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Welcome to the Instagram + Vine Blog Hop! If you're new here, the Instagram + Vine Blog Hop is a party where you link up your Instagram and/or Vine accounts, find and follow new friends, and be continually inspired by what you see in your feeds! No need to have a blog, just an Instagram and/or Vine account! HOW TO PLAY: 1. Follow your HOSTS: Kimberly | Instagram:  @anightowlblog  | Vine: anightowlblog  Emily | Instagram:  @mrsemshhh  | Vine: emily emshwiller   Angie | Instagram: @blogali  | Vine: Little Inspiration 2. Follow your CO-HOSTS: Jessica | Instagram: @jayemmtee You can find Jessica here:  Blog :: Facebook ::  Twitter ::  Pinterest  *** Krystle | Instagram: @liferevolvesaroundthem  You can find Krystle here:  Blog  :: Facebook ::  Twitter  :: Pinterest 3. Link up your Instagram Web Profile: Just link up your new Instagram Web Profile (http:...

Ever wonder if your spouse really knows you?! Like even the simplest questions? Well now is the time to find out! HOST: The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife COHOSTS: JanLoves , The Marvelous Flight of Cara , Delightfully Dunn , From Awkward to Art , Planned in Pencil ,   Jessica Who? , Northern Belle Diaries , You and Me are We , The Family Darr , Songbirds and Buttons , The Grace of Southern Charm , Just Simply Live , Pretty Living PDX , The Lemonade Diaries , Life as I know it Here are the instructions: Fill out the Valentines Day Questions. You can find them here . Hand over the same set of questions to your spouse. Find out his answers to the questions about you. Write a post comparing both of your answers Link up your blog post below! I am so excited to read everyone's posts! Here's how Jared and I did.. this was pretty much our reaction after reading our answers Questions:   Feel free to add or take away any questions you ...

Do you ever wonder how well your spouse really knows you? Even the simplest details? Well now is the time to find out! HOST: The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife COHOSTS: JanLoves , The Marvelous Flight of Cara , Delightfully Dunn , From Awkward to Art , Planned in Pencil ,   Jessica Who? , Northern Belle Diaries , You and Me are We , The Family Darr , Songbirds and Buttons , The Grace of Southern Charm , Just Simply Live , Pretty Living PDX , The Lemonade Diaries , Life as I know it Instructions: Fill out the questions below with your answers Hand over the same set of questions to your spouse and see if they can answer the questions about you.  Write your post and compare both of your answers Link up here on February 14th We are so excited to read everyone's posts! Questions:   Feel free to add or take away any questions you want. How long have you been married? Where was your first date? Where was your first kiss? Wh...

I've been meaning to post about this and after reading about Amber's fabulous link-up , this week seemed like the perfect time to do so. Being away from family during the holidays is hard. Every year that we've lived in Hawaii, I get the winter blues. Even though it's not really "winter' here.. but you know what I mean. So anyway, we usually end up spending the holidays trying to forget that it's a holiday.. we go on dates or make a fancy dinner at home. It sounds kind of depressing but I've learned to love it. Plus, it reminds me how incredibly blessed I am to have my husband. This Christmas, my sweet husband had the idea of making Christmas cards and handing them out to random people. The idea alone made me fall in love with him all over again! And instead of exchanging Christmas gifts, we got a bunch of cash out and stuffed those in the cards too. So we made pretty cards, put some cash and lovely words inside, and went on with...

Welcome to the 1st annual Blogger's Ball!  hosted by Rachel @ lala Lists , Niki @ Glossy Blonde , and I I wish that we were all in a huge ballroom sipping on champagne and dancing the night away together.. until that dream of mine can come true, check out my Blogger's Ball inspiration board and a few questions answered below it. Be sure to check out the other host's pages and link-up with us below! This dress.. I DIE! Give me it and give me an excuse to wear it..PLEASE! 1. What was your best part of 2012?   The best part of 2012 was... this actually took me a while to figure out. I think the best part of 2012 was starting this blog. I never could have imagined how fast and how much it would grow and I never knew that this amazing blogging community existed. I've built relationships with some of you that I am so grateful for. It's taught me a lot about myself. About my life. About my writing. I'm excited to see where else this blog will take me. 2. What was yo...

Mark your calendars! Join Rachel , Niki , and I at the first annual Blogger's Ball on the night of 12/31!

I really love snail mail. A lot. In a world of emails, texts, social media, and phone calls, getting good ol' fashioned mail often adds a nice touch to whatever message you're trying to get across. So, naturally, my favorite part about the holiday season is receiving holiday cards in the mail. It may seem a little dorky but it totally makes my day! I really wanted Jared, Duke, and I to have a Christmas photo session but we never got around to it. Jared probably wouldn't even notice if we didn't send out cards at all but I, of course, was super bummed. I ended up going through our pictures so that we could send out a semi-decent card. I'm not totally pleased with what I came up with but here it is... Front photo taken by the fabulous Marina Miller of Red Heart Photo at Waimea Bay. (Marina is also the genius behind our underwater photo shoot .) Back photo taken by Michael Romero (I think) at the top of the Makapuu Lighthouse Trail. Printing and des...

I've been wanting to link up with Rachel for this and I'm finally doing it today! So without further ado.. ** Disclaimer: Do not read if you have no sense of humor, are easily offended, or only enjoy your own opinions. ** In my opinion.. + There are no "rules" in blogging.  + Texas is the best country on earth (this one is a fact, not an opinion). + Dogs are better than cats. Duke Jameson Taylor + Duke is the most attractive pup ever.  + There's no right way to fall in love. When you know, you know . + It does not have to be 5 o'clock anywhere for it to be ok to have an adult beverage. + Bloody Mary's are a great way to add veggies to your diet. + Family doesn't always translate to "related by blood". + All bugs should be killed. + Kissing underwater is really hard to do. + Football should always be watched with a beer in hand. + Olivia and Elliott should reunite.  ...

Last month was a massive success for Blogworking Wednesday! The last time we hosted this blog hop, there was 130 links which is amazing !! So spread the word and hopefully we can beat that! For now, this blog hop will remain a monthly blog hop, but it may go biweekly or even weekly in the future.  A little history of the blog hop from Paige: "When I first started blogging, my favorite thing was finding new blogs that I just loved and girls that I connected with! So, the idea of "blogworking" which plays on the word "networking" came into play. Whenever my husband asked what I was doing when I was looking for new blogs, I'd tell him I was blog-working. Soon after, the idea of a blog hop popped into mind and you have what you see today." These lovely ladies are the cohosts of the blog hop, so please go check out their blogs and follow them! Paige @ Eloping Stethoscope  (Permanent Host) Jazmine @ Life as a Young Mom  (Permanent...

Get your mind out of the gutter. My first favorite is FREEBIES! I have a lot to tell you. And instead of continuing to annoy  blow up your twitter and facebook feeds, I figured I will tell you HERE! I can't guarantee that I'll stop blowing up your feed though ;) Ok, so here I go.. it's a lot of info but I promise it's stuff you wanna know! 1.  Anyway, have you heard about Passionfruit's ROCKTOBER event ? Basically there are NO FEES for the month of October! Which means.. more $$$ for us bloggers!  If you still haven't hopped on the Passionfruit chain, I suggest you do it NOW! It makes life a million times easier for you AND your advertisers.  2.  And to help celebrate, I'm offering 20% off all ad space throughout the month of October! Just use code ROCKTOBER to get the discount! A lot of my ad spots are sold out so plan ahead and get them NOW ! 3.  If you weren't the winner of the Tookies Giveaway , you can still use code JESSICA...

Welcome to week 23 of our Instagram Blog Hop! New to the party? The Instagram Blog Hop is a place for you to link up your Instagram account and find FUN, new Instagram friends! Here are the RULES: 1. Follow your HOSTS on Instagram: Ashlyn | @loveeashlyn of Let It Be Beautiful Emily | @mrsemshhh of The Pink Elephant Kimberly | @anightowlblog of A Night Owl 2. Follow your CO-HOSTS on Instagram: Nicholl | @nichollvincent  of The Chiffon Diary You can find Nicholl here: Instagram :: Blog :: Twitter :: Pinterest *** Jessica | @jayemmtee  of Jessica Who? You can find Jessica here: Instagram :: Blog ::  Facebook :: Twitter :: Pinterest 3. Check out and follow a couple fellow IGers. Tell folks you follow that you found them through the Hop! 4. Spread the word!  Tweet  about it! Grab a button for your sidebar! 5. Link up your profile from any Instagram web interfaces like these listed here: Fo...

I'm excited to be co-hosting this link-up today! Last Wednesday was the first week of the Return The Favor hop, and it was a great success considering it was the first week! There were over 170 link-ups! Let's get even more people linking up this time with the Twitter hop. Be sure to send everyone you follow a tweet so they know to return the favor and follow you back! If you would like to be a co-host in the future, please send Chelsea an email at yours.truly.chellie@gmail.com and let her know what type of hop {Twitter, Facebook, Hellocotton, etc} you'd most like to co-host! Follow your host & co-hosts Share the hop with others, whether it be via Twitter, Facebook, your blog, etc! Take a couple of minutes to visit some other people who have linked up and let them know you stopped by from the Return The Favor hop - and hopefully they will return the favor! Chelsea from Yours Truly Jessica from Jessica Who? Torie from Lattes and L...