NO RULES Weekend Blog Party with Linky! #3

Welcome to the weekend! It's time to get this party started with my new blog party with absolutely NO RULES! 

This is already Week #3, and if the party continues to grow, this will become a permanent weekly event. So why not join the fun?!!

 I can tell you that if you follow me in any way GFC, LF, Pinterest, FB, Twitter etc) and would like a follow back, please leave me a quick comment and I WILL!! 

If you'd like to link up with my blog you can grab my blog button. (Code is on the left sidebar :)  I also do blog button trades, where I will display your button on my blog if you reciprocate.   

 Finally it is now time to link up and party on! 

The party will be open til midnight EST on Sunday :)

Have a great weekend and I'll see you back on Monday!

XO,

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Fabulous Friday Finds ...

"Hippie fashions and values had a major effect on culture, influencing popular music, television, film, literature, and the arts. Since the 1960s, many aspects of hippie culture have been assimilated by mainstream society. The religious and cultural diversity espoused by the hippies has gained acceptance, and Eastern philosophy and spiritual concepts have reached a larger audience. 

The hippie legacy can be observed in contemporary culture in myriad forms, including health food, music festivals,contemporary sexual mores, and even the cyberspace revolution."

Source wikipedia.com

This week the nine fabulous items I've chosen to feature from Etsy are either vintage items from the hippie era, or newly created items with a bohemian feel. Personally I don't exactly know what items went together. I'm sure I have some items a bit off-date, but afterall this collection was merely created for fun.  

Each item is numbered, and direct links to each Etsy shop are listed below the collage, if you'd like to see more from a particular artist.

Enjoy :)

1}  Fcuk Normality Necklace by FeelingWild on Etsy

2}  VTG 1970s Gay Gibson Purple Checkered Mini Dress w/ Ruffles from WhenDecadesCollide on Etsy

3}  1960s Mellow Yellow Mod Sunglasses from ThePrettySecrets on Etsy

4}  Vintage 70's Hippie Ring Round Amber Round Stone from fivestonesvintage on Etsy

5}  To Love and be loved 8 x 10 art print/ poster by EinBierBitte on Etsy

6}  Vintage LEATHER Hippie Purse from VintageMAM on Etsy

7}  Turquoise Jewels Halo by GypsyHalos on Etsy

8}  Hippie Heels from ReanimatedRags on Etsy

9}  Retro Hippie Car 4x5 Fine Art Photography Print by MariaSiyanko on Etsy

I'd love to hear if any of you were a part of the hippie movement. As a child of the early 70's my parents weren't hippies, so I don't have any firsthand experience.(Although I did have bell bottom jeans with giant smiley faces on them.) Maybe this is why this whole revolution intrigues me so much.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Be sure to stop back at 12PM EST today for week three of my 

"NO RULES Weekend Blog Party"! This is where you submit your thumbnail linky and go! No rules to tie you down. Of course if you follow me or comment I ALWAYS return the ♥.

XO,

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Recipe Time!

This time last year I made the yummiest dessert using blackberries. It was so good, that I shared the recipe here. 

Everyone who tasted these bars said that they were amazing. So, the facts that an entire year has gone by, and I plan on making these again real soon, had me thinking that I needed to share this one again!  

Enjoy!

Blackberry Pie Bars

Crust and Topping

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled

Fruit Filling

4 large eggs

2 cups sugar

1 cup sour cream

3/4 cup flour

pinch salt

zest of 1/2 lemon
1 tsp almond extract
2 (16-oz) packages frozen blackberries, thawed and drained, Or fresh if available

To make the crust and topping, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.

Combine the flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse a few times to mix. Cut the butter into 1/2-inch cubes, and add to the flour mixture. Process until the butter is evenly distributed but the mixture is still crumbly, 30-60 seconds. (I didn't use a food processor, rather just forks to cut in the butter.)

Reserve 1 1/2 cups of the mixture to use as the topping. Press the remaining mixture into the bottom of the pan, and bake 12-15 minutes. Cool for at least 10 minutes.

To make the filling, whisk the eggs in a large bowl, then add the sugar, sour cream, flour, salt, lemon zest, and almond extract. Gently fold in the berries and spoon the mixture over the crust. Sprinkle the remaining flour mixture evenly over the filling, and bake 45 to 55 minutes.

Cool at least 1 hour before cutting into bars, or scoop out of the pan to serve cobbler-style.

* Recipe source pinkparsley.com

Be sure to stop back tomorrow to find out what my theme for my "Fabulous Friday Finds" post will be!  If your new to my blog, this is when I choose a theme, search Etsy for nine handmade, repurposed and/or vintage items which fit this theme, then create a collage which I showcase here.  There's always a direct link to each shop if you'd like to see more from a particular artist.  

And I'm also always looking for new theme ideas, or items to be featured.  If you have an idea for a theme, or your an Etsy seller with an item you'd like to be considered for a feature, just send me a message! I'd love to hear from you!

Also beginning Friday evenings and lasting through the weekend, is my new "No Rules Blog Party"! This is where you submit your thumbnail linky and go! No rules to tie you down. (Of course if you follow me or comment I ALWAYS return the ♥).

Have a lovely day!

XO, 

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Wordless Wednesday with Linky!

My fav summer eatery with the most awesome sign, 
which flashes neon at night:)

Now it's your turn to show me you've got, wordless or not!

 Link up your photos below. 

 I always return the LinkyL♥VE!

XO,

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Time to Get On Your Red, White, and Blue!

The Fourth of July 2012 by papercrushcrafts featuring print shoes

Tomorrow's the day! 

Do you plan on dressing patriotic?

Celebrate, enjoy, be safe :)

 Make sure to stop back at 11:00 am today for my 

Wordless Wednesday Blog Party with Linky!! 

I want to see what you've got!

XO,

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"The green grass and the happy skies ...

           ... court the fluttering butterflies"

~ Terri Guillemets

Watching the metamorphosis of caterpillar into butterfly is amazing and beautiful, a miracle really. 

We recently purchased a butterfly hatching kit, and over a period of less than a week we saw five ugly caterpillars form a chrysallysis, and then emerge as gorgeous painted lady butterflies.

We let the butterflies flutter around in their little habitat for a few days, but soon it was time to release them.

Autumn gently took each butterfly out of the habitat, held her hand out, and each one floated away upon the air.

Days later we believe we still catch glimpses of them fluttering by quickly, here and there.

Autumn enjoyed this activity so much that we will be sure to do this a few more times before summer's end.

Before I go I want to thank the lovely ladies from Create-With-Joy.com for including my Banana Pudding Recipe as one of their "Highlights of the Week", on their "Inspire Me Monday" post :) 


Click below to visit this wonderfully inspiring blog ~

I'm also linked up to Storytime ABC's 
Blog Hop!! All about BUGS!

Have a great week :)

XO,

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