My First Blogiversary Giveaway!

It's The Sepia Puppy's Anniversary!  Whoop-whoop!!  Let's start this party with a little bit of obnoxious!  

Now it's time for the good stuff!

Meet Our Giveaway Sponsors

We'll start with the Anniversary Girl:

Hello Sweetie Lovelies!  My name is Bethany from The Sepia Puppy and I'm celebrating my 1st Blogiversary!  I am a Wife, Mother of two, Full-time Student & Part-time Blogger.  I love photography, art and all things crafty & DIY. I am working towards my B.S. in Psychology & Christian Counselling.  I am smitten with my husband more everyday and my kids keep me laughing daily.

I'm Bre from Peacoats and Plaid. I'm what you might refer to as a "die-hard creator". Stay at home mommy by day and a dance teacher by night. Throw in a little diy/crafting here and there and that's me in a nutshell.

 My name is Allison and "Okay, Allison" is my little blog about my little life. I say whatever is on my mind at the time, lacking pretty much any filter for what is deemed appropriate.  I seem to observe humanity from a perspective that a lot of people are thinking, but would never speak aloud, or for god’s sake- write down.  I love other funny girls who like to eat and take naps with puppies.   I love art, music, crafting, and of course, writing.  Everything I say in my blog comes from the heart, the stories are all true because I've lived them.  If you like to laugh and smile, read on.

SweetDappity: Two ladies making buttons. Fahmida does the designing, Julia does the businessing - together they are the magical dual guardians of this here button emporium. You are welcome to spend your money here - or not, we don't know your life

Jamie's husband surprised her with a logo and business plan for their company Saturday Morning Pancakes and the rest is History!  They make some of the coolest and funniest products and have even been featured on Good Morning America!  They have a little girl together and are based out of San Clemente, California.  

My name is Mrs. Victoria Aguila and I am from Los Angeles, CA and I blog over at Life as Mrs. Aguila (Faith, Hope and Treasures), about life as a Daughter of Thee King, being married to Mr. Aguila, and about being a Shoe Collector, a Makeup Junkie, a Shopping Addict and a Coffee Lover.  I work full time plus have an AVON/MARK side business.

Kaz Palladino is an illustrator currently living in San Francisco. She is addicted to adorable, geeky and weird things - which is how Awkward Affections was born. Awkward Affections is about evasive love, nerdy sentiment, and fun cultural niche. The goal is to help keep beauty, nostalgia and happiness in everyday life!

Julie is the redhead that blogs at Redhead Can Decorate.  Julie is from Buffalo, NY and is married to Rick, her college sweetheart, and they are blessed with two girls Daphne 13, & Valerie 11.  Julie's passion is cooking and decorating their home with innovative, creative, DIY ideas.  She shares all of it on her blog.

My name is Tara, I'm from Easy Makes Me Happy.  I'm a wife and a mother of four. I grew up in Alaska (the beautiful and the cold) and I'm pretty sure this is where my family will grow up too.  I love to crochet, design, and craft. I absolutely LOVE being able to share everything with you via this blog, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! 

Behind every chocolate chip cookie and every sprinkled cupcake on this blog is a burgeoning photographer, an emerging entrepreneur, an experimental baker, and a social networker. I’m Ashton, the face behind Something Swanky! And I believe in doing what you love and loving what you do.

 Hello! I am Kathe, with an e. I began blogging as a creative outlet. I was born in Washington state and moved with my family to Colorado as a teen.  I married, had two sons, divorced and worked my butt off to make sure my boys had everything they needed.  Then, I met Mr. B, He is the reason and cause of my laugh lines. Bottom line, I am a woman of a certain age that is still trying to find herself after raising two sons and finding my own true love later in life. Someday I may figure out what I want to be when I grow up! Until then, let's have some fun!

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Blog Button Design Battle -- Season 2

Hello my Lovelies!  

Guess what?

I'm participating in the.....

Welcome to Round 2 of the Blog Button Design Battle: Season 2 with Peacoats & Plaid. Want to know who won Round 1? Drum roll please...

