Redecorate for Spring Giveaway ... Win 1 of 3 Gift Cards

YAY! I just love giveaways! There is no shortage of awesome giveaways here, it seems like. :)

Put A Bird On It - Learning Creating Living - Soho Sonnet - Twelve O Eight - Little Miss Celebration

 Happily Ever After - Crafty Wife - Bumble Bree Blog - Delineate Your Dwelling - Too Much Time

Lovely Wren - Restoration Beauty - Wetherills Say I Do - Pretty Providence

   Hello Little Bungalow - Upcycled Treasures

I have teamed up with some FABULOUS bloggers to bring you a Redecorate for Spring Giveaway! The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and, I don't know about you, but I'm itching to do some spring cleaning and get out the clutter! That usually means I'm ready to update my home decor with something bright and fresh, too. Well, it would mean that, if I had my own home and wasn't in limbo between houses, but HEY! That doesn't mean YOU can't redecorate for spring for me.

All these bloggers LOVE home decor and DIY projects, and I love following them on Pinterest for lots of inspiration (you should, too!). We are giving away 3 gift cards, each worth $80, to TJ Maxx, Hobby Lobby and Home Goods. There will be 3 winners, one for each gift card {gift cards will be rewarded in the order shown on the Rafflecopter widget corresponding with the order the winners are picked!}. I hope that lucky winner is YOU! Just enter using Rafflecopter below. Remember - the more entries you do - the higher your chances are of winning. Plus, I heart all these ladies and their blogs, so you won't even mind being a new follower. GOOD LUCK!

Utah Baby Animal Days + Family Pass Giveaway

This post is special for all my Utah peeps! 

Have you heard of Baby Animal Days?! Let me show you a photo that just about sums it up:

I mean - tiny ponies?! Come on. :) Baby Animal Days is a fun event held at the USU Botanical Center in Kaysville, Utah. It's basically a big, outdoor party for families of all ages - and it's all about baby animals! Here are some of the events & features that will be happening:

Baby Reptiles

Meet baby ducklings, chicks, bunnies, goats, kids, lambs, piglets, calves, baby llamas and mini horses

Children's Activities

Horse Rides

Sheep Shearing Demos

Food Vendors

Miniature Train Rides

Climbing Wall

Bouncy Houses

Endlessly Inspired Blogiversary and $550 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!

Hey y'all! I love meeting friends through blogging. And I LOVE celebrating a blogiversary! Today, I'm helping to celebrate with Jenn from Endlessly Inspired. It's her blogiversary today! I can't wait until August to celebrate mine. :) I love reading people's stories of starting to blog and how amazing it has been in their life. You can read Jenn's story > HERE <

Here are a few of my favorite posts from Endlessly Inspired:

Knock-Off Anthropologie Heart Pillow

Homemade Marshmallows

How to Create the Perfect Mantel

To celebrate this amazing day, Jenn has teamed up with some great bloggers {including me!} to give away a GINORMOUS PRIZE! A $550 Amazon Gift Card!!! Yep. I said it. $550!!!! There are LOTS of ways to enter using Rafflecopter below. It make take a while to do ALL of them, but seriously, if you do, you'll have more chances to win and it would be SO WORTH IT to win that huge Amazon gift card. Blogging is amazing - I love being part of killer giveaways like this one! GOOD LUCK AND DON'T FORGET TO STOP BY JENN'S BLOG TO WISH HER A HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY AND SAY THANKS!

 

From Jenn:  "I want to thank the women from these amazing blogs for co-hosting with me and making this giveaway possible! Be sure to visit them and give them some love! {You can also click on their picture above to be taken directly to their blog!}"

Host Jenn from Endlessly Inspired

Co-Hosts Tiny Sidekick // White Lights on Wednesday // Place of My Taste // Simply Dream & Create // Luxe...With Kids // Food Faith Fitness // This is Happiness // Perspective by CC McAfee // Sew Crafty Angel // Huckleberry Love // Epic Mommy Adventures // My Turn for Us // Love Bakes Good Cakes // Crafts a la Mode // Craft Dictator // I Dig Pinterest // Learning, Creating, Living // The Love Nerds // Fearlessly Creative Mammas // Dizzy Busy & Hungry // I Want Crazy // VMG206 // A Peek Into My Paradise

Blog ends May 15, 2014

All entries will be verified

a Rafflecopter giveaway

xo

Ad Space Giveaway - May

It's that time again! Time to enter to win YOUR BLOG'S AD on the front page of my blog. If you scroll the left sidebar of my blog, you'll see a section called WINNER OF THE AD SPACE GIVEAWAY. That cutesy blog button could be YOURS! Winner will win ad space for the month of May. Yay! Just enter using Rafflecopter below. Good luck!

