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Sunday, May 31, 2015

$450 Fun In The Sun Summer Giveaway @ Sew Crafty Angel

Angel from Sew Crafty Angel asked a few of her 
bloggy friends to join together to bring you the 
Fun In The Sun Summer Giveaway 

Happy Summer everyone
You could win $450 in Paypal Cash 
So get your entry in!


The Chain Linky CLIMB Party

Everybody ready to party!
Let's CLIMB together to reach new heights on our blogs.
Come on and network and make some new forever friends.
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God’s Growing Garden
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WELCOME!
It's the month long Networking Blog Hop 
Networking means helping each other grow!! 
If you want to promote a CLIMB link, then use #ChainLinkyCLIMB on Twitter or Google+ so that we can all help each other grow!
Here's how the Giveaway & Co-hosting works - the co-hosts from the previous month's CLIMB will have the opportunity to participate in a Giveaway during the next CLIMB - that gives co-hosts 2 months in a row of blog growing fun!!  (If you would like to co-host please sign up at the end of this post using the last "Linky")
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Highest CLIMBer Features!!
Each permanent host & cohost will feature their favorite link from the previous month CLIMB!
Sew Crafty Angel 
My Highest CLIMBer from May 2015 is:
Caprese Salad
Olives-n-Okra

Also, our CLIMB GIVEAWAY!
Please enter below -one person will win:
- $30 Paypal cash from The Wifey Lifey,  Sew Crafty Angel &  Cuddlebug Cuties 
- Ad Space on A Peek Into My Paradise - $30 value
- 1 Month Ad Space on The Myrabev Life - $10 value
- 1 Sidebar Ad Space on God's Growing Garden - $10 value
- A beautiful beach stoneNecklace by ShorelineDesigned - $15 value
- "My Cookie Creation Countdown" Recipe ebook by Angie Ouellette-Tower


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CHERRIES CORDIAL NECKLACE

 Cherries Cordial - Black Natural Beach stone 48 Inch Cord, Lake Michigan, Black Waxed Cotton Cord and Red Recycled Glass Krobo Bead Unisex Necklace
Simple and elegant. Stone. Glass. Fiber. I have found and drilled this Lake Michigan beach stone, hand strung it onto a quality waxed cotton cord and topped it with a cherry-red recycled glass Krobo artisan bead.
by ShorelineDesigned
Total prize value is $100!!

CLIMB Giveaway Rules & Conditions:
- this is open worldwide (void where prohibited)
- You must be 18 years or older to enter 
- You MUST have a blog to win the Ad spaces (otherwise these will become second place prizes)
- You must live in the lower 48 of the United States to win the Necklace (otherwise this will become  second place prizes)
- You MUST have a valid PayPal account to win the Paypal Cash (otherwise this will become a second place prize)
- This Giveaway is open from June 1st, 2015 until June 29th, 2015
- Winner must respond to email within 48 hours or a different winner will be chosen
- Giveaway Hosts & Co-hosts can NOT enter this Giveaway!, however - JUNE 2015 CLIMB blog hop co-hosts ARE allowed to enter this Giveaway (provided they are not also part of the Giveaway)
- correspondence is done through email and the winner's email addresses will only be used to deliver or set-up e-prizes.  Email addresses will NEVER be sold or shared.
- All prizes will be delivered by the contributing Bloggers/Shop Owners.
- if you have any questions or concerns about this Giveaway please email one of the hosts:
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Now onto the CLIMB (blog hop):
We have changed it up a bit - instead of linking your homepage you may now link up to 4 of your family friendly blog posts per month!!

 
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By participating in this blog hop your understand that your link might be featured &/or promoted on our blogs & social media.  Also, by participating in this blog hop your email address will be added to our CLIMB list & you will be sent an email reminder next month. 

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Remember - If you co-host you will receive a free Weekly Sidebar Ad and your blog button will appear on both Angie's blog & Angel's blog!!

