Wake Up Wednesday "Linky" Party #52

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 week #52 

 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  477 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!

Your link will appear on the blogs of

 Sew Crafty Angel

 Cuddlebug Cuties, 

God's Growing Garden

   A Peek Into My Paradise,

 Epic Mommy Adventures

 Natalie Loves Beauty, 

     Lemons and Laughs   

   Crafty Brooklyn Army Wife 

   Heidi's Wanderings

   The Organized Dream

 Far From Normal

  Mice in the Kitchen

  Relaxed Thairapy,   

          Kreative Corner      

 This Day I Love... 

   Blogghetti         

This weeks 

Featured Bloggers

Easy Dessert Recipe: Bacon S’mores

The Classy Chapter

With three kids in our house, it’s pretty safe to say we have a busy life. I love putting a smile on my families face with a tasty dessert, but I don’t always have time to bake. I’m a sucker for an easy dessert recipe! Add in bacon and chocolate and I’m sold!  While my kids love sweets, I’m more a savory person. The bacon in this recipe adds a nice hint of saltiness while still providing the sweetness you would expect from s’mores.

Organize with Style: Favorites

SWEET HAUTE

Start off the year right with projects to get you organized and streamlined. I really love these products that I am showing above. Most of these are things that you can make yourself or if you have the budget, buy it to create a space that is organized, productive, and serene.

Easy Chicken Noodle Casserole Recipe

Southern Krazed

I love casseroles simply for the reason you basically have your whole meal in one dish and they are easy to make. For a hearty supper this easy Chicken Noodle Casserole recipe fits the bill! With chicken, vegetables and cheese it makes for a delicious and filling meal that the whole family will love!

Chicken Noodle Casserole and this easy Mexican Chicken with Doritos are my favorite casseroles and I believe my family would agree! If you are lucky enough to have leftovers, it warms up easily in the microwave for a quick lunch the next day too!

Painted Rotating Organizer

Anything & Everything

I originally got this to use for something at my sons upcoming birthday party (which I am still doing, you will just have to wait and see :)) but really the possibilities are endless with this so I decided to use it for this months challenge. Then I can modify, paint, and re decorate after I am done using it for my sons birthday to fit whatever need.

Here it is before just boring and black before giving it some life!

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

This Silly Girl's Life - Guest Post

Have you recovered from the holidays yet? Me either. Any resolutions that include eating healthier this year? Me too. Well, I’m being as good as possible. I ‘ve been cutting down on sweets and eating more fruits/veges. But that doesn’t mean I can’t make plans for the next holiday, right? I think these Strawberry Chocolate Chip cookies would be perfect for Valentine’s Day! They’re so pretty in pink! And they’re super easy to make. Just 4 ingredients. Strawberry cake mix, oil, eggs and chocolate chips.

DIY Photo Blocks {Easy Craft Tutorial}

Better in Bulk

I love finding simple crafts that add a personal touch to my home. The problem is that I have a tendency towards complete unoriginality when it comes to crafting. Give me a pattern or a template, and I do just fine. Ask me to come up with an idea? Probably won’t happen.

Luckily, my friend, Lisa, has an abundance of amazing craft ideas…and she loves to share her talents. This week, she’s got a tutorial for adorable DIY photo blocks.

Snowman Dice Game Printable

FiveLittleChefs

One of the most requested games of my two youngest girls is still our Snowman Dice Game. Whenever we get ready to play it we have to figure it out again. I cannot remember which part is for the 1 and which part is for the 3. If I get it wrong then my girls are frustrated for a minute until they decide it is ok to do it a little different this time.

Loaded Potato Soup

The Kolb Corner

I don’t know about ya’ll, but I just LOVE creamy, hearty, soups.  I especially love them in the winter, when it’s dreary and cold.  That’s exactly what it’s been here in San Antonio for the past few days too.  OK, so cold to me (and fellow southerners) is anything under 40–and it was 34 as I wrote this post.  We even had some *gasp* freezing rain.  Sorry to my readers further up North where it truly gets cold, but seriously, I needed this soup to warm up my body and soul.

The Beginner’s Guide to Brightly Colored Hair

Phyrra

Phyrra’s Pretty Little Elixir Vegan Hair Masque

I teamed up with FutureDerm to create a cruelty free, sulfate free, paraben free, gluten free and VEGAN hair masque! You want to use this about 5 days before you dye so that your hair is in great shape. I also use this hair masque every other time I wash my hair.

