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The Party Bunch Link Party // no. 23

0 · Mar 28, 2014 · 13 Comments

Hey there… it’s FRIDAY!! Time to celebrate everyone’s goodies from the week. Here are some of the goodies from last week that we fell in love with…

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 from last week’s party!

Heather’s Favorite

Starbucks Banana Bread Recipe at The Real Thing with the Coake Family.

I can’t wait to give this recipe a try… Looks delicious!

Mique’s Favorite

How to cut your own split ends at Girl Loves Glam.

Great tips and easy to follow tutorial!

Amy’s Favorite

Paper Flower Spring Centerpiece at The Happy Scraps.

Love the happy colors… Adorable for Spring!

Desiree’s Favorite

Kit Kat Crunch Bars at Kleinworth & Co.

I love all of Gina’s recipes but Kit-Kats are my favorite so this treat won my vote… Yum!

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!

An InLinkz Link-up

Easter Buddies + An Easter Pinterest Party

0 · Mar 26, 2014 · 3 Comments

// Easter Buddies with Free Printable //

I have decided that when it comes to candy and all around cuteness… Easter is my favorite holiday. I mean really, Cadbury Mini Eggs, Jelly Beans, Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs, Cadbury Creme Eggs, black jelly beans, the list could go on and on. Not to mention all of the cute Easter goodies that they have available at the stores these days.

I’m a sucker for fun plastic eggs and I found this CUTE set of animal Easter eggs at Target and thought it would be perfect little goodie for my kiddos. I could add a fun curled up message along with the candy inside, add some feet to the bottom of the plastic eggs and they turn them into something extra special…

This project is super quick and with my free printable, you can make them up in a snap! Here’s what you will need…

Supply List

Animal Easter Eggs
card stock paper
Elmer’s Craft Bond Foam Mounting Shapes
scissors
printer paper
pencil
candy

Instructions

First, you will need to print the free printable sayings on just your basic printer paper…

You can download the printable HERE.

Once you have that printed, you will need to use scissors or a paper cutter to cut out the strips and then curl them around a pencil…

Next cut out some small 1- 1 1/2 inch hearts to use as the feet for your little animal eggs…

I used my Cricut Explore, but you could easily use any cutting machine or free hand it as well. Then you will use your Elmer’s Craft Bond foam circles to affix the feet to the egg. These little foam adhesives are PERFECT for this project.

They have just the right amount of hold to keep those little buddies standing strait without hardly any fuss. And just like that, you’re a rock star!

Add some Cadbury Mini Eggs and you’re really ROCKIN’! There you have it, this simple yet super fun Easter Buddy project…

Easter Pinterest Party

Now that I’ve shared my fun Easter creation, some of my favorite creative friends and I are pleased to invite YOU to wow us with yours!

The Easter-themed Year of Celebrations Pinterest party will be held this Sunday, March 30, and y’all are all cordially invited to join in!

Hosted by…

Amy from The Idea Room // Follow Amy on Pinterest
Amy from Positively Splendid That’s me! // Follow me on Pinterest
Cheryl from TidyMom // Follow Cheryl on Pinterest
Cindy from Skip to My Lou // Follow Cindy on Pinterest
Desiree from The 36th Avenue // Follow Desiree on Pinterest
Heather from Whipperberry // Follow Heather on Pinterest
Jen from Tatertots and Jello // Follow Jen on Pinterest
Kari Ann from Thistlewood Farms // Follow Kari Ann on Pinterest
Kellie from Nest of Posies // Follow Kellie on Pinterest
Kristi and Kelli from Lolly Jane // Follow Lolly Jane on Pinterest
Melissa from No. 2 Pencil // Follow Melissa on Pinterest
Mique from 30 Handmade Days // Follow Mique on Pinterest
Tauni from SNAP! // Follow Tauni on Pinterest

The monthly Year of Celebrations Pinterest Party is the place to find THE most comprehensive, inspiring Pinterest board on the block. Each and every month, we’ll be focusing on a different holiday or celebration, and this month is all about Easter!

Here are all of the details for how YOU can participate:

What: A Pinterest Party to celebrate all things Easter!
When: THIS Sunday, March 30 at 9 p.m. EST/ 8 p.m. Central/ 7 p.m. MST/ 6 p.m. PST

How you can participate:

Round up YOUR favorite Easter projects and recipes. Anything goes: crafts, decor, sweet treats, and more!
Follow the Year of Celebrations Pinterest board.
When the party kicks off, tweet YOUR favorite Valentine’s Day project and/or link using the hashtag #yearofcelebrations. Helpful hint: We highly recommend putting the hashtag at the beginning of your tweet to ensure it doesn’t get cut off.
On Sunday, March 30, tune in at the appointed time and watch as we build a board full of amazing ideas – including yours!
Be sure to follow along during the party to repin and comment on the board’s posts using the hashtag #yearofcelebrations.

We are so excited to PIN and SHARE all of your amazing projects!

See y’all there! 🙂

ONE LAST THING… I have an amazing $500 Instagram giveaway going on right now. Click HERE to check out all the info and enter to win…

Spruce Up Spring $500 Instagram GIVEAWAY

0 · Mar 26, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Spring is here and now it’s time to Spruce up your home!

Let’s get it started with a giveaway that will help!
Easy entry – just follow the sites below on instagram.

All sites are awesome and have pitched in to make this giveaway possible.

Go enter. Game On. Yes, we already said that…but we are excited!

P.S. If you don’t have an ig account. Go make one. They are free.

The Spring Spruce Up Giveaway

Mini-Egg Dessert Bars

4 · Mar 21, 2014 · 4 Comments

Hey guys! Jenn here again from Clean and Scentsible. Like many of you, I have been counting down the last days of winter and am so excited that today I finally get to say Happy Spring! I am SO ready for some warmer weather, longer days, and pretty spring blooms. Now that spring is here, Easter will soon be around the corner and I have a yummy treat to share with you today with my all-time favorite chocolate – mini-eggs!

These mini-egg dessert bars are super easy to make – the trick is to not eat all of the mini-eggs before you get around to actually making them!

Mini-Egg Dessert Bars

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Usher in the Easter season with these yummy mini chocolate egg dessert bars.

Author: Jenn // Clean and Scentsible

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Serves: 12-14

Ingredients

1 cup flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
1 cup sugar
1 cup mini eggs
¾ cup chopped nuts {I used walnuts}
⅓ cup chocolate chips
½ cup butter, softened
2 eggs, lightly beaten
½ tsp vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar together. Mix in the butter, beaten eggs, and vanilla and stir until well blended.
Add the mini-eggs, chocolate chips, and nuts.
Prepare a 9x9-inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Allow to cool and cut into squares.

If you are looking for a fun Easter gift idea, the dry ingredients for these bars can be packaged up in a mason jar and would make a nice little hostess gift or treat for your favorite teacher or neighbor.

Just layer the ingredients in a 1 quart mason jar as follows:

flour, baking powder, salt
sugar
mini-eggs
chocolate chips and nuts

I have also created some printables to help you dress up your jars – there is a Bunny Bars label for the front and baking instructions for the back.

Just head over to Clean and Scentsible to download them!

If you are looking for more Easter ideas, you might also want to check out these posts….