$50 Starbucks Gift Card Giveaway Over at the New Blog!

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Hey, y'all! I'm in the process of completely moving over to A Dash of Sarah, my NEW blog!
Right now, there's a HUGE giveaway going on at my blog, thanks to the one-and-only Jennifer over at her NEW blog, Busy Being Jennifer! (It seems like re-branding is taking over for bloggers in Texas!)
Go check out the two-winner giveaways going on NOW by CLICKING HERE or by clicking the lovely picture below:




Good luck, everyone!

Guest Blogging: Insanity Rules!

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Hey Y'all! I'm guest blogging today over at Insanity Rules!

Emily has been kind enough to let me share my few examples of how to create a cute, homemade halloween costume instead of buying a store-bought one. With Halloween just around the corner, you can't get started to early on those fabulous outfits!
Check out my guest post HERE and let me know what you think!

Sunday Snaps Link Party: Week 8

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Hello everyone! Today's "Sunday Snaps" is a bittersweet one, because this will be the very last Sunday Snaps link up opportunity. Julie and I are so sorry to end it, but sometimes good things have to end for better things to fall into place, right? Between my school and work dual-schedule and trips out of town to see family, Sunday Snaps has sadly become too much of a burden to host on this blog. 
I will miss enjoying all of your photos each week and seeing what you all have been up to lately. Each blogger who has linked up in the past, please know that I think each and every one of you are EXTREMELY talented! I will still be checking in with y'all to see how you're doing, and to view your lovely photos :-) Thank you for the opportunity to connect with y'all... I have greatly enjoyed it! Please feel free to wear your "I was FEATURED on Sunday Snaps!" button on your blog for as long as you please; you worked hard on your photos and posts, and you deserve to brag about it!
And so, time to feature last week's top three (IMO) pictures:

Photo by Katie Stories I absolutely LOVE the large, muraled golf ball and the beautiful background scenery!

Photo by My Borrowed Heaven I'm loving the way Meg grabbed the still of the children jumping, with their feet and shadows in focus and the children themselves blurred in the background!

Photo by Our Life in a Click I love this photo simply for the fact that it shows the behind-the-scenes on the crazy work and moves photographers will put themselves through in order to grab a beautiful shot. It's all worth it for the final product!
Congrats to those who were featured! Don't forget to grab your special "Featured" button and display it proudly!

<div align="center"> <a href="http://www.sarahbtexas.blogspot.com" title="Sarah B Texas @ City Girl Gone Country"><img src="http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg634/SarahBTexas/Snap%20Shot%20Sunday%20Stuff/wasfeaturedSSbutton.jpg" alt="Sarah B Texas @ City Girl Gone Country" style="border:none;" /></a></div>
And now, time for the VERY LAST Sunday Snaps Link Up! (Remember you have until late Friday night to link up ANY post from this week containing a picture!)
Rules:

• Please follow both of your hosts! (Myself and Jules)
• You MUST provide the party button somewhere in your post in order to link back to this party (available to the right on my sidebar). Failure to do so may result in your link-up being removed.
• Link up to specific posts, not just your blog.
• Please only link up to three blog posts each week. 
• HAVE FUN! And follow some of your fellow link-up bloggers while you're at it! ;-)

Sunday Snaps Link Party: 09/16

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Oh, Sunday! Happy day! Sundays are always so bittersweet; another day of the weekend, but the last day before dreadful Monday comes around. But, let's make the best of it and celebrate another free day from obligations with another round of: SUNDAY SNAPS! :-)
Here are some of the top highlights from the previous link up week:

Photo by Painted Therapy

Photo by The Grant Life

Photo by Life's a Beach

Congrats to those who were featured! Don't forget to grab your special "Featured" button and display it proudly!

<div align="center"> <a href="http://www.sarahbtexas.blogspot.com" title="Sarah B Texas @ City Girl Gone Country"><img src="http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg634/SarahBTexas/Snap%20Shot%20Sunday%20Stuff/wasfeaturedSSbutton.jpg" alt="Sarah B Texas @ City Girl Gone Country" style="border:none;" /></a></div>
And now, time for this week's link up! (Remember you have until late Friday night to link up ANY post from this week containing a picture!)
Rules:

• Please follow both of your hosts! (Myself and Jules)
• You MUST provide the party button somewhere in your post in order to link back to this party (available to the right on my sidebar). Failure to do so may result in your link-up being removed.
• Link up to specific posts, not just your blog.
• Please only link up to three blog posts each week. 
• HAVE FUN! And follow some of your fellow link-up bloggers while you're at it! ;-)

Recap: Texas Bloggers first DFW Bloggers' Meet Up!

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On Saturday, September 08th, Julie from A Beautiful Day, Taylor from Goings On in Texas, and I hosted the first ever Texas Bloggers DFW Meet Up at A Piece of Work in Fort Worth!

The hostesses of the night

The eventful night was filled with goodies to munch on...

 

Wine to be enjoyed...

... and paintings to be drawn!

I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with and getting to know my fellow DFW Blogging gals. We truly are a little blogging community. Every woman I talked to that night was so kind, gracious, funny, and downright sweet! We may be online blogging pals, but rest assured my friendships with these ladies were truly affirmed that night. It's funny how bonds can be made through a little computer screen, isn't it?

I had the pleasure of meeting the following ladies that evening:

Julie at A Beautiful Day

Taylor at Goings On in Texas

Nicole at Three31

April at Red Dirt Mama

Becky at The Java Mama

Crystal at Mason's Mama

Amanda at Princess of the Panhandle

Jill at Nokoikonomia

Holli at Holli's Hoots and Hollers

Kristen at Few of My Favorite Things

Lauren at The Crazy Life of LT

Samm at Little House in the Big D

Cynthia at Oh So Pinteresting

After a fun-filled night of blog talk, story swaps, painting, and wine, we all finally said our goodbyes and went our separate ways for the night... BUT, not before grabbing our take-home souvenir! Julie did a beautiful job decorating the keepsake boxes that held the homemade cupcakes I made for the event:

All in all, it was a fantastic time, and I can't wait for the next one! Thank you ladies for making this past weekend one to definitely remember! :-)

Oh, and PS, just so it's out there as photographic proof that I DID paint something in my life, here's me with my attempted painting from the evening's workshop... I think I'll stick to my art skills on cupcakes! haha ;-)