For the first time there was a tie: 2 winners! Congrats to both Ellie from Creative Geekery! Ellie's winning button design:

And Lisa from God, Make Me a Godly Woman! Lisa's winning design:

This week's participants include:



Bethany from The Sepia Puppy

Amanda from Living in Another Language

Hannah from Joyful Life

Yaya from Dream It, Darling

Jasmine from Sassy Brunette

Amanda from The Pretty Pinhead

Amber from Dressing Room Diaries

Kera from Nugget on a Budget

Sarah from Limited Space Organizing

Lindsey from Two Bobbins Later



Vote for your favorite and most eye-catching button by clicking on the thumbnail below. Make sure you're voting solely on eye appeal. You can only vote once, so make it count.

An InLinkz Link-up

Check back next week for Round 3. If you're interested in participating in Season 3 of the Blog Button Design Battle, make sure you subscribe to Peacoats & Plaid for updates.

I Am Eve Link Party

Welcome to the "I Am Eve" Link Up!

This is a link up based on growing in the love we have for ourselves.

Being proud to be REAL women.

Here you can share post that are about bettering ones self image or share the struggles you have with yourself.

1) Grab the "I Am Eve" button

<div align="center"><a href="http://makemegodly.blogspot.com/" title="God Make Me A Godly Woman"><img src="http://i1063.photobucket.com/albums/t505/LostGarden/49c92f98-8468-47cf-a030-0e890d94728e_zpsb5f1aea4.jpg" alt="God Make Me A Godly Woman" style="border:none;" /></a></div>

2) Follow both Hosts (how you follow is your choice).

HOSTS

Lisa @ God Make Me A Godly Woman

and

Bethany @ The Sepia Puppy and grab her button!

3) DO NOT post your whole blog just a single post (you can link up to 3 post).

4) Visit at least 3 other blogs and try to leave an encouraging comment before leaving your blog link for them to follow.

5) Please do not link up any shops or items for sale.

6) Everyone show respect and be nice to one another, no rude comments about anyone else's link up.

Triple Heart Tuesday Link Party #5

It has been a crazy {and not in the good fun way} week here at my house

hence the SERIOUS lack of motivation on my part to blog anything at all.

I got the flu this week.... yuck...

and then right after I got over it, my husband got it.  

of course!  

So I spent all my week feeling bad, and then taking care of the hubby feeling bad

and all the while trying to keep the kids healthy.

It's a miracle they haven't turned orange from all the vitamin C I've been pumping into them!

On top of all of the sickness I am rapidly approaching my spring break

so I have been knee deep in text books and study guides.

I have {as usual} WAY too much planned for my teeny tiny measly week off

not the least of which is to spring clean, clear out the ENTIRE house of things we want to get rid of

organize and then host a yard sale. 

sheesh.

It's gonna be a busy busy week

But enough of all that!  

It's PARTY TIME!!

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This week's features are:

One Creative Mommy linked these awesome and easy DIY Gluten-free Play Dough recipes

Then Forgetful Momma tried to kill my diet with this amazing recipe for Sticky Finger Squares

Yummmmmmm

For those of you who either are or deeply love the Irish 

The Newlywed Pilgrimage linked up this very chic and adorable St. Patrick's Day Burlap Wreath Tutorial

As usual y'all linked up some awesomeness

Let's do it again this week!

aaaaaaaand GO!

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Triple Heart Tuesdays Link Up #3

Well, Last week was a little slow,

But that's alright!  we're still just starting out & working through the kinks

I have faith in y'all this week though!

Can we make this the biggest week so far??

I surely think so!

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So here we are, Let's look at this week's features:

Let's start with another Amazing and Incredible creation from Coupons and Cooking

These White Chocolate Macadamia Magic Bars...

Just the idea of these drives my taste buds wild, I mean like, Holy Cow!

Next up is what I find to be a simply adorable idea from Irish Italian Blessings

This Irish themed Baby Shower is just too cute for words!  

everything from the decor to the snacks just screams Irish Pride

Now, Last and certainly not least is this mouth watering treat from A Sweet Baker

This is such a clever idea in my opinion.  I've had orange and cranberry scones before, but never cranberry and grapefruit!  These scones are putting grapefruit on the map for me!  

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What great links we had this week!  Now let's make this week even better!  

GO!!

Tristan and Gracie's Dragon Party

So the day finally arrived for Tristan and Gracie's 8th and 3rd birthdays respectively.

I can hardly believe they are getting so big!

(See how I made these cakes here)

We rented a HUGE 20 ft inflatable double slide

We were able to get some good playing done on it before all the kids arrived