Showing posts with label sponsor highlight. Show all posts
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November 12, 2012

November Sponsors & Giveaway

connect with Jamie
Jamie is giving away a pair of earrings from her shop and the winner gets to choose!

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Hannah is giving away a $10 Starbucks gift card.

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April 3, 2012

best dates ever!!

hi there, jordyn here! i blog over at intangible goodness and, today, i am happy to bring you a little out-of-the-ordinary tutorial. i do a lot of crafts and little cooking but i didn't feel like writing a tutorial on those things -- mostly because i've been spending most of my time outside enjoying this beautiful weather. instead, this is a tutorial about dating -- which is just as good as food and crafts, if you ask me!

you may read my blog, you may not, but if you do, you know that dating my husband is my absolute favorite thing ever. in the whole world! i mean, what could be better than going on an adventure with your favorite person? nothing. even though i am no expert, i will totally pretend to be one in order to give you some great tips on having the best dates ever. 

and so, without further ado, i bring you: how to have the best dates ever!

1. keep it cheap!
my husband is in grad school. i'm a teacher. we really have no other choice. luckily, being cheap has forced us to use lots of creativity in coming up with dates. go to target with three bucks a piece and buy your spouse a surprise. make coffee to-go and watch the sunset. play scrabble in a park. explore a different part of town on foot. you just have to think outside the box!
 2. forget fancy dinners!
fancy dinners are overrated. ben and i had all these plans to go somewhere nice & expensive for our one year anniversary but the day of our fancy date, i was craving some greasy, cheesy fellini's pizza {my favorite pizza place}. so we had pizza & it was way more fun and relaxed! it's okay to forgo all the fanciness if it makes you happy!
3. get outside!
outside dates are our personal favorite for so many reasons. God made this lovely, beautiful earth for us to enjoy, so enjoy it! hiking, biking, picnics, running, walking, bonfire-ing, & any combination of those make awesome dates. plus, they're the most budget friendly kind of date and i like that.
4. stay at home dates!
staying at home can be fun, too! some great stay at home dates that we've done include a living room camp-out -- complete with a tent, an air mattress, a movie and cookies, a homemade pizza night which included a trip to the grocery store to buy all kinds of crazy toppings for our pizzas, and our living room picnic date with a spread of delicious bakery goods.
5. coffee dates!
easy peasy, right? head to your closest starbucks or local coffee joint and order your favorite drink. biscotti is a must!
happy dating, friends!

thank you so much for sharing jordyn!!
i will be sure to remember these once i am married in 82 days :)

be sure to stop by and say hi to the lovely jordyn 

March 20, 2012

giveaway: Chickydoddle

Winner of the Lil' Bumpkin Boutique Giveaway...
#13 Allie
shoot me an e-mail




My name is Winnie MokWood. I have a 9 year old daughter and a 7 yearold son. I always loved arts and crafts. My first Etsy shop, The MaKu Collection, started in November, 2010, where I sell my handmade jewelry. Since I was born in Asia and was exposed to a lot of cute and uniquestationery products, I decided to bring the items I love to the USA and make them available to people around the world. That's how my Chickydoddle shop, was born. I adore a lot of creative arts and craft products that are made in the USA and the UK, so I decide to bring the ones I like most into my little shop as well. In Chickydoddle, you'll find all sorts of decorative tapes, rubber stamps, stickers, craft papers, gift bags, bakers' twine, and letter sets. My products are great for making cards, tags, jewelry, and for packaging your gifts or merchandise. I'm addicted to Washi Masking Tapes. Washi tapes are a type of removable and acid free masking tapes that are made with Washi paper. You've find a large selection of Washi tapes in my shop.

Want to see what's up for grabs??
Green, Blue, and Nut Brown Collage Japanese Washi Tapes Set

Birds, Flowers, Leaves, Snowflakes Nature Pattern Wooden Rubber Stamps SetWow! I would love to win both of these!!

How to enter: (leave a comment for each)
- tell me what your favorite item in the shop is
- favorite Chickydoddle
- follow my blog
- like 'life...unscripted' on facebook
- what is your favorite part about spring?

that is five ways to win!!

winner will be announced march 27

February 27, 2012

sponsor highlight day: Jen @ Arizona Russums

Hi y'all! I'm Jen and I blog over at The Arizona Russums. When Amber asked me to do a "day in the life" post, I was excited and overwhelmed all at the same time. I have been thinking about doing one of these for a while, but I have never actually tried it because my days are so varied. I could tell you what each day of my week usually looks like, but no one day looks like the other, which I love...




But I will tell you about my typical Tuesday because that's perhaps the most normal day of my week.

7ish - Wake up. On a good day, this happens at 6:45am, but good days are few and far between, and 7am easily becomes 7:15...

7:15ish - Brush teeth/straighten hair/put on make-up {on a good day the make-up happens in the bathroom; on a rushed day it happens in the car as I drive to school}

7:45ish - Coffee and Bible reading. I make myself a white chocolate mocha on my at-home espresso machine every single morning. I really don't think I could get through a day without these two things!




8:00ish - Leave for school. Again, this often sadly becomes 8:15 or even 8:30 and I pray on the way that I don't have to make any copies before class.

9:00onthedot - Teach my English 102 class to college freshmen. They are studying and writing about online communities and I love it!

10:00ish - Meeting

11:00 - 1:00 - Office hours... students rarely visit, so I talk to my office mates, answer email, and sometimes do homework during this time. Oh, and I always eat a lunch I bring from home. Preferably leftovers from Monday's dinner.





1:30onthedot - Class {as a student this time, not a teacher}.

3:00ish - Head to the gym on the way home. Workouts usually consist of 20-30 minutes on the treadmill, weights and abs.

4:00ish - Home to shower and fix dinner. I usually grocery shop on Mondays, but if I forgot anything or didn't go for some reason, I might stop by the store.

Evening: Fix dinner, do homework, catch up on the blog, hang out with husband. Stay up too late. Sleep.




So that's my life. It's a little crazy every day. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I substitute teach, but I usually don't know which school I will be at until the night before or the morning of. On Wednesdays, I have an evening class and then rush straight to our Missional Community. I am always switching between roles: college teacher, high school teacher, grad student, wife... but I love every second of it. I feel so blessed to be in grad school getting my PhD! Thanks for having me today, Amber!

Please stop by and visit! I'd love to meet you!
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xoxo,
Jen

sponsor highlight day: Amber @ The Pless Press

Hey there all you lovely readers! I am Amber from over at The Pless Press. I am so excited to be here. I am so grateful for Amber allowing me to give all of you a glimpse into a day in the life of the Pless household. I am sure we are no different than any of you, but sometimes it nice to be reassured that we do not have to be crazy busy all of the time to have a happy life.

Here is a typical day in our life.

We both get up and ready to be out the door by 7:40 for work/class.

I work at Oklahoma Christian University with the new students. I love their excitement about college. It reminds me of just a few years ago when I was one of them just beginning my college journey and what an incredible journey that was.

I love working where I do because I have the blessing of still being around so many of our family and friends. I am visited everyday by either my sister-in-law, some of our friends who are still around campus, and so many others. I am truly blessed to be in the community that I am!

Since most of our friends who have graduated are still around the Oklahoma City area, I am able to go to lunch with some of my dearest friends during the week, which is a great time to catch up and enjoy time with other sweet friends.

As soon as I finish work, my sister-in-law and her roommate and I all work out for about an hour. This has been something that has become such a priority in my life. I never worked out in high school or college because I spent my time practicing for cheerleading or dance or some sport I was in at that time. Since my junior year of college when I was not cheering anymore this became a major challenge for me. Lately, I have grown to love it. The refreshing feeling afterwards and the changes I can already tell in my physical body and in my stamina while working out have made it much more rewarding.

If you have ever looked at my blog, you can tell that I cook quite a bit. As soon as I get home I start cooking dinner. I do not really enjoy cooking, but it is growing on me. I do love, however, researching new recipes on Pinterest or recipe websites. Once I find one that I like to try, if C and I both like it, then I am beyond excited to share it with my readers because that is a major accomplishment.

After dinner, I spend some time studying the Word. Sometimes this consists of a Bible study that I am participating in like the Beth Moore James' series that I just recently completed. At times it consists of me spending time prayer journaling. Other times it could consist of me just reading and working on Scripture memorization. I have to tell you, this has been the hardest thing for me to find a large amount of time for, especially because I have a hard time staying that focused with other things going on around me or just in my mind. But, over this past year reshaping my alone time with God has really opened up my mind and my heart to what the Lord has so graciously blessed me with in my life. I know I have a lot of growing to do in this area of my life, but I strongly believe that the pursuit of God in any amount will bless us tremendously.

The rest of the night it just spent with my sweet husband C and our precious little dog Skip relaxing. Sometimes this involves a sweet treat like ice cream and others it just includes us throwing toys all around our apartment so Skip can frantically chase it everywhere. We are definitely TV addicts, though, so we always find time during the week to enjoy shows together that sometimes we both love and sometimes it is simply just to spend time together.

As I said, we are just a normal day to day couple trying to find our way through life. Thanks for letting me share a glimpse into our life with you. I hope you have an incredible day!

sponsor highlight day: Beth @ Until only Love remains

A day in the life...

What really is a day in the life? Every day that I wake up is completely new & an amazing adventure. But they say a picture is worth a thousand words & here is a snapshot of a "day in the life"
1. best way to start the day with some good time with Jesus
2. coffee from my french press - also an important start to the day
3. nanny my beautiful lovelies in the morning
4. Gap it up at worky work & help pick out stunning outfits
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then the night time comes...
Monday: girls night
Tuesday: bible study
Wednesday: Financial Peace class with the boy
Thursday: game night with my family
Friday: date night

you can find Beth here
blog

sponsor highlight day: Melissa @ Simply, Melissa Ashley

Typical day in the life of: Simply, Melissa Ashley



I am thrilled to be guest posting for Amber today! Although I don't find my life as interesting as say...most bloggers out there (at least it appears), I will do my best :) I am currently a student at Appalachian State in Boone, N.C. so typically my days revolve around school..more school..and just a whole lottttttttttta deadlines! Here's a little peak into my everyday world.



My morning typically looks like this...drool and all. I am not afraid to admit I don't wake up beautifully like they portray in various films and tv shows. What is not pictured is that fact that I press my snooze button for a good ol' five times before I wake up.





Typically I have classes on Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. so I normally look like a train wreck, but Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays I have "free days" which aren't so free. I normally spend my days writing articles, working on assignments, working on a campaign media kit for my internship and trying to fit in episodes of "How I Met Your Mother." (I'm currently on the 7th season! Finally gotten caught up)







My day isn't completely without a trip to my favorite local coffee shop, Espresso News! I also from time to time order a bowl of their homemade soup and when I'm really feeling wealthy a pint of beer from upstairs. Yeah, coolest coffee shop EVER right? In between procrastinating and remembering to squeeze in a meal, I always somehow make time to play Words With Friends. Yes, I am one of them. Nothing like a game similar to my favorite board game Scrabble, just without worrying about someone knocking the board over and letters spilling everywhere. Plus, WWF gives you less awkward moments when you think a word's a word but it's really not.







I probably have ten games going on simultaneously.



Other than coffee, checking on Noisetrade for new music and making lists of things I've already done to convince myself I've been productive, I like to add humor to my typical days to make them not-so-typical :)



Do stop by my blog and say a little hello! My blog is a little place to keep me inspired and focus on the little things in life when we get overwhelmed with life's stresses. I like to blog about photography, food, fashion, crafts and anything else that tickles my fancy. I absolutely love meeting new bloggers out there! You can also find me on Twitter, Flickr, Pinterest and Tumblr.



Thank you Amber for hosting me :)

All images via Tumblr

Sounds like a busy day!
Thanks for sharing Melissa
Be sure to hop on over to her blog and say hi!
Have a great day!

sponsor highlight day: Kitty @ A Law Student's Journey

Here is Kitty to share what a typical day looks like for her!

Hey there, its Kitty from A Law Student's Journey
A day in the life of a crafty law student, is always dull yet never ceasing to be busy. I wont bore you with the specifics of my day, however, I'll share a bit about the life of a blogger in law school. I spend the afternoons either in class, or at work at the Nebraska Capitol building, sitting in on senate committee hearings.
Blogging is done often in the mornings, right when I wake up, before the stress of a legal education sets in. You'd be surprised, however, how creativity and a legal education coincides. Law school is loop holes, creative thinking, hypothetical situations and pulling out every possible claim available.
My evenings are spent crafting, and completing etsy orders. Between (and honestly, sometimes during) class I talk to etsy customers, answer blogger questions and keep up with my online social networks.
I suppose you could say I live vicariously through my blog. Whenever I have a free moment, I enjoy taking my camera out for some photography, try a new place in town, or if I have a longer break, I travel. Almost all of my spare money (after paying for school that is) goes to plane tickets.

That about sums it up! I'm a bit over half way through with my legal education, and have almost no idea what I will do when I graduate. Feel free to come visit me over at A Law Student's Journey to observe first hand how I manage my time crafting my way through school!

Sounds like you are always on the go!
Thanks for sharing!

Be sure to stop by and say hi to Kitty!

January 26, 2012

January Sponsor Highlight and Giveaway

Hey Everyone- I'm Kitty from A Law Student's Journey! I'm a 2nd year law student, who blogs about crafting my way through law school. A few weeks into my first year, I realized I need an outlet that could completely take my mind off school...and I decided on blogging After that- I opened an etsy shop called Crafts From A Law Student! Its a shop with a little bit of everything. After I got into the wedding market on etsy, my boyfriend started a combined shop with me, where he does all of the graphic design invitations and goodies for weddings and businesses!

Kitty is giving away these fantastic large leaf earrings!
(i wish i could enter to win these)


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Hi y'all! I'm Jen and I blog over at The Arizona Russums. On my blog you will find bits about my faith, my marriage, my grad school research, and our adventures since moving to Arizona. Mainly, I hope my blog is a place where women are encouraged to love Jesus more deeply.

Jen is giving away one large ad space on her amazing blog!

Blog // Twitter // Facebook

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My name is Amber from over at The Pless Press. I am a newlywed who is just trying to find her way through cooking, crafting, and becoming the best wife I can be. I strive every day to live my life to the fullest and to share my love of the Lord with others. I would love to have you stop by!

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Hello Life...Unscripted readers! My name is Melissa and I blog over at Simply, Melissa Ashley, a little blog about daily life, love and everything in between. I aspire to inspire so I strive to let my readers leave with a dose of inspiration. You can find photography, travel, crafts, food and at times fashion over my blog so I encourage you all to stop by! I love love love meeting new people so don't be stranger

Blog - Twitter - Pinterest - Tumblr

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winner will be announced feb. 1