Feed Me Friday!

So excited to be featured in this week's Feed Me Friday Link-up!!!
I'm fairly new to the blogging world and already completely hooked. It's wonderful to share my ideas and thoughts and be inspired by so many of yours.
Thanks for the opportunity! I look forward to visiting each of you....






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Welcome to Feed Me Friday Blog Hop, hosted by Oh So Savvy Mom, Nap Time is My Time, Great Contradictions and Just Us Four!




Feed Me Friday is a Blog Hop to help you meet new bloggers and build your e-mail subscription. Want to be a part of Feed Me Friday? Just follow these simple rules:

- Add your blog link to the linky

- Subscribe by email and follow via Google+ the four hostesses (Oh So Savvy Mom, Nap Time is My Time, Great Contradictions and Just Us Four) and the Featured Blog of the Week. Make sure to leave us a comment and we will return the favor. Visit as many blogs on the list as you can. If you like the blog subscribe to their email (feel free to follow on Google+ too, if you want)

- Leave them a comment with your blog link so they know you are subscribing from Feed Me Friday. Be sure to confirm your subscription! Subscribing back is not mandatory, but it is recommended. It is a great way to build blogging relationships.

Since this is an email subscription blog hop, your blog must have a place for people to subscribe to your email. If there isn’t an email subscribe option, your link will be removed from the linky without warning.



Every Friday we will put up a new Feed Me Friday linky, so be sure to stop by and add your blog. Each week we will choose one participant from the previous week’s blog hop to be the Featured Blog of the Week.



This week's featured blogger is:










A Mom and Her Littles is a blog about camping, crafting, hiking, feeding, homework, work work, and everything in between!




Thanks so much for linking up with this this week. If you're a new participant, please be sure to leave a comment below!

My Own Little Pintimate Party....

I love Pinterest! Like so many of you I'm sure, I spend more time than I care to admit perusing and pinning recipes, projects, and places to visit. All with the intention of referencing and doing them all myself! I even do on occasion.

I also happen upon some of the most fabulous blogs. Pinterest is the best marketing tool. So in the midst of reaffirming my healthy lifestyle, I'd fallen off the wagon a bit, I pinned a super little recipe, from the cutest little blog, for yummy looking Trail Mix Balls. Jenna writes Eat Live Run and i think it's lovely.

Quinoa, oats, cherries, seeds, honey, peanut butter, and chocolate all ingredients for this handy, healthy, on the go little snack. You can make them too: Trail Mix Balls - Recipe

The best part is how it smells once you add the honey mixture!

So excited for my morning hike tomorrow!!

QR Codes and All That Jazz...

In the age of smartphones, tablets, iPads, and all things electronic keeping up with the bazillion ways to market can be overwhelming to say the least. I mean if you don't blog (gasp), Facebook, Tweet, and Pin, you're just not doing it right!

Sitting outside the local pizza shop the other day, I noticed in the window of the salon next door, a large colorful add with an attached QR Code. So I held up my handy dandy iPad, scanned the code (from the comfort of my car), and easy peasy I was looking at the salon's daily specials on their website within a matter of seconds. Like magic and in my opinion genius!

So, that set me off to find my own QR Code. Guess what, there are lots of sites that generate this little black and white box for FREE! Yay! Not only did I find the generator but plenty of ideas as to whereto put the QR Code. Hats, T-shirts, bags, coffee mugs, even chocolate as an add medium. 

Blogs, Etsy shops, YouTube, Facebook, plain text, and phone numbers are just a few of the electronic imprints you can attach to a QR code. The possibilities are endless!

This is the site I used to generate a code: http://www.qrstuff.com/ but as I said a google search produced many. So go code away and market prosperously!!!

Super Sculpey DIY Little Jewelry Dishes....

A sweet, simple gift any little (with a bit of help) can make up in an afternoon!

Perfect for a teacher, mother, friend, or anyone who appreciates cute. Super easy peasey, inexpensive, and quick!

The whole project costs about $20 and that produced six small dishes. I got all the above supplies at Michaels. Don't forget your 40% off coupon!

Each was made from one 2 oz package of Sculpey III. The Little Lady and I rolled and shaped the dishes to the dimensions we wanted. For the round ones I used a curved bottom glass just to shape. After we were pleased with the shape we gently stamped our design. I used my jewelry letter stamps for the personalization, but you can purchase letter stamps specifically for clay if you like.
Place your prepared forms on a parchment covered baking sheet and bake according to package directions. Mine were baked for 30 minutes at 275*.

Use a glaze to give your little project a finished look! I used Sculpey's gloss and love the way they turned out!

Happy crafting!!!