Power Tools for Bloggers and Crafters Plus Summer Printables!

I have found the solution to one of the biggest blogger and crafter dilemmas! Yes, your constant quest for creative graphics can now end when you combine GraphicStock and Picmonkey, the go-to powertools for bloggers and crafters! GraphicStock offers an affordable treasure trove of awesome images, while Picmonkey provides the tools you need to personalize and enhance your images to make them your own. In no time at all you’ll be able to illustrate your posts, create infographics, upload beautiful images to social media, and design printables {Read More}

Sunday Features {30}

Thank you again for taking the time to link up with us each week. We continue to be amazed with all the inspiration from each of you. While we featured Patriotic Inspiration last week, we wanted to do the same this week. So here goes… First up are some great July 4th Party Ideas from The SITS Girls. Next is this Burlap and Denim Ruffled Patriotic Wreath Tutorial from The Scrap Shoppe. And lastly some 4th of July Yogurt Parfaits to {Read More}

Garlicky, Black-Pepper Shrimp and Black-Eyed-Peas

Black-eyed-peas for New Year’s Good Luck!  Black eyed peas for New Years Day… if you’re from the South, you KNOW this is a thing! If you’re not… you’ll want to adopt this southern tradition! Yup… eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day and you’ll be sure to have good luck all year long! This New Years Day recipe just happens to be my favorite shrimp recipe EVER! I made it once a few years ago and then forgot about {Read More}

Sunday Features Link Party {29} Is Live!

Welcome to the 29th week of Sunday Features! We are SO GRATEFUL for everyone that has been linking with us so far and that you keep coming back week after week. A highlight of our week is seeing all your creativity linked up here! Keep on sharing and spreading Sunday Features love. 🙂 On to the features for this week… ideas for Independence Day! First up is Red, White and Blue “Sangria” for kids from Growing Up Gabel. Yum! And we love this cute Patriotic Paper Craft {Read More}

The Bucket List

  Tom and I recently learned that our beloved, 11-year-old Cairn Terrier, Pumbaa, has cancer. It’s really not treatable because it’s in his nasal passage and has already spread into the bone. We are simply devastated. Pumbaa is the perky, cheerful, adventurous peacekeeper of the Tabler family. He’s also fearless and would go after a dog three or four times his size to “protect” us. He is ever patient with his brother, Rowdie, and all his silly antics. He has even allowed {Read More}

Watermelon Mango Pico de Gallo

Watermelon Mango Pico de Gallo is the perfect blend refreshing, spicy, sweetness on a hot summer day! I bought a couple of personal, seedless watermelons over the weekend and, by yesterday, hadn’t cut into them yet. I wanted to do something a bit different than usual and settled upon apico degallo for one of them (another yummy watermelon recipe is coming soon!) Watermelon, mango, jalapeño, red onion, cilantro, lime juice, and salt. Doesn’t it sound simply mouth-watering? It’s so flavorful {Read More}