Isabelle Grace Jewelry Giveaway
October 24 -31, 2017
Open to US

I’m a sucker for shiny things, and this pendant sure does shine! Actually, many of the Isabelle Grace Jewelry items shine and shimmer. They are so beautiful. The line was designed to be personal, and to offer you a way to show your loved ones that you care by giving them something memorable they can carry on for years to come. The pieces are timeless and are hand made with quality top of mind. And, now you can enter to win a piece of your very own!

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This exquisite LaPunta Necklace made of Rose Gold and White Aurora will be a genuine piece of jewelry, exuding your composure, love, care and festive look. A white Swarovski bead is surrounded with two gold barrel beads that create a gentle movement when you move. In the sunshine, your LaPunta necklace will shine a million micro rays, creating a brilliance effect.

This necklace is a perfect gift idea for those on your list who love jewelry.

We would love to bless you with your own LaPunta necklace. Keep it to yourself or give it away as a gift.

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I found this on my friend Shelby Johnson’s facebook page and decided it HAD to be shared with all ladies STAT! So, ladies, here is your quick me up for the day. Enjoy! 🙂

You are not your bra size, nor are you the width of your waist, nor are you the slenderness of your calves. You are not your hair color, your skin color, nor are you a shade of lipstick. Your shoe size is of no consequence. You are not defined by the amount of attention you get from males, females, or any combination thereof. You are not the number of sit-ups you can do, nor are you the number of calories in a day. You are not the hair on your legs. You are not a little red dress. You are no amalgam of these things.

You are the content of your character. You are the ambitions that drive you. You are the goals that you set. You are the things that you laugh at and the words that you say. You are the thoughts you think and the things you wonder. You are beautiful and desirable not for the clique you attend, but for the spark of life within you that compels you to make your life a full and meaningful one. You are beautiful not for the shape of the vessel, but for the volume of the soul it carries.

Random I know, but I felt compelled to share some of my favorite Martin Luther King Jr. quotes. Here they are:

“Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.”

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

“No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.”

“No person has the right to rain on your dreams.”

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve.”

“the time is always right to do the right thing”

“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way”

“Courage faces fear and thereby masters it”

“If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.”

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I'm a brand ambassador for Veggie Wash, and though this post is sponsored, all opinions and images below are my own.

Are you feeling Kinky? Boys and ghouls I sure am today! I call this spell, er I mean cocktail, Kinky and the Brains! It’s so good! Learn how to make it below! It won’t make you want to visit adult sites like tubev.sex, although have a few and you might want to!

Kinky and The Brain Cocktail Featuring Veggie Wash

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Kinky Pink
• 2 oz Kinky Green
• 2 oz Kinky Blue
• lemon lime soda
• 6 medium size strawberries
• ice

Prep:

1. Wash about 6 medium sized strawberries with Veggie Wash, and after washing place in a blender
2. Pour approximately 2 Oz each of the Pink, Green and Blue Kinky Liqueurs into the blender
3. Add 1 cup of ice
4. Blend it just enough to make it look like chunky brain has been obliterated in your appliance. Muahahahaha!!!!!
5. Pour the chunky brains into a glass and finish off with a generous pour of lemon lime soda.
6. Stir, garnish with another strawberry, add a straw and drink up. Careful tho – it might go to your brains!

Warning! This is not a warm and fuzzy blog post. If you are looking for warm and fuzzy go google sweet cat pics or something. This is me being sick and tired of writers (and all artists for that matter) being asked to work for free. I’m over it! This trend of websites popping up all over posting job openings for unpaid positions ticks me off!! In my opinion they should not be allowed on job boards because unpaid= not a job in my book!

What prompted this angry blog post from me? Welp, I’ve been trying to get more writing work because my husband is planning on going back to school in the fall and I am going to need to take over more of the money making responsibilities. I’ve been filling out lots of applications and stumbled onto a website similar to one I’m already getting paid to write for. So, I sent an email to this writing website because I heard they too are seeking new writers. In the email I listed my credentials, how long I’ve been writing and ended with an inquiry about compensation. Was promptly emailed this:

“Right now, we are only inviting people to join our writers community, which offers a link and Google+ authorship, but they are not paid positions. It’s a steadily growing group of writers who want a bit more exposure with their work. If you’re interested in that, you can read more and sign up at (website redacted).”

Below is the response I WANTED to send back to the company but instead opted to not respond at all.

Dear evil company that plans to make money off the backs of unpaid writers,

Most writers don’t need exposure. For the most part, we all get plenty of exposure by excitedly sharing what we write with friends, family and our social networks via facebook, twitter, LinkedIn and more.

What most writers DO need is rent money, food money, gas money and money to pay the rest of our bills. Would you expect your dentist, your plumber, your landlord/ mortgage loan officer, your doctor or any other service provider to be paid in word of mouth advertising? I highly doubt it, so why can’t you pay a writer for their services?


No, I’m not interested in working for your company and I sincerely hope other writers will refrain from writing for your company for free as well. Continuing to make websites and publications think it is okay to not pay us is unacceptable and needs to be stopped. However, as I’m not a jerk, I do wish you good luck in your future ventures.


All the best,
Ashley Grant

In the television show Revenge– Fauxmanda aka the “real” Emily Thorne makes a drink called The Black Dahlia. In it she puts 3 oz. Vodka, 1 oz. Creme de Cassis and a little Blackberry Liqueur. She then puts it in a martini shaker with ice, shakes it and strains it into a martini glass.

I figured- Since I was at a blogging conference…and could not check in until an hour later, I was bored and my bartender Vince was nice- what better time to try it?!?

Vince added some flair by garnishing the drink with some raspberries and voila! I had my Black Dahlia.

Verdict of this cocktail? Sooooo good! Somewhat sweet with a kick and very smooth. Would definitely order it again!!!

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I along with Citrus Magic and several of my bloggy friends am hosting a Twitter Party this Friday at noon EST.  This is also known as a TweetChat for those confused by my verbiage 😉 You can RSVP here for a shoutout during the chat, or simply show up on Friday from noon to 1 EST and follow along with the hashtag #FallforCitrusMagic to answer questions to be entered to win sweet prizes from the company. In compliance with FTC regulations – I will say this event and this post are sponsored by Citrus Magic.

I hope to see you in our Citrus Magic TweetChat friends. While you’re here – please check out a few of my posts about Citrus Magic: