Link'n Blogs #24 {welcoming a new co-host!}

Welcome to Link'n Blogs {#24} !

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!**

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I am sharing 10 gift ideas for Mother's Day using Free Printables. There are ideas for gifts from kids to adults!

10 Mother's Day Free Printables + Gift Ideas

CO-HOST:

Katelyn from Learning, Creating, Living

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Katelyn is sharing another cute DIY planter. She is the queen of making her own planters! I just love these.

DIY Greenery Planters

I am SUPER EXCITED to announce that Sonnet is going to be a permanent co-host here at Link'n Blogs!! I love her blog and amazing projects and just HAD to have keep her here forever. Be sure to stop by her blog and say HI and officially welcome her to the party!

CO-HOST:

Sonnet from Soho Sonnet

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Sonnet is sharing some gorgeous Mother's Day cards she designed. She is super talented. {shhh - don't tell my mom - she might be getting one of these!}

Free Mother's Day Printable Cards

GUEST HOSTS:

Teresa from Crafty Wife

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You HAVE TO SEE the "after" of this project from Teresa. She made over these mirrors from Goodwill into cute accent pieces for her bedroom. Check out the DIY!

Weathered Beach Mirrors

Silvie from My Silly Little Gang

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Silvie is sharing a delish recipe that includes no flour! I've already pinned this one to make soon. Plus, anything with toffee is OK in my book!

No Flour Peanut Butter Toffee Cookies

Here are this week's features:

My Pick

Rhubarb Smoothie by Little House Living

*I just have to say - I grew up with a rhubarb plant in my backyard and loved eating rhubarb. I was excited to see this rhubarb smoothie linked up! So of course I had to pick it. :)

Katelyn's Pick

Sailor's Mirrors by View from the Fridge

Sonnet's Pick

30+ Mother's Day Gift Ideas and Fun Facts by My Pinterventures

Teresa's Pick

Pregnancy Announcement & How-To Make a Stop Motion Video by Macdonald's Playland

Silvie's Pick

DIY Cell Phone Case by The Life of a Craft Crazed Mom

Fan Favorites

Mason Jar Wall by Delineate Your Dwelling

Retro Stamped Tea Towel by The Casual Craftlete

Orange and Almond Quick Loaf Bread by Bakewell Junction

I know the bloggers featured would love if you would visit their posts and say hello!

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Ok, here are the guidelines for the link party:  

Follow your HOSTS and GUEST HOSTS

If you want to receive an email reminding you about the link party, leave your email when adding your link

Link to your blog post -- not just your blog.

Share the love! Visit the other links and say who sent you

Adding your link gives me permission to feature you on my blog
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Happy Linking!

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Wednesday Roundup ... 10 Mother's Day Free Printables + Gift Ideas

Today's Wednesday Roundup is just in time for Mother's Day - which is on Sunday - in case you forgot! ;) Shower mom with LOVE this weekend ... or grandma ... or an aunt ... or a bestie ... there are mothers all around us we can uplift and show we care. I have 10 ideas for gifts that include free printables, which makes them simple & easy! You don't need to spend a fortune -- sometimes a simple, hand written note is all it takes to tug on someone's heart strings. I hope these ideas inspire you to share some motherly love this Sunday. Take care!

{be sure to visit the blogs to get all the details on how to complete the gift idea!}

Free Printable Tags & Card from Yellow Bliss Road

Mother's Day Printable Keepsake from Project Nursery

Mother's Day Tags from Tatertots & Jello

Crafty Mother's Day Free Printable Card from I Love to Create

Mother's Day Printable Vase from Kiki & Company

$1 Gift with Super Mom Notes from Living Locurto

Mom Card & Treat Tags from Hosted with the Mostess

Mother's Day Breakfast in Bed Printables by Studio DIY

Mod Podge Frame & Printable from Crafty Texas Girls

M&M's for Mom from Kinzie's Kreations

xo

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Not-So-Casual Outfit Look ... Guest Post by Kristy of Salty Mess

Morning ladies! My name is Kristy and I am the creator and content writer of the blog Salty Mess. I am very honored to be taking over Daniela's blog for the day to share with you some easy tips on making your casual outfit look not-so-casual! I think everyone can agree that there is a universal feeling to want to look cute and feel comfortable simultaneously. Well, I have found that if you follow a few simple tips, then you can achieve this with any laid back outfit.

1. Make your outfit POP: Try doing this by simply adding a striking color to your outfit or some chunky jewelry. This will make your casual look stand out. Never is a t-shirt and jeans look boring with this technique.

2. Makeup: Your makeup can do wonders with any outfit. Because whatever you do with your face can change the whole look, try to have your make up look a little more clean and chic and this can definitely make it seem like it took you twice as long to get ready. 

3. Layering: This technique is fun! If you have a hard time figuring out what extra things you can add to your outfit and not make it look too messy, just follow your color pattern and chances are you will just do fine! Grab a bag, jacket, beanie, something to tie around your waist, have socks coming out of your shoes, etc. The possibilities are endless.

I hope you have read these techniques and now try something new out! Feel free to follow me and tag me in some of your new attempts. I would love to see :) Thanks for reading!

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What i wore...

leather jacket // Nordstrom Rack, old

sunnies // Nordstrom 

t-shirt // The Salty Mess

plaid top // the hubby's :) (similar below)

purse // Urban Outfitters

jeans // Pac Sun, hole made personally :)

boots // Nordstrom Rack

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Thanks, Kristy! Gosh, I wish I could pull off such a not-so-casual look like that. Maybe I will try. ;) I love following Kristy on Instagram for fashion inspiration. Definitely check out her blog!

Don't forget - today is your LAST DAY to enter to win a free family pass to Baby Animal Days in Utah this weekend! Enter > HERE <

Also, I am giving away a $550 Amazon gift card with some other great bloggers! Enter > HERE <

xo

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The statement necklace

Among other things that make me happy (ice cream, shoes, chocolate, sleeping late, flowers), statement necklace are probably at the top of my feel good list.

 

This one in particular is my new favorite – I love it so much, I sometimes just open the box it came in and stare at it for a few minutes in a trance type state while murmuring crazily fondly: my precious, my precious!!! It’s from an online store - Borealy - here in Romania and it came in the most glamorous box – I spent half an hour just unpacking it because I didn’t want to destroy the carefully staged packaging. I love these small details.

I have worn it constantly for the last two weeks and this is one of the get ups it was featured in. Looks really great on top of half knitted, half leather top. Well, it’s actually a dress for those of you who are more gracefully built, but not me. It also picked up the royal blue in my bag (the big one from the duo I was telling you about here).

The silver shoes with glittery cut-outs at the back are also new despite looking quite retro which is why I chose them in the first place.

Vreau sa stiu daca urmatorea situatie este ceva normal sau ar trebui sa caut  ajutor – uneori, in weekend de obicei, stau in pat, in pijamale, cu bijuteriile favorite in jur pe care le probez obsesiv si ma uit la serialele preferate? E o chestie care ma face fericita!

Minunatia de colier din poze semnata Borealy, am primit-o acum mai bine de doua saptamani, dar din cauza vacantei mult anticipate, abia acum m-am mobilizat sa postez ceva pe blog. L-am tot purtat in timpul acesta si imi place din ce in ce mai tare pentru ca arata bine cu orice.

A ajuns intr-o cutie superba si ambalat cu mare grija – mi-a placut acest detaliu care, de multe ori, este trecut cu vederea. Cei de la Borealy au o mare varietate de bijuterii: cercei, coliere, bratari, inele, ceasuri si butoni (de la modele delicate, la seturi opulente cu pietere colorate), dar si obiecte decorative, cutii pentru bijuterii de care sunt obsedata si cadouri de lux pentru diferite ocazii. Un alt amanunt neobisnuit pentru un magazin online de bijuterii, este faptul ca ofera garantie un an pentru produselele lor si le pot repara in caz se intampla ceva cu ele. Eu personal sunt destul de indemanatica cand vine vorba de reparat orice, dar sunt sigura ca multi dintre voi vor aprecia un astfel de serviciu.

Acesta este doar una dintre tinutele cu care l-am purtat: blugi skinny indigo, un top din piele cu spatele si manecile crosetate (la origini este rochie, dar daca nu ai sub 1.60, o sa-ti vina bluza toata ziua), geanta mare albastru intens din setul de doua de care va povesteam aici si o noua pereche de pantofi argintii de inspiratie retro (achizitie recenta de care sunt foarte mandra). 

 

   I’m wearing:

statement necklace /colier - Borealy

   indigo skinny jeans / blugi - random brand

leather and knit dress / rochie piele - random brand

silver pumps / pantofi - New Look

  blue bag / geanta - tbdresses

  leather sleeves trench/ trench - Asos

 

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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

Oh my heck - sounds like SO much fun, right?! Ava and I will be going - I'm SO excited to take her. This summer is her second summer of life, but the first summer she can really understand everything going on. I know she is going to love seeing all the baby animals, going on a train ride, and maybe she'll even sit still long enough to get her face painted!

Baby Animal Days is next weekend, May 9 & 10, at the USU Botanical Center in Kaysville, Utah. Click > HERE < for location info. For full details on the dates, times & schedule of events, you can visit their website > HERE < .

It would be fun to see some of YOU there with your families, and today I'm giving away a Family Pass for you and your family {up to 6 related people} to go to Baby Animal Days for free!!! You can go either Friday or Saturday. Enter using Rafflecopter below. 

But don't fret - I also have a discount code for EVERYONE to use! Use code BLOG5 for $5 off a family pass to Baby Animal Days. You can use your promo code & pre-order tickets > HERE < . You have to let me know if you buy tickets, so I can say HI to you next weekend! 

Good luck and hope to see you at the mini horses! ;)

{Prize}

{1 Family Pass to Baby Animal Days}

*up to 6 related people, valid May 9 OR May 10*

{Rules}

{Must be able to attend event}

{All entries will be verified}

{Giveaway ends Tuesday, May 6, at midnight MST}

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{this post is sponsored by USU Extension 4-H/Live Well Utah. all opinions are my own! all photos are not mine, but are from last year's Baby Animal Days website}

xo

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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!}"

HostJenn from Endlessly Inspired

Co-HostsTiny 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

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xo

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