Bell Pepper Boats: Whole30 Recipe

SWEET HAUTE

Stuffed Bell Pepper Eggs Boats: Whole30 Recipe

This Whole 30 compliant recipe is delicious and could pass for comfort food any day. It also has a few key ingredients that help combat allergies and inflammation. This is one of my favorite Whole 30 dishes because it contains organic bacon (my recipe here), eggs, bell peppers, Ghee (my recipe here), sweet potatoes, and mushrooms. You can always switch the veggies and spices out to the ones that you prefer.

EASY BOHO BRAID TUTORIAL

Lauren McBride

I have a quick and easy hair tutorial for you today! I’ve been loving this simple and easy boho braid for my days where I just don’t feel like washing my hair. As someone who is NOT good at braids, it’s easy enough to manage without it taking waaaay longer than it needs to (ya feel me?). I typically do this on wavy/curled hair to add to the “boho” look (as you can see below), but it can be done on straight hair as well. It’s quick, easy, and perfect for anyone with minimal time! Enjoy!

Oh Boy! What If I Had Given Birth to a Girl?

Being A Wordsmith

When I was pregnant 7+ years ago, I experienced all of the fears that first time mothers have. But the best piece of advice I received was “the baby will show you what to do”. I did not learn The Deuce’s gender prior to his birth. Hubby and I wanted to keep that a mystery. However I had no doubt that it would be a boy. I just felt it deep down. And I’ll never forget Hubby’s reaction when he laid eyes on him first: “You were right!

Thinking About Hiring a Personal Trainer? 7 Tips to Help You Choose the Right One

Urban Naturale

Are you worried about your excess weight?

Are you planning to lose weight or build muscle this year?

Then, hiring a personal trainer might be the right step for you. A good trainer will help you set a goal for your weight loss or fitness program and help you do your workouts properly.

How to survive when the power goes out....

The (mis)Adventures of a "Born Again" Farm Girl

I am not a prepper or a survivalist, but that being said, I do have first hand personal experience on this topic. You see, last winter our area lost power for 10 days over Christmas. And it was COLD, below zero kind of weather. The kind of cold that can kill. The weather was so bad, we couldn't go anywhere (like a hotel that had a backup generator or a family member's home hours away.) So what do you do?? How do you survive when the power goes out? Being prepared just in case, takes a lot of stress out of the situation!

Coffee Table Makeover: Wood Plank Table Top (Ikea Hack)

This Crazy Thing Called Life

I hope you had a great weekend!  We spent ours finishing up our coffee table and end tables.  I LOVE the way they turned out and I'm so excited to share them with you today!

We got our coffee table and end tables from Ikea about four years ago.  They were cheap, and they did their job, but the lack/laminate finish was starting to chip and bubble.  I didn't really want to spend a lot of money on new tables, and I had seen some great makeovers where people added wood planks to their tables.  I really liked the way those looked, totally my style.  When Melanie from Making It In The Mitten shared her coffee table makeover, I convinced my husband we should do the same to ours. 

PMS Survival Kit

The Crafty Side Of Sarcasm

It’s that lovely time of the month again. It rolls around about the same time every month. If your like me you just want to run & hide, not for your sake but for others. Ya see, around this time every month I turn into [que the music] (DUNNUUNUHH!) a bitch. I know it’s hard to believe but I just can’t help it. My hormones are in an uproar and it seems the only thing that can calm the beast are blueberry muffins & chocolate.

Red Lentil Soup with Chicken and Turnips

Pink When

I’m so pleased to meet all of you! I was absolutely thrilled when Jen asked me to join the contributor team, and I’m super excited to share all of the scrumptious recipes I have hiding up my sleeve. The first recipe to come out of the old vault: this red lentil soup with chicken and turnips. Don’t be afraid. It’s delicious. I promise.

Peach Quesadillas {Perfect Game Day Appetizers}

Better in Bulk

Whether you’re hosting a big game day party this weekend, heading over to a friend’s house to watch some football, or simply staying at home and laying low, I’ve got the perfect appetizer or snack to share. I had a blast testing out several varieties of peach quesadillas – and by testing, I mean cooking and photographing and then eating a ton.

BLUEBERRY COBBLER

Bunny's Warm Oven

In the midst of snow flying this morning and a zero degree temperature this evening, I needed a reminder that Spring is but a couple of months away.  The glorious flavors of blueberry and lemon can indeed be enjoyed in the winter as a warm blueberry cobbler with creamy melting ice cream.  

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Journey to Organization

I've started working on my resolution to get my life organized.

I always have notes everywhere so I decided to start keeping a great daily planner

that would be functional and where I could be creative too.

  

I have boxes of journaling and planner materials but I never seem to 

have the time to be in my craft room to accomplish anything.  

Then I had lightbulb moment.  

Hubby had this old push cart tucked away in our garage.  

It's a great size, has wheels that work great and it's free.

I purchased 2 cans of pink spray paint and today was an awesome 

50 degree January day so I started painting.

