Monday, August 24, 2015

Easy Halloween Spooky Spools and Pumpkins

Halloween is around the corner and it is time to start thinking, creating and scaring up decorations for this season!  I found these at All People Quilt.

















Turn spools into ghouls using embroidery floss, cardstock, and punches. Wrap embroidery floss in your desired color around the spool, covering the beginning of the floss to secure. Continue wrapping until shaft is completely covered or change colors to make stripes. Then add faces cut from cardstock as monstrous details.

Saturday, August 22, 2015

It's The CLIMB

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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")
Please welcome The August 2015 Chain "Linky" CLIMB week#4 co-hosts:

April from "April Noelle"
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April Noelle
April is our permanent week#4 co-host.  Checkout what's been happening on "April Noelle" lately:  
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Colleen from "Butterfly in the Attic"
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Butterfly in the Attic
We are thrilled that Colleen is joining us again!  Checkout what's been happening on "Butterfly in the Attic" lately:
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Maria from "Countryside Heirlooms"
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Countryside Heirlooms
Maria's blog is so wonderful and she will inspire you to remake your home beautiful!  This is how she describes herself & her blog: "I’m Maria Roberts — mother, wife, caregiver and a foster parent.  I began restoring furniture in 2013 and I love painting & restoring furniture!  Countryside Heirlooms was established by my wonderful husband who wanted to provide an outlet for my passion for painting.  Tom founded Countryside Heirlooms to help motivate me to keep moving while I recuperated after major back surgery.  Painting furniture has & continues to be my escape from the many responsibilities going on in my life as I’m sure many of you can relate.  In this journey, I’ll share our experiences in selecting great furniture pieces and the not so great pieces, restorations & transformations.  As a bonus … If you love before and after pictures of restored furniture than this blog is for you!"
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Also, our CLIMB GIVEAWAY!
Please enter below -one person will win:
- $25 Paypal cash from Sew Crafty Angel , Cuddlebug Cuties & God's Growing Garden
- Ad Space on A Peek Into My Paradise - $30 value
- 1 Ad Space on The Conservative Mommy - $10 value
- 1 Sidebar Ad Space on God's Growing Garden - $10 value
- "Salsa" Unisex Necklace by ShorelineDesigned - $15 value


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"SALSA" UNISEX NECKLACE

Salsa, Raw Unakite Gemstone 25 Inch Necklace, Lake Michigan on Pure Copper Bead Chain Unisex Necklace
This sweet little gem stone was a wonderful find in Lake Michigan. It is a small little gemstone that is lightweight and glistening in tomato-orange and jalapeno pepper-green. Copper is a perfect compliment for orange and green and this stone has been dressed accordingly with a pure copper ball bead chain with easy clam clasp. The necklace including stone is 25 inches. The sweet little raw gemstone measures 3/4 inch. Gender-less and gorgeous!
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Total prize value is $90!!

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 August 1st, 2015 until August 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 - AUGUST 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:
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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 August & for September 2015) - please click the purple button below to sign up to cohost or click HERE!

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Wake Up Wednesday Linky Party #82




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 Wake Up Wednesday "Linky" Party
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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  481 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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Featured Bloggers


CARAMEL APPLE POKE CAKE
Cincy Shopper

Poke cakes make for a super easy and delish dessert. We normally make poke cakes in the summer, our Boston Cream Poke Cake has been a huge hit. Since I had a few cake mixes and apple pie filling on hand, a poke cake was in order. I spotted some easy Pillsbury Caramel frosting at Target while school shopping last week. I knew it would make for a perfect frosting on top of this apple yumminess.


Jack-O-Lantern Orange Fruit Cups
Simplee Thrifty

Halloween is such a fun holiday; I love coming up with all sorts of fun and cute crafts and projects that I can do with or for my kids. And from making milk jug jack-o-lanterns to scattering plastic spiders around to baking Halloween-themed treats, there are plenty of ideas to choose from. I’m pretty sure I could do new cute projects every year and never run out of ideas! This Halloween, I’m making these adorable Jack-O-Lantern Orange Fruit Cups.