(The Ad will run live a few weeks after you have co-hosted)


We are looking for amazing Bloggers like you to cohost the CLIMB! (We are scheduling for the end of June & for July 2015) - please click the purple button below to sign up to cohost or click HERE!

God’s Growing Garden


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Fudge Pie

Who can resist sweet, rich, chocolate fudge?
Not me.  I found this recipe in Southern Living Magazine and it was love at first bite.

This simple, decadent chocolate pie filling can make your taste buds do a happy dance.
Sorry, I drooled a little....


Ingredients:


  • 2/3 cup evaporated milk
  • 1/2 (12-oz.) package semisweet chocolate morsels
  • 2 tablespoons butter 
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 large eggs 
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 (9-inch) frozen unbaked piecrust shell (homemade or frozen)
  • Scoop Vanilla Ice cream (or flavor of your choice)



Directions:

Preheat oven to 375°. Microwave first 3 ingredients in a large microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until melted and smooth, whisking at 30-second intervals.

Whisk sugar and flour into chocolate mixture. Add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking just until blended after each addition. Whisk in vanilla and salt. Stir in pecans. Pour mixture into pie shell.

Bake at 375° for 35 to 40 minutes or until set. Cool 10 minutes before serving. Serve with ice cream.

Recipe credits article Southern Living Magazine /My Recipes 

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Chain Linky CLIMB

We have 1 cohost spot left in the June 2015 CLIMB & we are also scheduling for July - please click the purple button below to sign up to cohost or click HERE!

God’s Growing Garden


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God’s Growing Garden
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WELCOME!
It's the month long Networking Blog Hop 
Networking means helping each other grow!! 
If you want to promote a CLIMB link, then use #ChainLinkyCLIMB on Twitter or Google+ so that we can all help each other grow!
Here's how the Giveaway & Co-hosting works - the co-hosts from the previous month's CLIMB will have the opportunity to participate in a Giveaway during the next CLIMB - that gives co-hosts 2 months in a row of blog growing fun!!  (If you would like to co-host please sign up at the end of this post using the last "Linky")

Also, our CLIMB GIVEAWAY!
Please enter below -one person will win:
- $35 Paypal cash from Eclectic Red Barn,  Sew Crafty Angel,  Cuddlebug Cuties & God's Growing Garden
- 1 Ad Space on A Peek Into My Paradise - $30 value
- 2 Month Ad Package on Butterfly In The Attic - $30 value
- 1 Monthly Ad Space on God's Growing Garden - $15 value
- A lovely Spring Flower Necklace by ShorelineDesigned - $15 value


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SPRING FLOWER CHARMS NECKLACE

Spring Flowers - Two green rare slag glass stones from Lake Michigan with pewter flower charms & silver jump rings, silver fishing swivel connector, on a silver plated 22 inch tiny ball chain
by ShorelineDesigned
Total prize value is $125!!

CLIMB Giveaway Rules & Conditions:
- this is open worldwide (void where prohibited)
- You must be 18 years or older to enter 
- You MUST have a blog to win the Ad spaces (otherwise these will become a second place prizes)
- You must live in the lower 48 of the United States to win the Necklace (otherwise this will become  second place prizes)
- You MUST have a valid PayPal account to win the Paypal Cash (otherwise this will become a second place prizes)
- This Giveaway is open from May 1st, 2015 until May 31st, 2015
- Winner must respond to email within 48 hours or a different winner will be chosen
- Giveaway Hosts & Co-hosts can NOT enter this Giveaway!, however - MAY 2015 CLIMB blog hop co-hosts ARE allowed to enter this Giveaway (provided they are not also part of the Giveaway)
- correspondence is done through email and the winner's email addresses will only be used to deliver or set-up e-prizes.  Email addresses will NEVER be sold or shared.
- All prizes will be delivered by the contributing Bloggers/Shop Owners.
- if you have any questions or concerns about this Giveaway please email one of the hosts:
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Now onto the CLIMB (blog hop):
We have changed it up a bit - instead of linking your homepage you may now link up to 4 of your family friendly blog posts per month!!

 
CLIMB by Angie Ouellette-Tower for godsgrowinggarden.com photo ClimbIntro_zps6919dad8.jpg


CLIMB by Angie Ouellette-Tower for godsgrowinggarden.com photo ClimbRules_zps77e9b7a4.jpg
By participating in this blog hop your understand that your link might be featured &/or promoted on our blogs & social media.  Also, by participating in this blog hop your email address will be added to our CLIMB list & you will be sent an email reminder next month. 

CLIMB by Angie Ouellette-Tower for godsgrowinggarden.com photo ClimbLink_zpsf527c076.jpg

Remember - If you co-host you will receive a free Weekly Sidebar Ad and your blog button will appear on both Angie's blog & Angel's blog!!

(The Ad will run live a few weeks after you have co-hosted)
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Wake Up Wednesday "Linky" Party #70






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 Wake Up Wednesday "Linky" Party
@ Sew Crafty Angel

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We are so excited to have so many amazing bloggers party with us.
Check out this weeks Featured linkups.

Thank you so much to all those who share your blog in our party.
Last week we had  458 awesome linkups!   

 Wake Up and be happy, get excited and have fun with us! 
We want to be inspired, entertained, laugh and have a good time!



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This weeks 
Featured Bloggers


Frozen DIY art bag
Keeping it Real
Yesterday we went to a Frozen themed birthday party for a little girl turning four. And because I love themed birthday parties I decided I needed to make a custom gift (even though we had a crazy, busy week and I didn't have much time...).


DIY “OUR FAMILY ROCKS” FRAME
Homemaking Hacks
A while ago I spotted the cutest gift, it was actually a print and not actual rocks. But it read “Our Grandpa Rocks” and has all the names of the children in the family printed on surrounding rocks. That framed print is $40 and I just couldn’t justify paying for it as cute as it is, but I put it on my to-do list to try to create something similar. The major difference is that I used real rocks because hey… rocks are free.


BLACK BEAN AND SALSA CHICKEN WRAPS
LEMONS AND LAUGHS
I have a mass of dry beans hanging out on my Lazy Susan. Where did they come from? I don’t know. How long have they been there? I don’t know. Why did I buy them? I don’t know. I do know that I would like to reclaim that little area of my kitchen to store something more useful and needed. I am not saying dry beans are useless, but for as often as I cook with them they may as well be. When I wrote up this recipe I wrote to use a can of black beans because it would be easier, and it will be what I am using in the future now that my black beans are finished. For this exact time I soaked the beans overnight then dumped them in the slow cooker juice and all.


Little Brags
Cute DIY Polka Dot Pillows
Hello Loves, did you see how I decorated our BACK PATIO last week for Mothers Day DAY?
Well, I got lots of comments and questions about those cute grey and white polka-dot pillows.


Process Art for Kids (Art Studio Diaries # 1)
The Practical Mom
I have a hundred stories and a thousand pictures from my Art Studio that I have been conducting this Summer! But the laptop crashed (which is actually great, cuz I have a brand new one now!) and being laptop-less for a few weeks mean sifting thru a deluge of photos all at once. Before I get into specifics  of what went down (I will, soon!), I want to shoot out a post on the process art that the kids been loving.


Patriotic Red White and Blue Fruit Salad
Simplee Thrifty

Quick fresh fruit delicious salad! This Patriotic Red White and Blue Fruit Salad is perfect for Memorial Day, 4th of July or a healthy treat anytime of the year! Whip this up if in no time if you have to make a dish to pass. I’m making this again for my son’s graduation party this year! Enjoy!


3 Healthy Mason Jar Meals- Made Easy!

Reviews, Chews and How-tos

Summer is right around the corner and everyone is jumping the gun on getting their beach bodies back, or even just eating healthier as the weather gets warmer. I myself am not a "dieter" per say. I like making healthy life style changes and sticking with them for a better tomorrow.


