Make Bake Create Party - Week 7

 

Welcome to Week 7 of the Make Bake Create Party! I really enjoyed all of your links last week and look forward to seeing what you link up this week!

Just to refresh since this is still such a new party, every Wednesday come and link up your favorite projects from the week. This could be any food, recipes, crafts or DIY!   Since there are 5 hosts... your link will be seen on 5 blogs at once.  SWEET!   

 

Your hosts are:

 Rachel from Bubbly Nature Creations, Sarah from Hope In Every Season, Kristy from Mommy Hates Cooking, Brandi from The Creative Princess and Vanessa from The Rookie Seamstress

We would love for you to follow us on facebook!

Bubbly Nature Creations

Hope In Every Season

Mommy Hates Cooking

The Creative Princess

The Rookie Seamstress

This weeks official party host is Sarah from Hope in Every Season! Be sure to stop by her blog to see how she created this great Taco Seasoning! I love making seasonings like this to keep on hand!

You guys linked up some GREAT posts last week! I swear every week gets better and better!  Here are my top 5 this week!

One of my FAVORITE desserts is vanilla ice cream topped with bananas foster! When I saw this Bananas Foster Belgian Waffle Recipe from Lisa over at Cooking with Curls my mouth immediately started to water! Lisa shares some AWESOME recipes! If you haven't checked her out yet, you really need to!

For those that don't know, I LOVE to sew! I am NOT great at it, but I love it! Vanessa from The Rookie Seamstress linked up these CUTE DIY Fabric Bookmarks and I think that even I could do them! My oldest LOVES to read, and I want to teach her to sew, I think this is a great summer project for her!

Who doesn't love a great cupcake? Do you also love grape soda? Both SCREAM summertime to me! Check out these Grape Soda Cupcakes from Stephanie at The TipToe Fairy and have the best of both worlds!

Kristin at Homespun With Love did it again this week! She blew me away! Check out these CUTE Washi Tape Candles! I love Washi Tape and am always looking for new ways to use it, these are adorable and would make great gifts!

At first glance this Sinfully Sweet Strawberry Cobbler from Heather at Craft Cravings looks like it would be really bad for you. But, at only 114 calories per serving it is GREAT for a yummy summertime treat!

Thank you all so much for linking up last week!

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Make sure to follow our Make Bake Create Party Pin Board where we will be pinning the projects linked up here! ALSO Your DIY project or recipe may be made by one of us. So make sure to link up one of your favorite projects and we may put it to the test ! It will be shared by all of us (with links back to your recipe or craft of course).

We will also be hosting a Make Bake Create Google Hangout too (TBA)! So stay tuned!!!

Disclaimer and things to keep in mind~

* You may link up any DIY/ recipe/ food type post.

* You may link as many links as you want.

* Be sure to include The Make Bake Create button or text link to in your linked post; this is recommended to be featured!

* By linking up you are agreeing that the photos are yours or that you have permission to use them, that we may use those photos to feature your project on a blog post, Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter with a link back to your blog of course. (; We may also occasionally MAKE YOUR PROJECT OURSELVES- with a link back to your recipe or tutorial. (this gets more exposure for you... and potentially lots of traffic!)

With that said.......It's time to LINKUP!

This is ME!

Last weekend I went to my very first blog conference. Having never been to a blog conference before, I have nothing to compare it to. I knew going into it that it would be awesome. I knew it was going to be like a big family reunion. Why? Because I already knew over half of the attendees! I knew it was going to be a giant love fest...people walking around "Oh hey girl, your are awesome!" or "Oh my gosh! It is SO nice to finally meet you in person!". What I didn't know was just how life changing it was going to be.

The original keynote speaker was not able to make it. With less than 24 hours to prepare, our event coordinator, Jasmine, pulled out a show stopper! Her story was encouraging, inspiring, everything a closing keynote is supposed to be. You guys, she made us write love letters to ourselves! It was beyond awkward but, I did it!

One of the things she encouraged us to do was start a movement. From this point forward be nothing but ourselves. No pretending any more. I have always been nothing but myself. You want to know something, ask, I will tell you! But, there are times where I hide certain things. Like the pile of clothes in my bedroom that is so tall that it touches the bottom of the window seal. Or the mess in my living room that has been there for months. Or my dirty floors. When I take pictures of food for my blog I have to clear a spot on the counter before I can get the shot. I don't shower every day. What? I don't! Who has the time?

Jasmine challenged us to show it all. Don't hide behind the fancy instagram filters, don't crop all the stuff out. It has been said on facebook that I am some super mom. PLEASE! If you only knew! Want an example? Yesterday was dance picture day. MG had to go potty but would not stop playing long enough to put her shoes back on to go to the bathroom. I lost it. After telling both girls repeatedly to stop messing around and get over here so I could put MGs shoes on, I lost it. I grabbed a piece of lace ribbon they were twirling around and yanked it so yard it broke. This freaking MG out and starting the tears. Ugh! But don't we all have moments like that? I mean I can't be the only one....right? I lost control, it happens. 

I am not the perfect Pinterest mom. I don't want to be! Yeah, I can pull of an amazing baby shower, I make some rockin' recipes, and I know how to make things look good in a picture. But the behind the scenes? It is messy. And pretty boring. This summer I am not going to be one of those moms that marks off each day with something amazingly awesome to do with their kids. If you are that mom, that is AWESOME! I am not. We will be lucky if we make it to the summer reading program at the local library.

The pic above is of me after I woke up from a 4 hour nap on Sunday. I had just gotten home from the conference and crashed. My hair is a pile of hot mess, my mascara and eyeliner are smeared all over my face and I have giant bags under my eyes. I look like that most days, unless I have to go somewhere. Then I try to look decent. I have posted many pics on instagram but that picture is my most liked and commented on picture I have ever put on there! WOW!

I hope you join us in this movement. Don't be afraid to be yourselves. We spent our entire junior high years trying to be someone we weren't, don't let your adult years be the same. Be yourself and you will be amazed at how awesome life is! Stop hiding behind the mask! Start today! 

You can follow the #ThisIsMe movement on Twitter and Instagram!

Make Bake Create Week 6 - Top 5 Mother's Day Gift Ideas

 

Welcome to Week 6 of the Make Bake Create Party! I really enjoyed all of your links last week and look forward to seeing what you link up this week! Check out my Top 5 Mother's Day Brunch Ideas I posted yesterday using some of YOUR links!

Just to refresh since this is still such a new party, every Wednesday come and link up your favorite projects from the week. This could be any food, recipes, crafts or DIY!   Since there are 5
hosts... your link will be seen on 5 blogs at once.  SWEET!   

 

Your hosts are:

 Rachel from Bubbly Nature Creations, Sarah from Hope In Every Season, Kristy from Mommy Hates Cooking, Brandi from The Creative Princess and Vanessa from The Rookie Seamstress

If you haven't already we would love for you to follow us on Pinterest:

Rachel @ Bubbly Nature Creations

Sarah Coller

Kristy Still (Mommy Hates Cooking)

Brandi @ The Creative Princess

Vanessa {The Rookie Seamstress}

This weeks official party host is Rachel from Bubbly Nature Creations! All of us Oklahoma girls (which is all of us but Sarah....we need to fix that Sarah!) went to the AMAZING SoFabCon this weekend! You really do need to head to Rachels site and figure out why we are all dressed like this!

Yesterday I shared with you my Top 5 Mother's Day Brunch Ideas. Today I will be sharing with you my Top 5 Mother's Day Gift Ideas! These all came from last weeks party!

1) I ADORE shadowboxes! This Shabby Shadowbox from Jennifer at The Crunchy Fry is just adorable and combines so many of my favorite design elements!

2) Tea is such a great gift paired with a cute teacup or kettle. Why not dress up the individual bags with these Tea Bag Wrappers from Christine at The DIY Dreamer?

3) Soaking your tired aching feet is a GREAT way for busy moms to relax. I posted this Citrus Foot Soak a few weeks ago, add in a few magazines and to me, this is the perfect gift!

4) Kristy at Mommy Hates Cooking made the cutest Tray & Vase that would be perfect for a great breakfast in bed!

5) I love using bags with LOTS of pockets for all sorts of things all over the house! They are great for crafts, sewing, crochet....and can double as a double bag! Be sure to head over to Missy's Homemaking Adventures to find out how to make a Sewing Tool Caddy for yourself!

Thank you all so much for linking up last week!

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Make sure to follow our Make Bake Create Party Pin Board where we will be pinning the projects linked up here! ALSO Your DIY project or recipe may be made by one of us. So make sure to link up one of your favorite projects and we may put it to the test ! It will be shared by all of us (with links back to your recipe or craft of course).

We will also be hosting a Make Bake Create Google Hangout too (TBA)! So stay tuned!!!

Disclaimer and things to keep in mind~

* You may link up any DIY/ recipe/ food type post.

* You may link as many links as you want.

* Be sure to include The Make Bake Create button or text link to in your linked post; this is recommended to be featured!

* By linking up you are agreeing that the photos are yours or that you have permission to use them, that we may use those photos to feature your project on a blog post, Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter with a link back to your blog of course. (; We may also occasionally MAKE YOUR PROJECT OURSELVES- with a link back to your recipe or tutorial. (this gets more exposure for you... and potentially lots of traffic!)

With that said.......It's time to LINKUP!

Make Bake Create Week 5 - Top 5 Mother's Day Recipes

You guys rocked it again last week on the Make Bake Create Party! So much so that I am doing not one but TWO posts featuring you all this week!

Today I am sharing my top 5 Mother's Day Recipes, tomorrow I will be sharing my top 5 Mother's Day Gift Ideas!

Mother's day to me is more than celebrating being a mom or celebrating my own mom. It is a time for me to celebrate all the special women in my life, whether they are a mom of any kind or not. I know Mother's Day can be hard on those that have lost their mom's or children. It can be hard if you have no children. It can be hard if you do have children. I have many special women in my life, some are mom's and others are not. Does that make me love them any less? Does it make them have less of an impact on my life? Certainly not! I celebrate them because one way or another they have had a great impact on my life and that, to me, needs to be celebrated!

So, however you may celebrate Mother's Day, I hope you enjoy this delicious recipe round up!

First up is this delicious Chicken Tostada Pizza from Lisa at Cooking with Curls. She uses a Cornmeal Crust and adds guacamole as a topping! YUM!

These Wildberry Pancakes from Kristy at Mommy Hates Cooking are perfect for a Mother's Day breakfast (or brunch). You could also change the flavor by adding other types of fruit/berries!

 One of my favorite flavors is Lime. Key Lime to be exact! Check out these Key Lime Cookie Cups from Keri at Shaken Together. I will be making these SOON!

I have never tried Quinoa. Honestly, I am not even sure what it is. Is it like rice? Like that stuff that is in tabouli? Like Grits? Really, I have no idea. I do know that these Cheesy Quinoa and Broccoli Patties from Maria at Shopgirl look really, REALLY, good!

I thought these little Peanut Butter Brownie Flower Boxes from Lisa at Hoopla Palooza were just too cute! Plus, it doesn't get much better than peanut butter and chocolate in one tasty treat!

 

Be sure to check back tomorrow to see the great gift ideas I will be featuring! If you would like to take a peek, check out all of our entries from Week 5 of the MBC Party!