How Much Salad Should You Eat To Lose Weight?
Urban Naturale

My friends and family often make comments about how large my salads are.
I just smile and say “Salads are good for you” and keep on chewing!
Flavorful, crunchy, multi-textured salads are probably my favorite food.
I eat them every day.



BLOGGING BUSINESS PLAN PART 2: ROADMAP
Laina Turner - Author


You read my post about figuring out your blogging goals last week so now it’s time to start putting them into a plan.


TOMATO, LEEK, AND GOAT CHEESE TART
MY FLAGSTAFF HOME

This delicious recipe is adapted from one in a Martha Stewart magazine (no longer in publication) called Everyday Food.


DIY Succulent Planters
My Big Fat Happy Life

I have been wanting to place a plant in my kitchen windowsill for awhile but needed something that was strong enough to withstand my not so green green-thumb.  I decided to use succulents if I can keep them alive outside I should be able to keep them alive inside, right?


Prickly Pear Jelly
Hill House Homestead

Prickly Pear tunas are turning ripe this time of year. Tuna are the fruit of the prickly pear cacti that ripen after it flowers. Prickly Pear Jelly has a unique flavor I wouldn't begin to know how to describe, but it's good. My neighbor has a nice crop of tunas this year and I decided to try my hand at making jelly. I searched the web for recipes and tips then got started.


Welcome to the August 2015 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Life Learners
Life Breath Present

This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have talked about how they continue learning throughout life and inspire their children to do the same.


Garden Bench For Two {All About Second Chances Chalky Finish Contest}
The Interior Frugalista

Oh my you guys, I had one of those should've read the instructions first moments.

Sitting under a tarp in my back yard was a sweet headboard and footboard that we picked up for a song last year at a thrift store.


The Multiple Uses Of Huggies Wipes - They Aren't Just For Babies, You Know!
Ducks 'n a Row

Moms, how many times have you re-purposed something? All of us do. We are constantly reinventing things to make them work for our homes. Well, Huggies Wipes at Walmart are new and improved with TripleClean™ technology that no others have. They are now thicker, too, which makes them SUPER repurposable. (Is that a word?)  So, anytime can be a good time for wipe BECAUSE KIDS OUTGROW DIAPERS, NOT MESSES.*


Easy Lemon Cupcake Recipe
You Brew My Tea

I love dessert and this Easy Lemon Cupcake Recipe is a perfect way to enjoy a sweet treat that is bright, light and delightful!  For me, lemon cake or cupcakes always remind me of my grandpa. He loved a lemon bundt cake, and in his last year of life I often made them for him since he had little appetite for any regular food.  My friend Amber made these light and delicious cupcakes for me and I knew I had to share them with you.


A Different Kind of Coconut Oil
Storybook  Apothecary

Cocovit Coconut Oil is not your average run-of-the-mill coconut oil. Created as a way to help anyone who wants an all-in-one beauty and health solution to their problems, Cocovit is the most raw and pure coconut oil you’ll find anywhere. Cocovit owns the coconut farm in South India where they employ 30+ locals to help harvest the organic coconuts. All coconuts are fresh, hand-picked, and a special extraction process is then employed. The extraction process does not use heat, bleaches, solvents or deodorizers like many common coconut oils might employ. Instead, their extraction method allows the coconut oil to retain it’s raw freshness state and doesn’t destroy any of the valuable enzymes and nutrients which make coconut oil so beneficial for us in the first place. It also helps retain a higher concentration of lauric acid, a naturally occurring ingredient which does wonders for hair, skin and nails.


Breakfast B.L.T.
Life With Lorelai

Doesn’t that look DELICIOUS? You have no idea how good it was with our homegrown tomatoes! This sandwich came about as a mash-up of mine and Luke’s ideas for Sunday breakfast. I had a can of Trader Joe’s Buttermilk Biscuits (which I love) that I had planned on fixing with some eggs and such. But, we had so many tomatoes from the garden that Luke thought maybe it would be nice to have a BLT for breakfast…it was after 10:30…


Our goat saga
Homesteading Quest

Not really a Saga I suppose. But a somewhat sad story, with an ending that could have turned out much worse.

We have 4 goats. Three Nigerian Dwarves and 1 Spanish Boer. The Boer is a show goat my daughter *was* going to show at this year's fair.




 Wake Up Wednesday Linky


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