{Rules}

Must have a blog

Must be a human being

Must not be a "bad" blog 

{no, I won't advertise your blog if it's about bad stuff. we all know what bad stuff is, so, yeah. ha ha}

All entries will be verified

a Rafflecopter giveaway 

xo

Bebe Bloom Boutique Feature & Giveaway

Today, I'm happy to introduce you to an adorable shop! Bebe Bloom Boutique is a handmade accessories boutique for our little one. Headbands, dresses, bow ties, suspenders, pacifier clips, hats - it's all there! Annie is the owner, and I love what she says on the About Me page of her website about starting Bebe Bloom Boutique:

SHOP | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | PINTEREST

"Born out of a need to find one-of-a-kind items that just weren’t being stocked in stores, Bebe Bloom offers unique handcrafted accessories and beautiful handpicked apparel for infants and children. As a mother of two beautiful little munchkins, I came across this little dilemma while searching for these hard-to-find novelties. Unsuccessful in my search, I decided to make them myself! As my hobby grew, I learned that friends, family, and colleagues were absolutely crazy about them! Realizing there was a market for exclusive hand-made items, Bebe Bloom was born."

Ava was able to try on a couple of these adorable headbands!

Guest Posting at Get Silvered ... How to use Silhouette Stencil Material ... PLUS an Ad Space Giveaway!

What up, peeps? Today, I have the pleasure of hanging out at Get Silvered, where I am sharing my review of Silhouette Stencil Material. Spoiler alert: IT'S AWESOME! I use vinyl for stencils ALL the time - mainly for making the Maternity Countdown Shirts I sell online - and making a new vinyl stencil for each one takes up a lot of vinyl. I was intrigued when I saw that Silhouette sold a "stencil material" that was reusable! Head over to Get Silvered to see my full review and get a tutorial on how to use this kick A stuff. :)

My Review of Silhouette Stencil Material {and how to use it!} at Get Silvered

WAIT!

HANG ON!

DON'T GO!

I'll miss you.

To keep you HERE ... I have an exciting announcement!

Link'n Blogs #17 & a giveaway!

Giveaway Winner: Sonnet R. !!

We are happy to have a giveaway from Starburst Studio as party of this week's link party! Be sure to enter after you link up your lovely posts! {you can enter without linking up, too!} xo

Welcome to Link'n Blogs {#17} !

A place to link up your projects and make new friends. We are all about visiting links and following new bloggers here at Link'n Blogs. Remember to leave comments and PIN PIN PIN!

Cause sharing is caring. 

**Your links will show up on ALL blogs hosting the link party!**

Interested in guest hosting Link'n Blogs?!

I've created a spreadsheet where you can sign up to host a link party! It's a great way to get to know other bloggers, share a recent post with other party goers and pick the features. Sign up using the link below!

I WANT TO GUEST HOST A LINK PARTY!

Grab my party button! 

 

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I am sharing a tutorial for cutting fabric with your Silhouette Cameo (or Portrait). Seriously, once you try this, you will want to add fabric to all your projects!

How to Cut Fabric with your Silhouette Machine

HOST:
Katelyn from Learning, Creating, Living 

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Katelyn is sharing those amazing succulent planters. And guess what? They're not real! I almost didn't believe it when I saw the photo, but check out her post and see how EASY it is to make faux planters!

Faux Succulent Planters

Be sure to give some love to our guest hosts - you will love their creative blogs!

Cindy from The Mom Maven

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I love Cindy's post on why your blog needs social sharing buttons. If you have a blog, you MUST read this article. I thought I had everything, but you never know what you might be missing to enhance your blog!

Your Blog Needs Social Sharing Buttons

Sonnet from SohoSonnet

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Sonnet has the cutest prints in her Etsy shop! She also has a blog to share DIY projects and crafts to inspire you. Sonnet is sharing with us this gorgeous succulents wreath. I'm loving all the succulents projects!

Rustic Succulent Grapevine Wreath

Here are this week's features:

Helping Celebrate a Blogiversary with The Frill of Life

Hello! I don't usually post on Sunday evenings, but I wanted to share with you a fun giveaway that starts at midnight! Yes! More giveaways! Cause who doesn't love being showered with free stuff?!

One of my favorite parts of blogging has been meeting other bloggers and getting to know talented, fun people that love crafting and blogging as much as I do. I am part of a Silhouette Challenge Group on Facebook, which is where I met Heather from The Frill of Life. 

Heather's 1 year blogiversary is this week! Congrats to Heather!

Link'n Blogs #16 & a giveaway!

We are happy to have a giveaway from Wren & Rumor as party of this week's link party! Be sure to enter after you link up your lovely posts! xo

**The winner of the Wren and Rumor giveaway was Kristen V.!**

Welcome to Link'n Blogs {#16} !

A place to link up your projects and make new friends. We are all about visiting links and following new bloggers here at Link'n Blogs. Remember to leave comments and PIN PIN PIN!

Cause sharing is caring. 

**Your links will show up on ALL blogs hosting the link party!**

Interested in guest hosting Link'n Blogs?!

I've created a spreadsheet where you can sign up to host a link party! It's a great way to get to know other bloggers, share a recent post with other party goers and pick the features. Sign up using the link below!

I WANT TO GUEST HOST A LINK PARTY!

Grab my party button! 

