Welcome to the 77th week of Turn It Up Tuesday! Last week, we had an awesome time on Turn It Up Tuesday with 439 links – another amazing week! We’d like to thank each and every one of you for making every week so amazing! Keep sharing your amazing posts with us here on Turn It Up Tuesday!
It’s time for another great week of Turn It Up Tuesday!! We’re so excited to have you this week and are thrilled to have a couple awesome giveaways to offer you (at the end of the post). So, be sure to link-up your best posts, enter to WIN and visit a few new friends!
Thank you so much for joining us for another week of Turn It Up Tuesday! Thanks for sharing those AMAZING posts for us all to enjoy!
Hi readers!! I’m really excited to be hosting Turn It Up Tuesday for another great week! I think this is one of the best link-ups around because we feature so many different blogs each week. It varies, but usually we’re featuring anywhere from 7 to 15 different posts. That means that your article is getting shared across every host and co-host’s blog. That’s a lot of back-links and a lot of views from our readers. So, why not join us!?
Turn It Up Tuesdays is all about being happy, excited, energetic…and having fun! Link up your favorite posts (old or new) and meet some awesome bloggers in return! Link up your funny stories, DIY posts, recipes, mommy moments — anything at all, as long as it is family-friendly. We want to laugh, be entertained, be inspired, and have a good time!
Thanks so much to everyone that joins us each week and makes this blog hop the best that it could be!
Ida is a mom of one, step-mom of two lifestyle blogger from Miami. She blogs about her second chance at life, love and family!
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Here are the Featured posts from last week!
Cindy chose Triple Your Readership & Following By Having a Newsletter from our very own co-host, Tenns from New Mama Diaries. “I know I need to start using newsletters for my blog. This post answered some of the questions that I have had about newsletters.”
Nancy chose Get Rid of It! Decluttering Tasks for the Clutter Free Home Project from The Beautiful Useful Project. “With the new year, I’d like a fresh start and am really trying to get the house cleaned and decluttered. Kate has provided a month long “Get Rid of It!” series in which she posts quick and easy tasks that help to clear the clutter.”
Rhonda chose DIY Tile Coasters from A Dose of Paige. “Everybody can use coasters in their home. I love that the tiles and materials can be purchased within a budget, and the finished product makes a great gift.”
Chantale chose 18 Healthy Recipes to Lose Weight from Budget Girl. “I chose this post about healthy recipes because I feel it is many people’s New Year’s resolutions to be healthy and lose weight. She has beautiful images of the dishes and her recipes are original and varied. It allows readers to keep things interesting and not get bored while they are trying to lose weight.”
Jillian chose Planner Organization Update- January 2015 from Mama’s Got It Together. “I chose this post because my organization spidey senses are tingling! The new year means goals, intentions, organization and just getting it together – sometimes we all need a little help to pull it together, and this post can help with that.”
Mari chose Chocolate Honeycomb Cheesecake from Annie’s Noms. “This week was tough for me but once again my sweet tooth took the lead. I loved Annie’s presentation. This cake just calls out ‘must try’.”
Zografia chose DIY : Personalised canvas art for the nursery from Happy Girly Crafty. “I liked how great this turned from thrift store supplies. And i love the love touch it has on.”
Tina chose Winter framed wreath from Our House Now a Home. “A simple and beautiful creation. This Winter framed wreath looks great. Love the idea, thanks for sharing.”
Tiffany chose Cherry Cheesecake Cupcakes from Inspiration for Moms. “Laura, you had me at Cherry. These cupcakes look so decadent and delicious!”
April chose 10 Things I Want My Daughter To Know About Being a Real Woman from Simply Lindsey Loo. “As I look at my two little girls, I’m constantly worried about what I want to teach them as they get older. I think this post sums it up clearly.”
Stacey chose Be Afraid And Go On Anyway from Two Teens and Their Mama. “What an amazing post! For years, I let those fears rule me through anxiety attacks and panic. In the last few years, I have learned to embrace those fears and fight my way through them, which has allowed me the ability to go on and start making my dreams a reality. Thank you so much for sharing!”
Rose chose Cheesy Ground Beef and Potato Casserole from With a Blast. “I chose this post because I was drawn to the un-fussiness of the recipe. It’s something I can put together on a busy night and my kids will actually eat! Instead of boiling the potatoes, I may just throw them in the slowcooker to make even less work for myself. ;)”
Natasha chose A Day In The Life Of A Single Working Mom With Twins! by Chaos and Kiddos on Domain of the Mad Mommy. “As a single mom, I can completely relate to all the things that Katy is going through. I don’t have twins, but sometimes it feels like it!”
Our very own lovely and amazing Cathy from A Peek Into My Paradise is hosting a great giveaway this month and some of us are co-hosting, so we’d love to feature it here for all of you! Enter to win cash in the Romantic Cash Giveaway – you could win up to $500! Three winners will be chosen!
Link up your posts, make some friends, and earn the chance to be featured or become the Best of the Best on Turn It Up Tuesday! We will feature the favorite posts each week!
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Welcome to the 65th week of Turn It Up Tuesdays! We’re so happy to have you here again this week – we had such amazing posts last week! We enjoyed reading them all!
Turn It Up Tuesdays is all about being happy, excited, energetic…and having fun! Link up your favorite posts (old or new) and meet some awesome bloggers in return! Link up your funny stories, DIY posts, recipes, mommy moments — anything at all, as long as it is family-friendly. We want to laugh, be entertained, be inspired, and have a good time!
Thanks so much to everyone that joins us each week and makes this blog hop the best that it could be!
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Here are the Featured posts from last week!
Cathy chose Mint Chocolate Brownie Crumb Cake from Annie’s Noms. “I love making bars! I am adding these to my sweet treats list for Christmas!”
Stacy chose Felted Acorn Ornaments from Making It In the Mountains. “I just love these Felted Acorn Ornaments by Making It In The Mountains. They’re absolutely adorable, and don’t seem too difficult to make.”
Ce Ce chose Snowman Crafts from Sunshine & Hurricanes. “These are the cutest snowman crafts for all ages!”
Cindy chose Salted Caramel Pudding Parfait from Penney Lane. “The image caught my eye and I am addicted to all things salted caramel. I can’t wait to try this out in the new year!”
Tina chose Ribbon Tree Ornaments & $50 Gift Card Giveaway from Typically Simple. “A cute and simple craft to make with the children. Great as a a cute embellishment on a gift. Thanks for sharing.”
Mari chose It’s That Time Of Year Again from Vashti Quiroz-Vega’s Blog. “Loved Vashti’s use of those huge peppermint sticks! Great combo of mint and sweet.”
Jillian chose The Face Of Depression from Afro-Chic Mompreneur. “I chose this post, because I, too, suffer with depression and love that Nancy is being so very open and honest. It will help others out there, tremendously!”
Angie chose Ceiling hanging Christmas wreath from Our House Now a Home. “I just love this classy European look and can’t wait to try making this with my fresh pine garland!”
Tiffany chose Use Wrapping Paper Scraps for Storage from 1-2-3 Neat & Tidy. “LOVE this! i am always feeling so wasteful when I have to trash the scraps because I can’t figure a way to save them over for the next year. Who knew it could be so easy!?”
Jessica chose 10 Simple Chores My Kids Do Around the House (and So Can Yours) from Simple Holistic Girl. “What a great list for kids! They’re simple and personally I think it’s easy to do for each school-age child at home. Although my child is 3, I am already “training” him to do a couple on the list (clean room (pick up toys) and putting grocercies away). Right now he is very helpful in both areas and I hope when he gets older he “graduates” to the other areas of the list. Thanks for sharing!!”
Rhonda chose My Christmas Home Tour 2014 from The Painted Hinge. “This post took me back to my grandparent’s farmette. I loved seeing the display of antiques and vintage items mixed with the new. Housing the Christmas tree in the old wash tub was a fantastic idea.”
Nancy chose 10 Ways to Make Your Husband Happy! from My Snippets of Inspiration. “My favorite post was 10 Ways to Make Your Husband Happy, because so close to the holiday season family is the focus. I loved that it was about making your spouse, best friend, and partner happy. It was a reminder for me to think about him more, and to appreciate him for all he does. Loved it!”
Stacey chose Chocolate Crinkle Cookies from Treat and Trick. “I am making my list and checking it twice of cookies to make during this holiday season and these look amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!”
Tenns chose The Best Bad-For-You Fudge Ever from Little House Living. “I can never resist a good fudge recipe and this look delicious! I can’t wait to try it out and possibly gift it during the holidays.”
Natasha chose Blog Planner 2015 from My Joy-Filled Life. “I’m working on organizing my blog and increasing my focus in 2015, and I have been looking for tools to help me in this effort. This is a great tool – thanks for sharing!”
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We’re so excited to introduce the newest addition to our weekly linkup– the first-ever official IBA Blog Hop! This hop is just for members of the IBA (badge required) to visit each other’s latest posts in any category and share the love. If you submit a link here, make sure to visit and comment on and/or share three more.
Each week, we’ll be featuring the three posts that got the most clicks in the previous week, so make sure to come back to see if you’ve been featured! Happy Blog-Hopping!
Here are the featured posts from last week’s Social Media Saturday
Welcome to Social Media Saturdays, the one and only linkup sponsored by the International Bloggers Association, where bloggers grow together. Have you joined yet? If not, go there now!
We’re all about making new friends and finding each other in the places we hang out online. This is the place to mingle, make new friends and form real relationships– not the place to drop links and leave!
If that sounds good to you, then by all means, share the links to your social media accounts here!
Here are the rules:
1. You don’t have to, but if you want to be classy please follow your hosts in each category that you join. We are:
2. Tweet about the party and spread the word so that we can all connect with new friends! The more people who join us, the better experience we all have!
Click the button below or write your own tweet with the hashtag #ilovesocialsaturday so your new friends know where you came from and so that we can chat all day!
3. Follow the person before you in each category that you join and at least 2 more so that we make sure everybody gets some love!
4. If you’d like to put our badge on your site, grab the HTML here. Let us know if you did because we sure do love people who love us!
Let’s get started!!! Happy Saturday!!
P.S. If you want to make sure you don’t miss the party (or just say hi!) head over and like our facebook page, Social Media Saturdays. And, if you want to see some SERIOUS growth on your blog, don’t forget to come and join the International Bloggers Association!
There, you can find great new friends in your niche to subscribe to and visit regularly. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to build a network of support!
We’re so excited to introduce the newest addition to our weekly linkup– the first-ever official IBA Blog Hop! This hop is just for members of the IBA (badge required) to visit each other’s latest posts in any category and share the love. If you submit a link here, make sure to visit and comment on and/or share three more.
Each week, we’ll be featuring the three posts that got the most clicks in the previous week, so make sure to come back to see if you’ve been featured! Happy Blog-Hopping!
Here are the featured posts from last week’s Social Media Saturday
Welcome to the 17th week of the Social Media Mixer!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Week 16 – we had 150 blogs and numerous social media link-ups!
The Social Media Mixer is all about networking and making connections. Also, you can gain exposure and increase your social media following! Link up your blog posts and social media accounts and mix it up with some of the other linkers. Each week, the Weekday Mixer will start on Saturday nights at 8:00pm and go on until Wednesday nights at 11:59pm. A blog post will be chosen each week by each of the hosts and guest hosts and featured in the following week’s link-up! If chosen, a brief summary about yourself and your blog/website and all of your social media accounts will be featured. It’s a great way to stand out among the crowd! One blogger will be chosen for 2 weeks of free ad space on Epic Mommy Adventures!
A couple weeks ago, I gave you all a look into a little black dress bridal shower that was thrown for my best friend. I showed that for the shower game, we had a wine tasting. It seemed to be very well received by all of the guests! For me, I had a blast getting the game ready and that included making these really cute {and inexpensive} chalkboard wine glasses. Not only did they serve purpose during the wine tasting game, but they doubled as party favors for each guest to take home. As promised earlier, here is my step-by-step guide at how I created them!
Fall is finally here, and I am loving it! In honor of my favorite season (don’t I say that about all seasons?) I would like to share with you some of my previous fall inspired posts.
You guys! This has been on my to-do list for like…EVER. Ok really not that long, but really since Hannelore was born. I know these are all over Pinterest, but I still love it. I love how simple it is.
A few of my friends and/or readers have told me they don’t consider me frumpy. Thank YOU! I truly appreciate that and then I thought about it. First, anyone who is friends with me on Facebook has a somewhat biased view of my “frumpiness” because I typically wouldn’t post a pic of me in all my frumpy glory (though I have unluckily been tagged in a few – thank you “friends”). The other thing is that while I may not always appear frumpy, sometimes it’s more about how I feel about how I look.
This year money is pretty tight. Paying for all of our expenses, including grad school loans for two people, on one income does not leave a lot of room in the budget for seasonal decorating. Can you relate? Well I’m going to be sharing a series of projects and posts dedicated to decorating on a budget, namely for fall.
I’ve never been a, “I have to have my coffee or I can’t function” type person. Thank God. I do enjoy coffee though, and have learned it certainly helps as a sleep deprived mom of 3. It’s a rare day I get to actually drink the coffee though, and I usually have about 4 half empty, or half full if you want to be an optimist, cups of coffee spread throughout the house. Here’s how drinking coffee typically goes in this house. (Mind you, MANY steps of the day are missing. This is just a generalized run down of the coffee drinking process.)
Have you ever browned butter? I have just recently been introduced to brown butter from a friend who is well-versed in it. She came over for a lesson in pie crust making, and I got a lesson in how to make my first brown butter. I don’t know why for so long I have been intimidated with this magical secret ingredient! Not anymore!
As I mentioned in my recent garden update, I have vegetables coming out my ears! When I planted the garden, my plan was to make homemade salsa with all the fresh vegetables from our garden. I had no idea how many batches of salsa I would be making, but the count is currently up to eight. Eight batches of salsa, folks!
