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Six Wellness Blogs You Don't Want To Miss

Bonfire Health: A few Gonstead Chiropractors from the east coast who blog daily about being active about your health on a daily basis; includes a dish of the day, a thought of the day, and a movement of the day.

Wellness Mama: A Fantastic website and community for moms all over with greta information on natural living, health, motherhood, fitness, gardening, and so much more! I have found an abundance of wonderful healthy recipes from this blog.

Balanced Bites: Written by the author of "Practical Paleo," she has numerous simple and super healthyrecipes and also lots of info on sugar detox

PurelyTwins: An outstanding selection of homemade raw food desserts and fitness ideas. So many ideas I would never think about doing! The photography is beautiful too!

BodyRock.tv: Some of the best interval workouts I have found on the web!

Whole 9: An excellent Paleo website and community! Join the Whole30 program or check out their grand selection of recipes and fitness ideas.

Shared Bedrooms

I would love for my kids to share a bedroom while they are little. I know one day they will want their own since they are the opposite sex, but in another year or so we plan to move Karlie into a room with Will. Talking to sleep or listening to music or books on CD together...those are memories they will remember and can draw them closer together. Thinking about them sharing a room immediately gets my creative juices flowing. It will need to be fun and colorful...I love all the possibilities of all these colorful and creative shared bedroom spaces I have found across the web. A few of my favorites ideas I have found/ (pinned)... :)

{use paint to split sides}

{positioning head of beds together}


{eclectic and colorful}

{star gaze and hide-out bunks}

{fun for three (not that we are planning on it)...:)}

Top 10 Free Printables!

I am all about the free stuff. Here is a collection of my top 10 very favorite free printables available online to anyone! They are in no perticular order, but they are all so much fun!

1. Nature Calendar

2. Fancy-Shmancy To Do List

3. Truth Calendar

4. Journal Cards and More!

5. Cute Kitchen Prints

6. Menu Planner

7.Self Portait Template

8. Pantry Labels

9.Daily Organizer

10. Retro Alphabet Cards

ha! ok I guess I liked 11 of them too much, so here is one extra. :)

11. Coloring Pages

Celebrate America

Hope Everyone has a Fun and Safe 4th  of July!

Just a little linky love to celebrate America this week. :)

 

by glorioustreats

by BigBearsWife

by marleyungaro

by bittersweetiemonade

Oh Summertime!

Jorge L. Gazzano





kitchenconfidante


Women's Health


Michelle Meno Photography


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Word Art I Need For My Home

lemon and lime

{1}vintage suitcases {2}"Ozborne" fabric {3}assorted vintage buttons {4} Marmalade lime green fabric {5}yellow lace romper with headband  {6} felt necklace {7} paper straws {8} mason jar gift labels {9} wallet {10} vintage trays {11} summer tote {12} lemon square soap

Etsy. Oh how I love thee. Filled with all sorts of beautiful things to look at. Isn't handmade the best!? I am hoping to get my store up and running again soon. For now I have been dreaming of fresh citrus. It is right in the middle of the hot summer and not only have I been craving lemonade, but I have seemed to heart lots of bright yellow and lime green lately. It just looks refreshing! I also found this Coconut Limeade recipe on pinterest today...oh my oh...doesn't it just look amazing!?  It is cooling me down already. Must be made this week. :)

So yes, be on the lookout later this week for a reappearance of The Happy Scrap.

Oh So Pinteresting...

I know you all have heard me talk so highly about my love for Pinterest, but seriously it is the coolest website out there! Here are a few things I have recently made and a few things I want to make. There are just too many cool things discovered on there it would be a shame to not share. :)

We made this yummy sweet blackberry juice this weekend with our oatmeal. There are a ton of awesome oatmeal ideas I found here. And I knew I could rely on the Pioneer Woman's Chicken Tortilla Soup. It was awesome!...with the perfect amount of spice. I have been admiring these fun mason jar meals and hope to make some of these to stock the fridge with lunch salads. Such a brilliant idea! Speaking of brilliant, for Thanksgiving Day breakfast we made these individualbreakfasts in a muffin tin. These were such a good idea because we were able to customize our own little casseroles with eggs, bacon, green peppers, onions, etc. We made some of these delicious cinnamon maple pecans for Christmas presents. I had quite the sweet tooth this year for the holidays so I am now pinning some extra nutritious superfoods to detox all the sugar. :) I am going to make this powerhouse granola this week. The cool thing about granola is that I can just add in whatever I have on hand. I also made some almond milk in my new.....wait for it....wait for it.............................VITAMIX!! That's right! Only the best Christmas present ever! My smoothies taste amazing, I chopped cabbage in 1 second, and chopped up potatoes for fresh hash browns in 10 seconds. I have yet to grind up my whole wheat berries for some fresh ground whole wheat flour. Oh boy so many possibilities! I can not say enough good things about it. Next up...vanilla bean coconut peanut butter. Doesn't that just sound heavenly?! oh and speaking of peanut butter- we tried these peanut butter granola bars. They were scrumptious!

Ok and food isn't the only thing I have been up to. I have found way to many DIY projects onPinterest that I need to find time for. I made some of these spice rub gift sets for the dads gifts this year. This cute mason jar pin cushion for my quilting mother. And got this cool homemadefabric I-Spy book idea and made something similar for a couple of my nephews. I should have actually taken a picture of the ones I made. It was nice to use up lots of my fun narrative scraps! Next on the list- this homemade laundry detergent. I have already bought the ingredients. I have pinned a few of these and this one seems to be the winner. Does anyone else make their own detergent?

Oh, and one of my favorite websites discovered on Pinterest is theMarathonMom and her"What Mom's Need" series. If you are a mama, or even if your not...you should totally check it out! My head explodes with creativity when I am on this site. I don't know if this is a good thing or bad thing. :)

Have I mentioned...

...how much I LOVE Pinterest!! What started out as a place to collect some design and DIY inspiration has turned into a whole bunch of coolness. I have collected lot's of recipes to try as well, and I have not only collected them but actually tried them out. Especially with the farmers markets now open and sunny weather it brings a whole new boost of motivation. I have tried...

Raw Broccoli Raisan Salad from Rawmazing

...super yummy!!

Spiced Sweet Potato and Chickpeas from Sprouted Kitchen

...Yummy and hearty. Fun to make once, but took a lot of ingredients. :)

Hemp Cacao Energy Bites from Choosing Raw

...I have tried many raw snack-type balls. These are great! Plus they have the extra protein in it. And anything with chocolate tastes yummy. Will loved these.

Vegan Tomato Walnut Basil Pasta from Oh She Glows

...I am by no means vegan, but recipes without dairy are always a go to in our house. This was delish...turned a really dark color when done, but at least the nutritional yeast added some boost.

Kale Chips from House Tweaking

...oh yummy!! I was the only one that tried them in our house, although I know that if Will or Thad tried them they would love it. :) I found a dehydrated kale chip recipe that I would like to try too so that I am not cooking the good stuff out of the leaves, but these tasted great right out of the oven!

Frosty No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies from Oh She Glows

...and once again anything with chocolate is amazing!! Will loved these as a little frozen treat during the day. I used dairy-free choc. chips too!

So enough said...Pinterest is awesome! :)