It was an early morning..
But opening is always fun because you get to set up shop! Let the creativity flow.
Taking muffins from the oven and arranging them on shiny platters
Arranging bars + scuffins on platters
Sipping coffee..
Sample displays…
I had half an apple, the top of a broken Apple Streusel Muffin, 2 mugs of coffee (one decaf) and just now – a hot slice of Cinnamon Raisin Walnut straight from the oven!
For the past 3 hours (WOW IT’S BEEN 3 HOURS!?) I’ve been working on our front counter displays, sweet arrangements, and more – getting ready for the day
The under-counters have never been so organized!
Time to go make a ton of cookie 6-packs!
Ah to work in a bakery!!! Was always my childhood dream.
hahahaa mine too!! Except I got to do it for a year, and it was MY business…:P
Kath, your store looks impeccably clean and PERFECT. I’m not just saying it either.
That looks awesome! I bet you guys will be PACKED today!
Everything looks sooo good! I’d have so much fun working there 😀
That is an early morning but I’m sure plenty of people will be appreciating all your efforts and baked goods today!
Man your GH is MUCH more appealing than the one we have close to us. Yours looks like a chic bakery, ours is messy and they’ve sold our cinnamon swirl bread out from under us. Boo! I wish all of them were like yours!
Ours was more toward the end of the spectrum you describe, then this fall it closed for a week or so and remodeled. Much more like Kath’s now. I just wish it was closer. I only get there once a month or so.
You guys are hard at work. I love how everything is neatly organized.
Wow! What a set up! I love the look of your bakery and all the yummy goodies to boot! Great job! I will also be busy baking cookies today for over the holidays…need to stock up…I keep giving them away! lol Have a great day!
everything looks beautiful! i so wish i could stop in and grab some holiday goodies….but alas i am no where near being close by….
Good luck!! I’m sure everything will just be FLYING off the shelf! If I were there I think I could single-handedly accomplish that for you! 🙂
PS – did you get a haircut?? It looks short and super cute! 🙂
Yeah! A few weeks ago 🙂
everything looks delicious and it is so nice to see how much you all love your bakery 🙂 merry christmas!
Everything looks AMAZING Kath!!! Your post title reminds me of when I was little and my friends and I would ‘play bakery’ with easy bake ovens. Those were the days!! 🙂 Have a great Friday!
Is that a Cambridge university sweatshirt you’re wearing?!? I went there for my masters and lived their for a while- it was magical! (if it’s not, just ignore me!)
*there
Yep!!! I studied there one summer in college!
How cool! I’ve wished since college that I had taken the time to do something like that 😉
looks like a very productive morning!! nice work! i’m sure it helps that you get some yummy bakery eats and coffee while you’re workin! 😉
It all looks so good! I don’t know how you are able to work around all that deliciousness. 🙂
Working in a bakery this time of year must be so much fun. Busy, but I bet fun! Enjoy!
When you envisioned your life, did you ever imagine you’d own and run a bakery?! So cool.
Never in a million years. Seriously.
Haha. I never in a million years imagined I would move away from Virginia, and now I live in Japan! Funny how things don’t turn out the way you think they will.
It might be worth giving up my gluten free pigheadishness for one day right about now.
I wish I lived closer. Everything looks so yummy!
that definitely sounds like a good way to get the day started – yummy baked good, time with your hubby, and an early start! I love getting up early – it’s so peaceful out.
Scuffins, bars, dessert heaven is in full force in your world. Don’t work too hard…I know all that baking isn’t just fun and games…it’s a lot of work! But fun work I hope 🙂
Wow, you are two busy bees! The bakery looks great though! So pretty and organized! 😀
Everything looks fabulously delicious. Please tell everyone there Happy Holidays! from all of us.
Coffee and sweet treats go good together 🙂
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You make work look fun! It looks like business is thriving, congratulations, I’m happy for you guys!
Your store looks fantastic! Definitely a nice shopping experience for your customers. 🙂
Does Great Harvest have exact recipes that you have to follow or can you improvise when you bake? Everything looks delicious.
Everything looks great, Kath! Good luck today!!
I’m a very early morning person, so a busy morning in a bakery with a good cup of coffee, getting ready for the day sounds fantastic to me. I am incredibly jealous of your success with GH! I would love to do that with my husband some day. What a dream job!
Oh yummm! I would love to organize the under cabinet parts too. And labeled containers! I think I’m swooning more about the possibilities of organization over the baked items (although those are pretty amazing too). 😉
WOW–how fun! Have a great day selling 🙂
Fun day at the bakery! Although I have to say, being surrounded by that many sweets would be SO dangerous for me, haha!
I love when I get on an organization/cleaning roll and I end up cleaning almost everything I own!! It’s the best.
Wow, that’s got to be a lot of work! The bakery looks terrific!
Your bakery looks like a fun place to work. But for my health, I couldn’t work there because everything looks so amazing I would have to eat it and I would end up twice the size I already am! The displays look great too.
Praline scuffins?!!? I thought those only existed in my dreams..
This looks so pretty! I wish I lived closer to you so I could come play with all your goodies.
xoox
Love you and miss you!
Nice lookin’ bakery you’ve got there Kath!! It’s very appealing to the eye and not to mention, probably the stomach 🙂
pumpkin chocolate muffins are beautiful!
How I wish we had a Great Harvest in Quebec now!