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Michaels Passport to Imagination 2013 Crafting Adventure

0 · Jun 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment

This post brought to you by Michaels // Hey guys… I just wanted to give you a quick heads up on something pretty fun for the kiddos this summer! Michaels Craft Stores are hosting a 7 week crafting voyage around the globe called Michaels Passport to Imagination 2013, for kiddos age 5 & up…

My Emily is going to participate in the Passport to Imagination here in Lincoln and she can't wait. What a fun way to meet new friends, learn about the world, have fun crafting and create fun goodies to share with your family and friends.

Check out your local Michaels store to register and reserve a spot for your kiddos this summer!! It's only $2 per session and that includes the supplies. Can't beat that!!

Friday Flair Link Party Edition // Mini Berry Cobbler Edition

1 · Jun 7, 2013 · 30 Comments

Friday Flair Link Party // Happy Friday my favorite friends! I've been living it up here in Colorado for the last week, and we are packing up and heading home this morning. I just love it here, the shops, the food, the people. I even introduced my Mom to IKEA this week. She loved it! The kiddos have had a blast playing with cousins and running around Nana & Papas pretty backyard. It couldn't get any better than this!

I don't know if you happened to check it out earlier this week, but I made a pretty big announcement. WhipperBerry has a new Creative Team! These ladies have been hand picked from from the hundreds of friends who link up to Friday Flair every weeks. I knew that if I decided to start a creative team, I wanted to pull from the wonderful and talented bloggers who have always supported WhipperBerry and Friday Flair especially. Soooo, you never know what may happen from linking up! This week Jesseca from One Sweet Appetite share her Mini Berry Cobblers with us and they just look divine…

img source // mini berry cobblers created by one sweet appetite for whipperberry

That's why I decided to show it off again for this week's inspiration photo! doesn't that just look like the perfect summer desert?! Jesseca is one talented lady!

Let's get the link party started!

Carving Out Some Quiet Time with Quaker Epic Adventures

0 · Jun 6, 2013 ·

This post brought to you by Quaker // Quiet time, all to yourself… It's magical, it's restores and replenishes the soul. Once I became a Mom, it seems like those times are so rare. Especially now that my kiddos are out of school. My quiet time is now an even bigger luxury.

I have a rather large age gap between all of my kiddos…

… And I have to say, having older children around when you still have little ones is down right fabulous!! Now that they are out of school the older girls can hang out with the younger ones while I run to the store to grab some groceries or when I need some supplies for the daily project. That time when I am in the car, by myself… Is priceless. It's not too long, but just enough to feel like myself again after a stressful day with the kiddos.

Even better is when I can sneak a treat in my bag on the way out the door like Quaker® Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies…

They come pre-packaged and are a perfect portion of chocolatey goodies with all the Quaker® Oatmeal goodness inside.

Another way I like to carve out some time for myself, is by sneaking off into my backyard, to relax under the trees with a good book. I take a few minutes to have a sweet snack and enjoy whatever story I happen to be engrossed in at the time.

Quaker® Chocolate Chip Cookies allow me to be indulgent while still providing the power of Quaker® oats to fuel me for whatever the rest of the day might hold.

Share how you celebrate your me-time and go to Everyday Health for more fun stories.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Quaker®. The opinions and text are all mine.

The New WhipperBerry Creative Team AND Mini Berry Cobblers

8 · Jun 5, 2013 · 14 Comments

Mini Berry Cobblers // I am over the moon excited to share with you my big announcement… WhipperBerry has a new CREATIVE TEAM!!

jenn from clean & scentsible // shannon & jen from eat.sleep.make // haley from life is sweet // jenn from my fabuless life // jo-anna from a pretty life // jesseca from one pretty appetite

These are seven of the most talented ladies out there and they are going to blow your mind with their creativity! They have all been long time participants in my friday flair link party and I can't wait to show them off even more! We will start the show with Jesseca from One Sweet Appetite. She is one talented food blogger with some mad photography skills!

Hi everyone! My name is Jesseca, and I am honored to be here as one of the amazing contributors to Whipperberry! You can find me over at One Sweet Appetite where I’m whipping up special dishes every week. Speaking of great dishes… It’s almost summer and that means our produce selection in Utah is going crazy. There are so many fun and fresh things to chose from. I could hardly control myself at our farmers market and had to pick up some delicious looking berries. My eyes are always bigger than my stomach, and I worried that the beautiful fruit was going to go to waste before we got to it! I couldn’t let this happen… So I rolled up my sleeves, put on my apron, and got cooking!

Mini Berry Cobblers

2-1/2 Cups fresh chopped berries (I used blackberries and strawberries)

3/4 + 2 tablespoons sugar

1 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 cup buttermilk Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream (optional)

Directions

Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray six ramekins with baking spray and set aside. Divide your fruit between the four ramekins. You can toss them in sugar if you’d like. Our produce happened to be sweet enough already, so I didn’t feel the need to add any extra sugar. This time. In a separate bowl, combine 3/4 cup of sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, and buttermilk. Whisk until combined. Divide the batter between your dishes, pouring directly over your berries. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar and bake fro 30-35 minutes, or until the top of your cobbler is golden brown. Serve your cobbler alone or topped with vanilla ice cream. Either way this is sure to be a crowd pleaser. It happens to be the most requested dessert from my four year old. This recipe is also very user friendly. You can swap the berries for almost anything. Get creative and toss in some fresh mango or peaches. You can’t go wrong! If you liked this recipe you should check out one of these other great desserts: Blackberry Lemonade Cupcakes Cherry Lime Lollipops Apple Crumb Bars

Here are a few more of my recipes that you may like…

ratatouille // coconut lemon bread // 40 minute hamburger buns

Silhouette Heat Transfer Promotion and GIVEAWAY

0 · Jun 4, 2013 · 328 Comments

Silhouette Affiliate Promotion & GIveaway // It's that time again… Silhouette promotion and giveaway time! This month is one of my favorites, the Heat Transfer Material.

Click here to visit the Silhouette Shop to take advantage of these fabulous deals!!

Here's and oldie but a goodie. These are some fun onezies that I created for my nephew and then again for my friend Sarah's baby shower. They are just so darn cute and so easy to make with the Heat Transfer Material.

I made them using my Silhouette CAMEO and the Designer Edition software. I used this image of an old VW bug and then just added the text that I wanted in the Silhouette software.

You can download the svg file that you will need when using your Silhouette from the box below…

Once you bring your image into your Silhouette Studio Edition software you can add your word and then make sure you mirror the image before you cut the Heat Transfer Material. Select your images and then right click and you will see the command "flip image horizontally." Select that and your image will them flip and will be ready to cut.

You will then take your Silhouette Heat Transfer Material and place it in your CAMEO or Portrait and cut according to the package directions.

Once your images are cut, you will need to "weed" the image to remove all of the extra heat transfer material…

Next, follow the directions on the Heat Transfer Material package and iron on the image onto your onezie. It's really quite slick! I love this stuff. That's all it takes and you now have some creative baby gifts for all your friends!

I've also made fun Field Day shirts for my girls, cute T-shirts for some special friends… all kinds of fun things you can make with this stuff. They even have Printable Heat Transfer Material now. You HAVE to get some!

All you have to do is follow the directions in the Rafflecopter box below. This giveaway will run through Midnight central time on June 9th with the winner announced on June 10th. This giveaway is only open to those friends with a shipping address within the United States.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Mini Berry Cobblers

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