Some of My Favorite Blogs

Did You Miss Last Week???  

It was all about inspiration featuring The Shine Project and A Place to Bark!

This week it is all about some adorable blogs with cute tutorials! 

First up is Kim over at Oh,Sweet Joy! Her blog is full of awesome fashion finds, awesome tutorials and and totally cute shop!

 This are just a few of the cute items you will find in her shop!

How about these awesome tutorials!!!

Be sure to stop by her blog and check it all out, you wont wanna miss it!!!

 Next up is Oh, So Antsy, I actually discovered Oh, So Antsy from Oh, Sweet Joy. Oh, So Antsy has an unique and adorable shop. She hand makes each piece. Check out below to see what I am talking about!

 I am an Oregon girl! I was born in Southern Oregon and have lived here most of my life.

I spent a few years living with my dad, right by Yosemite National Park. So my heart has a special place for California too!

Now do you see what I am talking about, how cute is her stuff! She does lots and lots more and custom orders. Check out all her work and you will see exactly what I am talking about the possibilities are endless! I totally need of a few of these!


 Hope you enjoyed this weeks favorites, be sure to check back next week for more favorites!

Edible Arrangements for Valentine's Day!

 Edible arrangements for Valentine's Day!

 My edible arrangements come in a few sizes and are totally able to be customized. I have done many themes: Cowboy, Sports, Princess, Easter, Christmas. . ect The Possibilities are ENDLESS!!!
Cantaloupe Slices, Honeydew Slices, Pineapple Pieces ( cut into almost any shape), Apple Pieces, Strawberries, Sticks of Grapes
Chocolate covered fruit Optional
Other add-ons are Chocolate covered Marshmallows, gummy worms, Carmel Apples. . ect. You name it I can probably do it!
Arrangements come in a generic flower pot (avaliable in most colors), Personal size come in Large coffee mugs. Specialty pots and mugs to match a theme or holiday are avaliable at an additional cost.

Message me with any questions, or if you would like a custom arrangement. So I can make another listing for you.LOCAL DELIVERY ONLY!!!

The Personal and the Medium are the most popular. 

 Prices are as follows:

Personal: 15.00
Small 2 people: 25.00
Medium 3-5 people: 35.00
Large Family size 5+ people: 50.00
XL 10+ people : 75.00

Here are some more pictures:

 Head on over to my new shop by clicking HERE!!!!

New Items will be added Soon!!!

Our Last Few Weeks in Photos!

Reed was ready for our trip to Wildlife Safari!!!!

Our Last Few Weeks in Photos! 

We had lots of fun outside!!!

Working out with daddy!

 

 

Loves sign language, thanks Mr.John

First bowling trip! Loved it!

Passed out

New working books!

Helping mom mulch the fruit trees.

Loves going to school!

These were our last few weeks!!!!!

The Pink Method and P90x

Week 3 of The PINK Method and P90X

Well Tuesday was the start of week 3, and Ian and I have both lost 10lbs in 2 weeks! It is awesome! I will admit it is really hard to not eat cookies, cake, cupcakes, bread. . . ect I am addicted to sugar and bread! Which is not a good combination if you are trying to lose weight. Also it doesn't help when Alex over at AlexandraRose is posting about homemade donuts and chocolate covered pretzels! HAHA I have been dying looking at her posts. The drool hits the keyboard! Anyways back to the main reason I am here. I have an awesome recipe that I have created.  

This is a recipe for a granola bar to help satisfy the sweet tooth cravings without packing all the processed sugars and flour into it. I used the wrong pan when I made mine so I am modifying it a little bit that way the bars come out as bars. You will see what I mean. . . 

Ingredients:

DRY

2 and 2/3 C. Rolled oats

3/4 C Brown Sugar

1/2 C Wheat Germ

1 1/2 C Dried Strawberries (Chopped)

1/4 C Flax Seed

1 C Mixed Nuts (sunflower seeds, peanuts, cashews)

1/2 C Honey roasted Almond slices

 * You can substitute any dried fruit or nuts  you like  just keep it between 3 - 4 cups.

WET

9Tbs melted Butter

1 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

1/3 C+ 2Tbs  Honey

1 1/2 Tbs Water

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a glass cake pan.

Combine all dry ingredients including dried fruit and nuts in a bowl. 

In another bowl whisk all wet ingredients.

Toss the wet ingredients in with the dry until crumbly

Press the mixture into the pan and evenly distribute making sure to get air pockets out. 

Place in oven for 25-30 mins, remove and place on a cooling rack and let it sit until completely cool! 

Then cut into bars and enjoy!

