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The Party Bunch Link Party // no.25

0 · Apr 11, 2014 · 3 Comments

The Party Bunch Link Party // Happy Friday everyone!! I want to thank you all for taking the time to come and party with us each week. You guys are such an inspiration and I’m thrilled to be able to call you my friends!! Here’s what caught our eye this last week…

Amy from The Idea Room, Mique from 30 Handmade Days, Heather from Whipperberry and Desiree from The 36th Avenue want to thank you for partying with us… You guys are the best!

Here are some of our favorites!

Heather’s Favorite

Reese’s Stuffed Brownies from Tastes of Lizzy T.

These look amaaaazing!

Mique’s Favorite

Spring Centerpiece from Homey Oh My.

So simple and beautiful! I love the copper touch!

Amy’s Favorite

Mini Carrot Cheese Cakes from The First Year.

Who doesn’t love cheese cake and carrot cake? A mini version of both is perfection.

Desiree’s Favorite

Coconut Tangerine Sugar Scrub from A Pumpkin and a Princess.

I bet this smells so amazingly good!

As always thank you for so may fabulous projects and recipes!

We hope you take a minute and button up here!

Also we want to invite you to click here and follow

The Party Bunch Favorites on Pinterest.

We are featuring more of our favorite projects and recipes from the link party on this board!

Now it is time to party!

TPB Party Bunch Link Up... Every Friday to Sunday link up your projects over at theidearoom.net , thirtyhandmadedays.com , whipperberry.com or the36thavenue.com Four bloggers = ONE BIG PARTY! We can't wait to see your projects!

Here are a few things to remember before you link up!

Please make sure to share the love and grab a button here to let your readers know that you linked up with us!
By linking up with The Party Bunch, you are giving permission to any of us to feature your projects and recipes on our social media with a link back to you. Thanks!

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Bing Rewards // Get Paid for Your Curiosity

0 · Apr 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment

// This post brought to you by Bing Rewards //

How many times a day do you have a burning question that you need to have answered?

How many cups in a gallon of milk?

How many calories are in my favorite sandwich at Panera?

When did Thomas Edison invent the light bulb?

Where should we go for lunch?

What is the temperature going to be today?

What is the best time to plan my vacation to Hawaii?

Now… how many times to your turn to your smartphone or the internet to help answer these questions? If you are anything like us, almost 100% of the time! I laugh every single time my husband and I go out on a date. We sit and chat about all kinds of stuff and inevitably, one of us brings up and fun idea or some type of question that we need a little more information on. Within seconds my husband heads straight to his iPhone and almost instantly we have answers to our query!

We live in amazing times… We have a record amount of data and information right at our finger tips. Homework for our kiddos has been revolutionized with the advent of the internet. When I was growing up, if I had a question that needed to be answered for school I had to either rely on my parents knowledge (amazing in some areas, weak in anything that predated Eisenhower), turn to our 1970’s era World Book collection where Nixon was still in office, or high tail it to the library for hours and hours of digging through card catalogs and books. Either way, a research paper in my day involved TONS of effort on my part. Our kids are sooooo lucky they have amazing tools like…

With Bing, you have the answer to ANY question right at your finger tips within seconds.

Want to sweeten the deal?

Did you know that you can be rewarded for your curiosity? Have you heard of Bing Rewards? You can actually earn points every time you Bing something! You can then redeem your points for all kinds of goodies like restaurant gift cards, movie tickets, credit for online boutiques, all kinds of fun stuff. How cool is that? I can earn a Starbucks gift card for just doing what I normally do everyday!

How to Start Earning Bing Rewards

First, all you have to do is visit Bing Rewards and sign up for the program.

Don’t worry it’s super quick and they don’t ask any personal information. Then all you have to do is start Binging! They even have extra ways to earn more point by doing little things like making Bing your homepage and stuff. I love checking out the bing home page everyday. The imagery is amazing!

Don’t worry if you aren’t by your computer all the time… You can even Bing on your smartphone!! Just add the Bing app to your Apple or Android phone and you’re in business…

Doesn’t it look fabulous?! I’m such a visual person and I love it. Now I can earn points every time my husband and I come up with some dorky question while we’re out and about. Then I can keep track of my points right on my phone as well…

Why not get paid to do something we are already doing? It’s a win/win if you ask me. Visit Bing Rewards today and start getting paid for your curiosity!!

I’m required to disclose a sponsored partnership between our site and Bing. I have been compensated in exchange for this post in the form of payment, product or experiences.

Funfetti Bold Strawberry Shortcake

0 · Apr 8, 2014 · 3 Comments

// This post brought to you by the new vibrant Pillsbury Funfetti® Cake Mixes //

I LOVE going BOLD! I LOVE finding something a little different… I LOVE standing out in a crowd!