It’s beginning to feel a lot like fall… and I’m excited. It’s not about the pumpkins, or sweaters, or not sweating the second you step outside. For me, fall is all about the honeycrisp apple. If you’ve never eaten a honeycrisp, you are missing out on life. I pretty much don’t want to eat anything else. They are so perfectly crispy and sweet. When honeycrisps aren’t in season, I have a hard time eating apples. They have ruined all other apples for me. They are everything an apple should be.
We went blueberry picking in July at a local U Pick Farm. We had fun picking blueberries and even ran into old neighbors, but boy was it hot out. S did a great job picking and trying to fill up her own container. However, after about 5 pounds of blueberries S was done.
Our laundry room was kind of dark and dreary. This was the first thing we remodeled when we moved into our home. We started by taking out the old and slanted cabinets. Then we took off the old and gross paneling.
This week, I want to share with you my tips for landing a job, even while you’re pregnant! I actually applied to and interviewed for jobs while I was pregnant, because I wanted to have a better job lined up for when I eventually decided to return.
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Welcome to the 16th week of the Social Media Mixer!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Week 15 – we had 150 blogs and numerous social media link-ups!
The Social Media Mixer is all about networking and making connections. Also, you can gain exposure and increase your social media following! Link up your blog posts and social media accounts and mix it up with some of the other linkers. Each week, the Weekday Mixer will start on Saturday nights at 8:00pm and go on until Wednesday night at 11:59pm. A blog post will be chosen each week by each of the hosts and guest hosts and featured in the following week’s link-up! If chosen, a brief summary about yourself and your blog/website and all of your social media accounts will be featured. It’s a great way to stand out among the crowd! One blogger will be chosen for 2 weeks of free ad space on Epic Mommy Adventures!
Before you become a parent, there is usually a list of things you say you’ll never do. That list looks different for every one, but I’m pretty sure grabbing poop with your bare hand doesn’t even make the cut. It’s just not something you’d think would be necessary to specify on a list of things you’ll never do.
This delicious sandwich by Giada De Laurentiis is an ideal appetizer or lunch. Simply follow her recipe below and enjoy! I did substitute pepperoni for the prosciutto and I rolled the dough into a rectangle rather than a circle.
The pizza dough is often found in the deli or bakery department of most grocery stores. You can now find gluten free pizza dough as well in some stores.
I feel a little like Ray Liotta in Good Fellas. As far back as I can remember, I’ve been a coffee addict. These days, coffee is like a religion in my household. I have several coffee machines, all varying degrees of effort, status, and needs.
9 Amazing Green Cleaners You Should Not Be Without from Wonderfully Messy Mom
If you are looking to make the switch to a cleaner, greener home, I have 9 solutions you should try. These can be found in your local grocery store or whole foods market. Some of these items may already be sitting in your kitchen right now! Not to mention these green cleaners are simple, cheap and best of all- EFFECTIVE!!
These candies are out of this world delicious, and they are pretty easy to make. Be warned though, that the process does get a bit messy, but the result it worth it. They are delightful mix of semisweet chocolate, salty peanut butter and crisp, buttery crackers. Pure goodness that makes it hard to just eat one.
The magic of summer has been replaced with backpacks, football, leaves changing colors, and pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING! The end of summer doesn’t have to equal the end of fun. Here is a list of fun fall activities you can do with your toddler to keep the magic alive!
I’ve found that a lot of furniture in our home is dark…whether wood or fabric. Most of the time it’s nice to have these hearty pieces, but sometimes it can darken the mood a bit. So to keep things fresh and summery year round, I decided to make over this sad little dresser I picked up at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.
It’s September and that means apple season! Apples are by far a favorite around our house. There are so many ways to use them, appetizers to salads, or main dishes to desserts! I have gathered up a list of some of our favorites. Hope you enjoy going through these. Go ahead and pin some of them when you hover over the picture with the pop up pinterest button.
Can I be honest? I am a little jealous of my friends who are grandparents. They post pictures of their grandchildren, just gushing with the kind of pride that only a grandma or grandpa could exude. I look at those pictures and look at how much fun they seem to be having and I admit – I am jealous.
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I’ve never been a, “I have to have my coffee or I can’t function” type person. Thank God. I do enjoy coffee though, and have learned it certainly helps as a sleep deprived mom of 3. It’s a rare day I get to actually drink the coffee though, and I usually have about 4 half empty, or half full if you want to be an optimist, cups of coffee spread throughout the house. Here’s how drinking coffee typically goes in this house. (Mind you, MANY steps of the day are missing. This is just a generalized run down of the coffee drinking process.)