TaaDah!!!!

My new mobile planner / journaling center.

 I can roll it anywhere in my house.  

So I can spend time with my family and be creative too.

I love it.  

(hubby says he likes the pink color so much that I can keep it forever)

 The containers are just things I had already so I'm giving them new life.

I love Washi tape and I have this little cubby spot up top for using now and

underneath the cart I added a wood rod just sitting on the little side brackets

for extra tape storage.

My daughter gave me a lovely pink planner for Christmas and now

I'm going to enjoy using it.

I've just barely started to organized my planner/journal

with the topics I want but I will show you my afternoon start up.

I'm going to enjoy my journey to organization.

More to come........

Angel

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Cathy from "A Peek Into My Paradise"

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  Cathy is our permanent week#3 co-host.  Checkout what's been happening on "A Peek Into My Paradise" lately:
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Myrabev from "A July Dreamer" (Click on the blog button below)
Myrabev's blog is gorgeous !  She shares so many wonderful fashion, beauty & lifestyle tips and reviews. Her blog motto is : "More doing less procrastinating".  She also offers many Giveaways (click HERE to view her current Giveaways and enter for your chances to win amazing prizes!) & Lisa from "Blogghetti" (Click on the blog button below)
Lisa's scrumptious blog will make your mouth water!  There are so many wonderful recipes and fun blog hops including "Wake Up Wednesday Linky"!  This is how she describes her blog: "We all have cookbooks that we cherish with dog-eared pages, bookmarks, and even scraps of paper sticking out of them with other recipes we want to keep. You probably even have cookbooks that you’ve picked up places for one or two recipes and that’s all you’ve found in them to make so far. Not to mention, the many, many pages we’ve printed from the food blogs we’ve read. I see you shaking your head reading this, so you know what I’m talking about! That’s where my blog started. I got tired of keeping the small scraps of papers in the books, and not being able to find ones I needed. I wanted – needed them all to be in one place. What better place than the internet where with the click of a mouse, I can have them in sight and get on with the cooking! Now, I want that and more from this blog.  You’ll find recipes of all types here and sometimes even non-food DIY projects that I have completed like the mini Laundry Room Make Over." ________________________________________________ We are looking for wonderful Bloggers like YOU to cohost the February 2015 CLIMB!! (please sign up in the "linky" at the very end where it says "sign up to cohost HERE")

WELCOME!
It's the month long Networking Blog Hop 
With our CLIMB GIVEAWAY! 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 enter below -one person will win:

- $20 Amazon e-gift card from Sew Crafty Angel & from Cuddlebug Cuties 

- $10 Paypal Cash from God's Growing Garden
- 1 Ad Space on A Peek Into My Paradise for 30 days - $30 value
- One 30 day Ad Space on Heartbeats~Soul Stains - $10 value

- a beautiful 11x14 print from Helen's Etsy Shop called "Flower Wagon" - HFernsOriginals $25 value (with shipping)

- 1 Sidebar Ad Space on God's Growing Garden - $10 value

- A lovely Kitten Paw Sea Shell Necklace with Peach Freshwater Pearl by ShorelineDesigned - $20 value

COPPER TONE FAN NECKLACE

by ShorelineDesigned

Copper Tone Fan - Natural Color Kitten Paw Sea Shell with Peach Freshwater Pearl, Sparkly Pure Copper Delicate Chain Necklace
"I personally had the awe inspiring pleasure of plucking this naturally brightly colored Kitten Paw seashell (I like to call them "fans" or "pretty paws") full of bright peach and white from the sugar white sands of the Cape San Blas Beach in the Florida Gulf of Mexico. I have carefully drilled a 2.1 mm hole into the seashell to utilize it as a pretty pendant. All its metal findings are pure copper.  The fine and dainty super sparkly high quality copper chain is 17 inches with a strong lobster clasp. The beautiful peach freshwater pearl connector is a 7 mm pearl with pure copper 24 gauge wire. I make sure my jewelry findings are of fine quality." by ShorelineDesigned



by Helen Fern

"Flower Wagon" 11x14 print by "H Fern Originals": (shop description) "My goal is to provide you with quality greeting cards and photographs at an affordable price. I have experienced each image you see and tried to capture the feeling in the photograph.   Please look around, send me comments - both praise and suggestions - and feel free to ask me any questions. ."


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 & the print (otherwise these will become  second place prizes)
- You MUST have a valid PayPal account to win the Paypal Cash (otherwise these will become a second place prizes)

- This Giveaway is open from January 2nd, 2015 until January 30th, 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 - JANUARY 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:

Angie:  angeliquetower@gmail.com

Angel:  sewcraftyangel@gmail.com

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