May Silhouette Promotion and Silhouette Portrait Giveaway!!!!

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Not too long ago I was asked if I'd like to work with Silhouette America, that uber cool company that sells all those fantabulous digital cutting tools you see around internet-land including the Silhouette CAMEO® and the Silhouette Portrait™. I just love all their products and how easy and user-friendly the Silhouette cutting machines are to use as I am definitely not a techie by any stretch of the word! 

The best part about partnering with them is that I get to review new products and host giveaways from Silhouette America and share them on my blog! And as a extra sweet bonus I get to pass on to all of you special discounted prices on those very products!  So if you were ever thinking about getting a Silhouette this just may be the best time to do it!! In the future I'll even be sharing some fun tutorials using the products so you can see some fun ways to create with them!

Here is this month's deal...you are going to LOVE it!!

And because I'm now an affiliate all of my readers can use my special promo code: CARROTS to purchase one of the deals above...a Silhouette machine bundled with the materials or just the materials themselves...at these special discounted prices, wooot! Just CLICK HERE to buy them but remember these fantastic prices are only good with my coupon code until May 31, 2013!

And now, for the giveaway...ONE Silhouette Portrait machine for ONE of you!!

To enter the giveaway to win your very own Silhouette Portrait machine click the link here or enter via the Rafflecopter widget below!

Giveaway ends May 27, 2013

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Good Luck!!

XOXO,

Folgers Coffee: My Morning Ritual

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Recently, I was asked by Folgers to create a post about my morning coffee ritual to share with you.  Well, like many of you I love a nice hot cup of coffee in the morning to help me get my day started. Lately, I've been using my French Press and so far I'm loving the results, mmmm, that's one tasty cup of coffee!

Is it just me or do you love the smell of coffee beans too? Ahhh, there is just something about opening up my coffee beans, be it whole or ground, that just relaxes me.

On the mornings that I'm not working in the office and I don't have to rush out the door, I like to enjoy my coffee while I work on my computer.  Yup, that is pretty much my work-from-home morning ritual :-)

It totally sets the stage for my day...I feel much less frazzled if I can take a few moments in the morning and take even a small bite out of my ever-growing pile of emails and work on a few blog posts before the day gets started and I'm off to helping with homework, playing with the kids, running to a playdate, heading out to bible study, chauffeuring our kids to one of the extra-curricular activities they are signed up for during the day, or even working in my Etsy shop!

The first thing I do when I come down the stairs...well the second (my kids need to get breakfast first!)...is make a nice big cup of coffee, grab my laptop, and turn on one of my favorite Pandora stations so I can start answering emails and working on my blog with some good tunes in the background.  The right music totally helps my state of mind! And now that the weather is so nice, I love to do this out on our screened in porch so I can feel the fresh air while I work too!


Music is also a pretty important part of my morning routine...and day...my kids love to have dance parties with the music blasting so very loud. It helps burn away some of their endless energy and helps to change our state of mind when it seems like they are fighting a lot or a bad mood sets in among one of us.

Did you know that Folgers values music in young people's lives by supporting musical creativity?  They host an annual Folgers Jingle contest which supports aspiring musicians, you can read more about it here.

Pretty cool, huh? Vote for the best Top 10 Finalist in Folgers' Jingle Contest! Meet the Top 10! Take a look at Folgers® Jingle Contest Finalists, and listen to the tracks that earned them a spot in The Top 10. Cast your vote once every day through June 19th. You could win exciting prizes, like free Folgers Coffee, iTunes® gift cards, signed CDs from Gavin DeGraw, and even a $10,000 Grand Prize just for voting! Before you vote, follow the Road to the Jingle on Facebook to see how they traveled the U.S. to track down the Top 10 contestants! Remember, you can vote once a day through June 19th! Click here for official rules.

XOXO,

RECIPE: Raspberry Lemonade Margaritas

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With Memorial Day weekend coming up (this weekend folks!) I thought I would share with you my all-time favorite Margarita recipe in case you were entertaining a crowd...or maybe you would like a little something to enjoy after the kids are in bed, I totally get that!  

I love this recipe because it is soooo soooo easy and it's even easier to change up the flavor...lime, strawberry lemonade, you name it depending on your mood :-)  It is the perfect drink for a Girl's Night In with your favorite ladies or a BBQ with your neighbors, summer lovin' at it's best, ahhhh!

Raspberry Lemonade Margarita (serves 8)

1/2  cup Tequila

1/2 cup Triple Sec

1 bottle of light beer

1 can of Frozen Raspberry Lemonade 

1 cup of water

Empty the can of raspberry lemonade into a pitcher.  Add in 1 cup of water, 1/2 cup tequila, 1/2 cup triple sec, and 1 bottle of light beer.  Mix well.  Pour over ice or blend with ice and enjoy!

 

Are you ready!?  Get out your Triple Sec and Tequila....you'll need 1/2 cup of each.

You'll also need a bottle of light beer.  I love using one with Lime flavor but any kind you have on hand will do!

And this, my friends, is how you get the delicious flavor!  Frozen Raspberry Lemonade is by far our favorite one we've ever tried.  You can also try using Frozen Limeade, Frozen Strawberry Lemonade, Regular Frozen Lemonade, etc. too!

Mix all the ingredients above with a cup of water (you can just fill the empty can!) and mix well.  We love to serve this on crushed ice but it is mighty fine blended too, we are just too lazy most times to do it that way!

Is it summer yet?

Enjoy!

And thanks for stopping by today!

XOXO,