Archives for December 2016

Free 2017 Year in Focus Printables + How to Make Printables with GraphicStock

December 30, 2016 24 Comments

One thing I try to do as we approach a new year is to share is some printables and calendars, so next week you can look forward to seeing a round up of blog planners, post planners, calendars and 2017 printables, but for today’s I have a special 2017 Year in Focus Printable set for you. I made the printable set for you myself, using graphics from GraphicStock. They are THE destination for online graphics with over 250,000 photos, illustrations, and vectors. You can find everything you need to create fun printables, graphic design for your website, and so much more!

Before we get to the printable set, I’m going to show you just how easy it is to make printables, using images from GraphicStock. [Read more…]

Filed Under: organizing, Printables Tagged With: 2017 planner, 2017 printables, New Years, new years resolution, planner

Friday Favorites Linky Party – Week 353

December 29, 2016 3 Comments

Hello everyone! Welcome to this week’s Friday Favorites party, our last party of the year! Thanks so much for partying with us in 2016, and I look forward to seeing all of you back here in the new year! Happy Holidays and best wishes for a Happy New Year!

Please support and follow our lovely blog party hostesses:

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Christine at Light and Savvy – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Jen at Creatively Homemade – Twitter | G+ | Pin

Dawn at LeroyLime – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

Maisy at Becoming Alice – FB | G+ | Pin

Sheree at Stage Presents – Twitter | FB | Pin | Inst | Inst

Lisa at Condo Blues – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Amy at A Day of Small Things – Pin

Penny at Penny’s Passion – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

If you are featured this week, be sure and grab a featured button for your blog!

You can show your love for this week’s favorites by going over and commenting on the posts and by pinning or sharing!

And if you love all of this week’s favorites, please pin, share, and invite your friends to this week’s linky party! [Read more…]

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Friday Favorites Linky Party – Week 352

December 22, 2016 4 Comments

Hello all! Thank you for stopping by for this week’s Friday Favorites party! Before we get to this week’s features, I just want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and happy holidays in general. I hope you all have an awesome weekend with your family, filled with love and a a lot of great memories!

I also have one last minute Christmas gift for everyone…a giveaway! It is a giveaway for all my cooking friends out there, and it is a $25 Gift Card to Chef’D. This is one of those services where they send you fresh ingredients in the mail, to help you create gourmet meals. I recently got to try them out, and I had a great experience with it. The giveaway was just posted, and it will be open for a week, so please head over and enter.

Please support and follow our lovely blog party hostesses:

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Christine at Light and Savvy – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Jen at Creatively Homemade – Twitter | G+ | Pin

Dawn at LeroyLime – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

Maisy at Becoming Alice – FB | G+ | Pin

Sheree at Stage Presents – Twitter | FB | Pin | Inst | Inst

Lisa at Condo Blues – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Amy at A Day of Small Things – Pin

Penny at Penny’s Passion – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

If you are featured this week, be sure and grab a featured button for your blog!

You can show your love for this week’s favorites by going over and commenting on the posts and by pinning or sharing!

And if you love all of this week’s favorites, please pin, share, and invite your friends to this week’s linky party! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Christmas, Friday Favorites

Cooking with Chef’d + a Giveaway

December 22, 2016 2 Comments

Do you or someone in your family LOVE cooking gourmet meals from scratch? Do you love to cook but don’t always have the time to do it? Or do you love cooking but hate braving the stores to buy all those must-have ingredients for a fresh, gourmet meal? Then today’s post is definitely for you! This month my family and I had the opportunity to cook fresh gourmet style meals at home with Chef’d! Chef’d is a service that delivers fresh ingredients right to your door, helping you to make delicious meals that your family loves.

When you visit their website, you will have access to over 300 recipes! Then just select the recipes you wish to purchase, along with the date when you’d like for your meal plans to be delivered, and voila, you will receive an awesome box filled with everything you need to make those delicious meals. One thing I loved about Chef’d is that they had great variety of meals; they have recipes for a variety of dietary restrictions (vegan, gluten-free, etc.) And they have a lot of fancy, gourmet foods to fit anyone’s tastes. But they also had a number of simple, family friendly meals, which is what I love to cook! Let me tell you a little bit about my experience with the company. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Giveaways, product review Tagged With: cooking, food, foodie, giveaway, gourmet food, Gourmet Gifts

Friday Favorites Linky Party Week 351 – with Hand Stamped Christmas Ornament Giveaway

December 15, 2016 5 Comments

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by for this week’s Friday Favorites party! Once again this week we are featuring a giveaway from my Etsy shop Simply Sweet Creations. The winner will get a free custom Christmas ornament! Also, I’d like to note that if you like my ornaments and jewelry, I am still taking orders through this weekend with on time Christmas delivery! So get your orders in!

And as always, I invite you to feast your eyes upon this week’s awesome features and links! (And link up your own posts with us!)

Please support and follow our lovely blog party hostesses:

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Christine at Light and Savvy – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Jen at Creatively Homemade – Twitter | G+ | Pin

Dawn at LeroyLime – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

Maisy at Becoming Alice – FB | G+ | Pin

Sheree at Stage Presents – Twitter | FB | Pin | Inst | Inst

Lisa at Condo Blues – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Amy at A Day of Small Things – Pin

Penny at Penny’s Passion – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

If you are featured this week, be sure and grab a featured button for your blog!