Who doesn’t really? We all like to feel like a STAR at times…

Even on those normal, hum drum days…

When the day is normal, the meal is just your typical fair and there is nothing special to celebrate… You CAN add a little FLAIR and turn something typical, into something Funfettilicious!

Our family LOVES strawberry shortcake and we are always looking for fun new “cake” options. We’ve tried several different types of cake from sponge to pound and almost everything in-between! The folks at Pillsbury made my day when they released their new Funfetti® line of cake mixes and bold frostings.

So many fun colors to play with… Immediately I thought of creating a BOLD Strawberry Shortcake with the Vibrant Green Cake Mix…

I knew that the bold green color would look amazing with the strawberries and the cream, together they could turn a normal dessert into something extra special!

What I really love about these new products is how it make baking even more fun with your kiddos! My little guy, Gage and I worked on this project together. It was so fun to open the cake mix together and to our surprise the mix was blue. I thought this would be a fun opportunity for a little kitchen magic so I took a video of the two of us mixing the cake…

Bold Strawberry Shortcake from Heather Thoming on Vimeo.

We had so much fun making this dessert for the family and couldn’t wait to share our goodies. We decided to make it two ways. I found these super cute baking cups from Target that are quite a bit larger than a cupcake liner. They are actually baking cups and create the cutest single serving little cake… We mixed up our cake batter…

Then poured it into our cake molds…

And baked them for about 19 minutes. We pulled them from the oven and let them cool for 20-30 minutes and then we got to work building our strawberry shortcakes. First we made our simple Strawberry Shortcake by just topping a few of the single serving cakes with some strawberries and fresh whipped cream…

Then for a couple more, we decided to make Strawberry Shortcake parfait’s or we could also call them a trifle. No matter what you want to call it… They turned into beautiful, layered strawberry goodness in just a few simple steps.

Gage and I tore up the cake into bite sized pieces and simply layered cake, strawberries, fresh whipped cream, cake, strawberries and topped it all off with a nice dollop of whipped cream.

You know what one of the perks is to helping Mom? You get the first taste…

To quote Gage, “This is TASTY!”

So… How are YOU going to GO BOLD? Check out all of the fun colors you have to choose from…

Visit Pillsbury Baking for all kinds of fun ideas on how to turn the everyday into something special! You can even enter to win a Pillsbury Baking Prize Pack!

Disclaimer // This is a sponsored post. I did receive product and payment for this post. However, all thoughts, ideas and opinions are all my own! ©/® The J.M. Smucker Company. Pillsbury is a trademark of The Pillsbury Company, LLC, used under license.

Hot Cross Scones

2 · Apr 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Hello Whipperberry friends! I’m thrilled to be back here to share another post with you! Since Easter is just a few weeks away, I thought I’d share a festive recipe. Tis’ the season!

I don’t know about you, but we love hot cross buns. They’re really the best aren’t they? I love them so much I was trying to think of other ways to enjoy the flavour. Then I thought, what about scones? So I did some digging and found a recipe for inspiration and came up with this delicious twist.

Hot Cross Scones with a Buttermilk Sugar Glaze.

Yum.

Now I realize technically these should have the icing added in a cross shape to more resemble a hot cross bun, but I just could not resist getting all drizzly. I just drizzled like it was going out of style! Looks yummy, no?

Serve them up with a big glass of milk and you have the perfect snack!

Hot Cross Scones

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Author: Jo-Anna // A Pretty Life in the Suburbs

Ingredients

Scone Ingredients:

3 cups flour
2 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp cloves
4½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
zest from 1 lemon
½ cup currants
¾ cup butter, cold and cut into small cubes
1 egg
¾ cup buttermilk

Icing Ingredients:

1 cup icing sugar (confectioners sugar)
1 - 2 tbsp buttermilk

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg cloves, baking powder and salt.
Stir in the lemon zest.
Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse sand with a few pea-sized pieces.
Whisk in the currants.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and egg.
Add the buttermilk/egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just combined.
Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until a loosely formed ball of dough is formed. Then gently work the dough into a 1 inch thick disk.
You can use a 3 inch biscuit cutter to cut out the scones, or I like to use a pizza cutter and cut the disk into 12 equal sized pieces.
Transfer the scones to your parchment paper lined baking sheet, and brush with a little buttermilk.
Bake for 12 - 15 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
Transfer the scones to a rack to cool completely before applying the glaze.
To make the glaze, stir together the buttermilk and icing sugar until the desired consistency.
Transfer the glaze into a ziplock bag, cut a corner of the bag off, and pipe the icing onto the cooled scones.
Enjoy!

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These Hot Cross Scones would make a perfect addition to your Easter Brunch!

I hope you enjoy this recipe!

Have a delicious day!

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