SWEET POTATO SUNDAE
LIVING THE GOURMET
I served the ice cream on a warm bed or nest of the sweet potato fries, which created for a delicious contrast between the chilled sweet of the ice cream, and the warm savory tones of the fries.


Encourage One Another TODAY
Glorifying Him

There is power in our words.  Use them wisely because our words can cause problems with family and neighbors.  It only takes a moment to ruin relationships that might never be rebuilt.



Let's get to pickling ( peppers and asparagus that is)!
Homesteading Quest

I went to the Farmer's Market this morning and there was a man there with jalapenos from his hot house and this whole bunch of jalapenos was just $3. So I got those and then I traded 1 dozen eggs to a friend of mine for this beautiful asparagus. Look at it. Just lovely. We have finally planted some, but we won't be able to get a harvest from it until next year.




Easy Apple Dump Cake Recipe
Southern Krazed

Oh my gosh y’all! This has got to be the easiest and TASTIEST recipe ever! It’s an easy Apple Dump Cake that not only will make your mouth water, but your house will smell delicious too! It’s a perfect dessert recipe to go with supper. Your family will want seconds on dessert! :)



PAINTED FLOWER POTS DIY
About A Mom

Painting your own flower pots is such a simple and inexpensive way to personalize and spruce up a patio, garden or entryway. This painted flower pots diy project can easily be achieved in an afternoon. All it requires is some terracotta pots, paints, stencils and a trip to the garden shop



30-Minute Jambalaya Recipe
The Classy Chapter

As a busy mom of 3 it’s pretty obvious that I enjoy easy home cooked recipes! If I can use leftovers, that’s even better. The problem with leftovers in my household is that there is 5 of us, so if we do have any left over food it doesn’t go very far for another meal. How do you feed a family of 5 with 2 leftover chicken breasts?


Simple Cranberry Margarita
Life In My Empty Nest

This margarita has only three ingredients and the best thing is that these are ingredients that
I always have on hand. So, whenever I am in the mood for a fun,
happy hour cocktail this summer, this will be my go to drink.


A Mini Posts: Essence Lash Princess Mascara Review
A Girl And Her Chicken Named Betty

I bought this because the super cute packaging caught my eye, but it turned out to be a really good mascara, so I'm doing a quick review of it today!


Fun Foods We Have Made.....
Gentle Joy Homemaker

We all see pictures of fun foods - that are cute or clever or just exciting. Well, in our home, we like to make those and here are some that we have done.


Chai Raisin Donuts with Chai Glaze
Upstate Ramblings 

The first week in May is National Raisin Week, and to celebrate I made these Chai Raisin Donuts.


Jack Daniels Crockpot Pulled Pork
Lou Lou Girls

I love that my husband likes to cook! We had our first state game tonight and I came home to a clean house and a new pulled pork recipe! Best dinner ever! I love him! Anyways, this one took a little work, fair warning!



 Wake Up Wednesday Linky




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Link up your funny stories, DIY posts, crafts, decorating, fashion, makeup, health & fitness, recipes, mommy moments -- anything at all, as long as it is family-friendly.  Please visit some other bloggers and make some new friends and say hello to old friends..
  • Please leave me a comment , I love to hear from you.
  • Please Link to your family friendly post 
  • I'd love for you to grab my party button for your blog party site but it's totally optional
  • Please No adult content blogs
  • Please do not add links to shops or selling websites (they will be deleted from the party)
  • Giveaways are always welcome.. Add your giveaways to Sew Crafty Angel's Pinterest Community Giveaway Board too.  
Adding your link to this blog hop gives Sew Crafty Angel permission to share your posts and pictures via social media and as features on Sew Crafty Angel And Co-Hosts.  Note- All features on Sew Crafty Angel And Co-Hosts will be linked back to the original source .Social media features are linked back to the linky party.