You can show your love for this week’s favorites by going over and commenting on the posts and by pinning or sharing!

And if you love all of this week’s favorites, please pin, share, and invite your friends to this week’s linky party! [Read more…]

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Christmas Party Must-Haves from Oriental Trading

December 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

Disclosure: I am an ambassador for Oriental Trading and received free products to facilitate this post.

Christmas is almost here! Many companies, schools, and even families have already celebrated their yearly Christmas party, but there’s still a lot of partying left to go! Oriental Trading always has a wide of variety of seasonal items to help you create the ultimate party! I recently received an entire box of Christmas items that could turn any ordinary holiday dinner into something merry and bright! Today I’m going to highlight those items and tell you why I recommend them for your holiday bash!

Table Decor

I found the cutest plates and napkins (pictured above). There’s just something about this mix of colors and patterns that make me smile. They are bright and bold with a touch of the whimsical, and I think they look great for adult or children’s parties. Also managed to find this polka dot table cloth, featuring pictures of Santa, an elf, rudolph, and a snowman. I think it goes quite nicely with the plates and napkins.

As you prepare your party today, you need dishes to serve your food. The Christmas tree, bauble, and snowman trays above come in a set of 12 (4 of each design). Their cute shapes and colors make them a perfectly festive way of serving up appetizers, snacks, candies, as well as your favorite holiday sides, or even pulled turkey! It’s also an affordable to serve your food in style without spending a lot of fancy serving trays. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Christmas, decorating, party ideas Tagged With: Christmas party, Oriental Trading

Saving Money with Dryel

December 10, 2016 Leave a Comment

Disclosure: I am a Dryel Brand ambassador and have received free products and compensation for this post. The opinions are my own.

With the holiday season upon us, we could all use a few money saving and time saving tips! Using Dryel at home for your dry cleaning needs is one way to save money and get your clothes cleaned with convenience! (And you’ll have more money to spend on Christmas gifts for the family and yourself!) [Read more…]

Filed Under: cleaning, product review, saving money Tagged With: dry cleaning, laundry, tips

Friday Favorites Linky Party – Week 350 – w/ Christmas Ornament Giveaway

December 8, 2016 3 Comments

Hello everyone! Welcome to a special edition of Friday Favorites. This week we are celebrating linky party #350. That is a lot of link ups! I want to thank everyone who stops by and links up with us each week (and anyone who just stops by to check out the features and shared posts). I know that many of you have been linking up here for a long time, and I definitely appreciate it!

To celebrate 350 weeks and as a special Christmas treat, I am offering a giveaway from my Etsy shop. I’m also offering 10% off this weekend with coupon code: MERRYCHRISTMAS.

Please support and follow our lovely blog party hostesses:

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Christine at Light and Savvy – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Jen at Creatively Homemade – Twitter | G+ | Pin

Dawn at LeroyLime – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

Maisy at Becoming Alice – FB | G+ | Pin

Sheree at Stage Presents – Twitter | FB | Pin | Inst | Inst

Lisa at Condo Blues – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Amy at A Day of Small Things – Pin

Penny at Penny’s Passion – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

If you are featured this week, be sure and grab a featured button for your blog!

You can show your love for this week’s favorites by going over and commenting on the posts and by pinning or sharing!

And if you love all of this week’s favorites, please pin, share, and invite your friends to this week’s linky party! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Christmas, Friday Favorites, Giveaways, Simply Sweet Creations Tagged With: Christmas, link up, linky party

How Dryel Brings More Freedom to Your Laundry Routine

December 5, 2016 1 Comment

Disclosure: I am a Dryel Brand ambassador and have received free products and compensation for this post. The opinions are my own.

Last month I talked about Dryel, a product that allows you to do dry cleaning at home. And today I’m going to talk about how this product brings more freedom to your laundry routine.

First of all, the product is a great one for young professionals and anyone who has to dress up frequently for work, church, or other social functions. Let’s say you want to wear your favorite new dress to church this Sunday, but Tuesday night you are going to a dinner and want to wear the same outfit. If it’s a dry clean only item, you are probably out of luck, unless you have Dryel. In just minutes, Dryel will help you to fresh up your favorite dress so you will be all ready to wine and dine! (And hey, this means you don’t have to spend an hour, staring at your closet, trying to pick out two outfits!) [Read more…]

Filed Under: product review Tagged With: laundry, laundry tips

Friday Favorites Linky Party – Week 349

December 1, 2016 4 Comments

Happy December, Friends! Welcome to this week’s Friday Favorites party! This week we have so many fun ideas for the holidays! I’m sure that you will enjoy each and every one of them! Please take a moment to look around, and as always I invite you to share your ideas with us so that we may feature you here!

PS – Please be sure to tune in for next week’s party, where we will have a fun Christmas giveaway from my Etsy shop!

Please support and follow our lovely blog party hostesses:

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Christine at Light and Savvy – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Jen at Creatively Homemade – Twitter | G+ | Pin

Dawn at LeroyLime – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL

Maisy at Becoming Alice – FB | G+ | Pin

Sheree at Stage Presents – Twitter | FB | Pin | Inst | Inst

Lisa at Condo Blues – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Amy at A Day of Small Things – Pin

Penny at Penny’s Passion – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst

Kelly at Under a Texas Sky – Twitter | FB | G+ | Pin | Inst | BL