com, tidymom.net

According to a poll, what percentage of American adults say they cannot name all of Santa’s reindeer?  The answer is in the comments section below.  In case you fall into that percentage, here they are:  Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner (also spelled Dunder & Donder) Blitzen and Rudolph.

Today we are counting down our 13 favorite Christmas movies (1 for each night starting tonight through Christmas Eve).  While you watch a kid shoot his eye out <#1> and an angel get his wings <#2>, nosh on some homemade popcorn (because roasting chestnuts over a fire may be fun to sing about, but a real pain to execute).

13. Holiday Inn
12. The Polar Express
11. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
10. A Charlie Brown Christmas
9. Miracle on 34th Street
8. Love Actually
7. Home Alone
6. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
5. White Christmas
4. The Muppet Christmas Carol
3. Elf
2. It’s a Wonderful Life
1. A Christmas Story