 

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I am sharing my St. Patrick's Day cupcake toppers. Use chocolate this year instead of paper! A free printable for the stencil is also included in the post!

St. Patrick's Day Chocolate Cupcake Toppers

HOST:
Katelyn from Learning, Creating, Living 

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Katelyn is sharing an awesome DIY picture frame. I love the message to Enjoy Today!

DIY Enjoy Today Picture Frame

Be sure to give some love to our guest hosts - you will love their creative blogs!

Karli, Meghan and Emily from Something Splendid

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These the college girls are all about living a fabulous life on a budget. They are sharing a cute DIY pillow for Easter!

DIY Easter Pillow

Mindy from Always Be Creating

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Are you a quilter or wanting to learn? Mindy shares a binding technique that you definitely need to PIN for future reference.

Quilt Binding

Here are this week's features:

Win a $160 Target Gift Card from my Blogging Besties

**UPDATE: The winner of the Target gift card was Amy B.!**

Hello lovies! Today is a very fun day I've been anxiously waiting for! Remember how I heart you and I heart giving you free stuff?! My good friend, Katelyn (from Learning, Creating, Living), and I decided we wanted to put together an awesome giveaway for our even more awesome readers. We rounded up some of our blogging besties and are super excited to give YOU a chance to win a gift card to a swoon-worthy store: TARGET! One lucky winner will get $160 to shop til they drop. I would definitely spend a couple hours walking around, trying on all the polka dots & mint I could find, with a soy hazelnut steamer in hand. All you have to do is follow these lovely ladies' blogs using the Rafflecopter widget below. The best part? These gals are all sweethearts and total joys to follow. I love being surrounded by talented people in the blogging world. I'm excited to help you be inspired, too!

                 Put A Bird On It - Learning Creating Living - The Salty Mess                 

                Party Patisserie - Making Home Happy Blog - Burlap & Bananas           

      

        Crafty Wife - Blonde Bellezza - It's Stef With An F

Best Day Ever - MacDonalds Playland - Twelve O Eight

               Enjoy Essential

J is for Jordy Giveaway on Facebook

Hey everyone! Are you having fun at the link party? I hope so! I'm inspired each and every week!

I wanted to let all my blog friends know I have a great giveaway that just started on Facebook. I am giving away a boutique print from J is for Jordy to you and 2 of your friends! I first discovered J is for Jordy at an adorable boutique market in my hometown. I fell in love with her prints and just had to introduce you to her shop! Amy is the sweetest and is so generous to give away 3 of her prints {note: online they are listed as instant downloads, but winners will receive actual prints in the mail!}. I have one of her prints up in Ava's nursery. It is a lyric from one of my favorite songs, Mine by Taylor Swift: "You are the best thing that's ever been mine." This song was referred to me by one of my besties - when I was going through a particularly hard time - she said it reminded her of Conrad and me - and she was super right. Now, we have a new little bundle that is the best thing that's ever been ours.   :)

Link'n Blogs #13 with a giveaway!

 

Welcome to Link'n Blogs {#13} !

A place to link up your projects and make new friends. We are all about visiting links and following new bloggers here at Link'n Blogs. Remember to leave comments and PIN PIN PIN!

Cause sharing is caring. 

This week, we have a giveaway as part of the link party, so be sure to find it below and ENTER to win a great prize!

**Your links will show up on ALL blogs hosting the link party!**

Interested in guest hosting Link'n Blogs?!

I've created a spreadsheet where you can sign up to host a link party! It's a great way to get to know other bloggers, share a recent post with other party goers and pick the features. Sign up using the link below!

I WANT TO GUEST HOST A LINK PARTY!

Grab my party button! 

 

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I am sharing some simple ways to add Radiant Orchid to your life in 2014. I didn't like the Pantone Color of the Year at first -- until I did some research -- and am now in LOVE with it. I also have a huge giveaway of over $100 in Radiant Orchid goodies, so be sure to stop by and enter!

Radiant Orchid Ideas & Giveaway

HOST:
Katelyn from Learning, Creating, Living 

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Katelyn is sharing her cinnamon roll pancakes. I mean - come on - what could be better than a cinnamon roll in a pancake?!

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

Be sure to give some love to our guest hosts - you will love their creative blogs!

Pamela from Macdonald's Playland

PINTEREST | BLOGLOVIN | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | ETSY

Pamela is one of my newest blogging friends! Not only is she insanely creative on her blog & has an adorable Etsy shop, but she is a total sweetheart and doesn't mind answering all my crazy questions about marriage and parenting and baby #2 and on and on. :) This is one lady you definitely want to follow. Pamela is sharing some adorable ideas for packaging gifts or products. I definitely will use her ideas for my own shop!

Packaging Ideas & Tips

Kathy from Real Food and Real Fitness

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You will love Kathy's great ideas for healthy eating and living. I've already got my eye on a bunch of yummy recipes I want to incorporate into my weekly meals. Definitely go check it out! Kathy is sharing a delicious clean eating chimichangas recipe. Yum!

Clean Eating Baked Chicken Chimichangas

Here are this week's features: