Blog Party Winners!!!

The winner of Meg's Giveaway is...  Maria!!!! Congrats Maria!!!

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Winner of Joanne's Giveaway is.... Terry!!! Congrats Terry!!

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The Winner of Kel's Giveaway is.... Marion!! Congrats Marion!!

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The Winner of Samantha's Giveaway is.... sunlite705!! Congrats Sunlite705!!

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The Winner of Amy's Giveaway is... Katie!! Congrats Katie!!

Congrats to all the winners!!! Please e-mail me your addresses so I can send them to the Giveaway senders!! :)  There are 2 more Giveaway Winners that will be posted on the respective hosts blogs :)

Mezmerized814 (at) aol (dot) com

Thanks to everyone who participated!!! I had so much fun and hope you did too!!

xoxo,
Lindsay

Blog Party in Conclusion and My Birthday!!

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I hope everyone enjoyed the Blog Party yesterday. I had a blast putting everything together and I'm so thankful for each and every lovely lady that participated and made my FIRST Blog Party the Best.Ever!

There were so many giveaways, DIY's, features, inspirationals and even a YUMMY recipe!!! You still have time to enter all the giveaways!!! GO GO GO!!! Winners will picked later tomorrow!!!  Looking for tons of inspiration? My Archives are on the right side toward the bottom :) You can find all the DIY's, Inspirations, Recipe and Giveaways there!

***ALSO!!! I took off my Crafty Blog buttons since I have Sponsors for the Skin Cancer Cause. I copy/saved them and they will go right back up in November. I have a special Cause for Sponsor spots in October I'm working on. :)

Today is my BIRTHDAY so I plan on spending it with Netflix, snuggling with the kiddos, eating lots of cake (which has the BEST story that I'll be posting tomorrow), Chinese food, prezzies, and more cake!!!! Look for tomorrow's Birthday post :) It'll be sweet, promises :)

I am now 26!!!!! Wooohoooo!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

xoxo,

Lindsay

Carrie- Recipe

This is a great summer recipe it may sound a little weird, but it is yummy!

Redneck Caviar:

1 can white corn (drained)

1 can of black eyed peas (drained)

1 bell pepper chopped

1 med onion chopped

1 jar of Braswell's Pepper Relish (the only place I can find it is at Ingles)

1 8oz bottle Italian dressing

Mix all together, chill and serve with Fritos

-Carrie

Lex- Inspirational

Hello there! Lex Leigh here, from Lexoxo. Are you guys having fun during this blog party?  I'm loving it! A big thanks to Lindsay for asking me to be a part of it. This week I moved to Chicago from Portland, so I didn't have time to put together a fun DIY like I would've wanted to, BUT, I do still have something fun and inspiring to show you! It's a vintage style Coney Island photoshoot by Jamie Beck of From Me To You. I love love love the bright colors and carnival theme! It makes me realize how much I'm NOT ready for summer to be over. 

Hope you're as inspired by them as I am!

♥xo/Lex

Katie- DIY Silky Flower and GIVEAWAY!!!

Hey everyone! I am Katie from SmileyEyes.

I wanted to share a really easy way to make some cute poppy flowers. I think they are so perfect to wear in your hair, as a brooch, on a necklace, or even as a cute summer ring.

These are super cute and super easy to do. All that you need is a silky fabric (does not have to be real silk, but just something that is shiny and has some stretch to it), a candle, scissors, needle and thread (or hot glue), and some cute buttons. You might also want to buy a headband, hairclip, pin backing, or necklace that you may want to add the flowers to.

Once you have your materials… then cut 5-7 circles of increasing diameter out of the fabric:

Next carefully light your candle and hold the edge of the silky fabric up close to the flame. The edges of the fabric will curl and shrink when the flame gets close. Go slowly, and with one area at a time, because the fabric can melt very quickly!

Continue all the way around the fabric rounds till they look like this:

Then stack the new petals on top of each other:

Once the flower is made, secure the middle of the poppy with your needle and thread or each layer with a hot glue gun. You can add a button, bead, or pearl to the middle to complete:

And ta-da! Pretty flowers all ready to attach to anything!

I hope you enjoy!!! These take no time at all and look so pretty! If you want more Do It Yourselves, you can check out my DIY section on my blog! Thanks Lindsay for letting me be part of your fun blog party!!!

As a treat to all of Pixies and Bears readers... I want to share a giveaway with you guys! Giveaways are about my favorite thing ever, and I made one for you!

I am giving away a package of goodies that include:

 a mini scrapbook,
 two rosette headbands,
two silky flower hairpieces,
and a couple purple pompom flowers.

Oh so cute!
All you need to do is go to smileyeyes.wordpress.com and leave a comment telling me your favorite flower! Get extra entries if you become a subscriber of both our blogs and leave a comment telling me that you did! Easy huh? For even more extra entries, you can blog about this blog party giveaway! Hope you all have just the most amazing Friday!!
-Katie

Amber- Feature and GIVEAWAY!!

First off I want to say Thank You to Lindsay for allowing me to be a part of her blog party!! Happy Birthday, Lindsay! I know this year will be a magical one for you! Well...My name is Amber and you can read all about my hubby and I's adventures over here. We call each other "Two Poots" and we love to get out and fun as much as possible!

In my spare time you will find me crafting. I love to knit, sew, and scrapbook. However, most nights I am consumed with crocheting. I can't get enough of it!! I have recently cleaning out the ol' craft room and thought it would be great to giveaway some supplies I no longer need.

So in honor of Lindsay's Blog Party I am having a giveaway!!

Up for grabs:

 (4) adorable fat quarters in pink

 a Sugar and Cream Stripes skein of yarn

 a super soft skein of Bellezza yarn

 Creative Memories Mini album

 a Country Living Crafting Vintage Style book

a granny square

and granny square earrings.

All you have to do is leave a comment here on this post telling me what your favorite craft is. I will randomly select a winner on Monday, August 16.

And please stop by and say hello at Hoot-N-Annie. I would love to meet you!

XOXO,

Amber

Katja- DIY Placemat

Hi everyone!
I'm Katja, the crafty owner of maedchenmitherz.

One thing I LOVE to share with my readers (besides inspiration and cute crafts) is tutorials! And here on Lindsays great Blog Party, I would like to share a tutorial. Sounds fun? It is!

Most of my readers already know it, - my tutorials are always fun and easy to follow. This one is a cute way to decorate your table and make it even more pretty.

What you will need:

2 different fabrics ( I used linen and a very cute flower-fabric)

Scissors

2 sheets of paper

Sewing machine

You will need the paper to get the right size for your placemat. So lay them on your fabric and cut around it. Make sure you leave 1 - 2 cm sewing line.

Fold and pin the fabric around the paper.

Fold the edges into triangles.

It will look a little bit rough, but this will change through the process xD

Now, cut a strap from the second fabric. It's your choice what size etc. But make sure it's long enough to be sewn to the placemat.

Fold the edges and make sure the size is the same at every part of the strap.

Pin it to the placemat. To make it more pretty, wrap the ends around the end of the placemat.

I think you get the idea of how this is done.

Sew along the placemat.

Then it's time to sew along the decoration :D

And you are DONE!

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and I seriously can't wait to see all the pretty placemats out there!

Loves,
Katja

Amy- GIVEAWAY!!!

Thanks for letting me be a part of the blog party! I've been inspired by a lot of animation, beautiful stories, and bright colors lately! The Pixar film UP! is such a wonderful compilation of all of these things. I've created a print from a watercolor & acrylic painting that I made and I'd love to share one with you. Leave a comment here for your chance to win. Winner will be picked this Sunday!

-Amy