Now I lined my pan with parchment paper. . . . bad idea. It was so hard to get the paper off the I had to crumble my bars. :( 

 It still tasted so good and I bet it would be even better eaten like cereal! I guess I will have to try it! I also will be making a new batch with a different pan!

 Just for fun. . . . here is a picture of what my kitchen looked like directly after!

Yikes!!!! What a disaster!!!

Pinterest Favorites

Last week was all Valentine's Day cuteness. . . . . 

This week is all about practical, fun and adorable Garden Ideas!!!

Click on picture to be linked to source!

I spent a long time searching for the original source of this darling hanging planter. I could not find it. However I am going to be doing this in the next few weeks so I will post a tutorial. If you know of find the original source let me know!

We have been clearing so many trees! I am hoping to do this around the raised beds we are putting in!

 

With this cute idea there is no excuse for you city gardeners!

I think this would be a cute project for the boys and I!

This totally fits me!

A Blog I follow Just Lovely Things posted this amazing post about Pinterest and making sure that credit is given where credit is due. Check it out HERE! It is an awesome post and since I have started this series about my favorite Pinterest finds. I spent a lot of time today trying to find the original sources or tutorials for these things. It was a pain in the butt, but totally worth it. I know MOST of the stuff I post can be tracked back to the original. On the ones that can't, I want you to know I tried my best to find the source and could not. However if you are browsing my posts and do find the original somewhere PLEASE let me know!! Thanks and Check back next week for more favorites!!!

Some of My Favorite Blogs Pt. 2

This week I am going to talk about more of my favorite blogs, but this week it is all about the inspirational blogs I love to read!

The Shine Project!

Ashley over at The Shine Project is amazing!  This is one of my favorite quotes she wrote talking about her life. "If you're in too much of a rush to enjoy the small moments that matter, at the end of the day you're left with a bunch of meaningless events." LOVE IT!  If you are not familiar with The Shine Project, head over there right now and help Ashley make a difference! 
 Here is a small taste of what Ashley does.  The Shine Project is a non-profit organization that raises money for inner city high school students, while getting them involved in service in their community.

                                                    Here is how I found out I could help!


                    The CHANGE4CHANGE campaign.  All money collected will help inner city high school students afford their first year of college. Pledge to throw your leftover change in a jar until you've collected $100, and it will be put directly into The Shine Project Scholarship Fund.If you are interested in having a Change for Change jar, email Ashley at Ashley.TheShineProject@gmail.com

She has a video on her page that really shows you even the smallest act of kindness can make a difference in someone's life!  Watch it HERE! 

How cool would it be to do something like this in your community?!?!? I think it needs to happen!  Please go to her blog and help in anyway you can!

This next blog is about animal rescue. I feel so strongly about supporting Animal Rescues! 

A Place to Bark

A Place to Bark is a private No Kill Shelter. They work with both Animal Control and the Humane Societies. They get animals from high kill shelters, foster them, work with them, rehabilitate them, and then work with the humane society to adopt the animals out. It is a wonderful thing! Be sure to go to there website and read all about it. Hopefully it will inspire you like it has me. 

In our local paper this week, it had an article about the local Animal Control Supervisor getting laid off due to "budget cuts". It talked about how the Shelter was once funded  around $300,000.00 a year to run and then it got cut to $75,000.00. and now this year they say there will be ZERO funding! How sad it is that, to think about the animals that will now suffer because of a humans mistake. 

  I have always had a dream to open my own shelter, I just had no idea where to start. So now thanks to reading this blog. I know exactly where I am going to start. 1 animal at a time! 

 A Place To Bark is a temporary home, a foster facility that provides quarantine, full vet care, rehab & training to help adoptable animals further in the adoption process. All animals rescued are spay/neutered to reduce the future population & by saving existing lives, their program encompasses all vital actions needed to benefit the pets in need.


Check out their facebook page and website.


See what you can do to help. Or Donate to your local shelter. Here is a link to Rogue Valley Humane Society.
Give what you can to help a local dog in need! 

****Sneak Peek**** & a Coupon!!!!!

COMING SOON!!!

I am REALLY  excited with the new stuff I have been working on and excited to to re-launch the store.  In the meantime use the coupon code SALE35 for 35% off. Also refer your friends and get a coupon for FREE SHIPPING!! All you have to do is tell your friends and have them leave a comment on my Facebook or Blog and I will send you BOTH the code for Free Shipping!!! 

 
Here is your first Sneak Peek! 

*******Sneak Peek*******

There are some awesome new things that are coming into my store. It has been awhile since i added anything. So here is a peek at what's to come, also more sneak peeks coming soon!!!

I am super excited, another sneak peek to come soon!