Pour Some Summer on Me Swap Goodies

I hope everyone had as much fun with your partners for the "Pour Some Summer On Me" blog swap as I did. I have included a link at the bottom of this post so you can share your goodies as well.

Its my understanding that with the holiday that some bloggers have waited to send their swap partners gifts, which is absolutely fine. I will leave up the link so once you have received your goods, make sure to come back and link up!




I was paired up with Kindra from Keeping up with Kindra. Right away I was excited because I love her blog - her blog is so modern, and she has great style [no pressure for me to buy the perfect items for her or anything! ha!] I thoroughly enjoyed shopping for Kindra and tried to keep her summer items with the same color scheme as she has on her blog - so everything she received was hot pink and navy [which happen to be 2 of my most favorite color also!]

She was so cute in sending me pictures of her and her dog enjoying a few of the items that I had sent her!

I was giddy with excitement when I walked up to the mailbox on Saturday to a package of goodies from Kindra.

When I opened up my box of goodies, it was as if I had opened up summer. It smelled so good and it just smelled like coconut and sun block! [heaven!]


I think the item that I have put to use the most thus far has to be the koozie, for some reason drinks taste better to me if in a can that is being hugged by a koozie.. don't ask me why?! And this one being leopard print AND green and silver - hello - perfect!

I LOVE the variety of bath and body works candles. I always have a candle warmer on in my house, they are so convenient just to keep the house smelling fresh, and I can't wait to use my 4 new scents. I absolutely love the fresh watermelon hand soap, and the coconut body scrub.... umm hello! this will be heaven after a long day in the sun.

In addition to the bath and body works goodies, she also included an air freshener [what a cute idea!], post it notes [can a girl really ever have too many post-it notes?]

I can't wait to see what you and your partner exchanged. Link up below and show off your fabulous goodies!

Pour Some Summer on Me {Blog Swap}

Pour Some Summer on Me
{BLOG SWAP} Shirts required, water prohibited

Let's kick off summer with a FABULOUS blog swap hosted by:

Aly @ Analyze This

Chelsea @ Hello Miss Chelsea

Lindsey @ Lovin' My Life

Molly @ The Fuchsia News

The Nitty Gritty

{one}

Sign up by adding your blog to the Simply Linked below. Please include with your first name @ blog name
under "Link Title" Example: Jane @ Jane Smith Blog.
(We will close the sign up post on Tuesday, May 17th)

{two}

'Pour Some Summer on Me' partners will be revealed on Wednesday, May 18th on the blogs hosting the swap!

{three}

Please purchase your Summer themed items with a spending amount of $25 (not including shipping). Some ideas include, but are not limited to: flip flops, beach towel, sun tan lotion, magazines, favorite drink recipe, cocktail glasses, sunglasses, nailpolish, etc!

(If you are sending nail polish or sun tan lotion, PLEASE wrap it up and place in a sealed zip lock bag!!!)

{four}

All items MUST be mailed between Tuesday, March 24th - Saturday, May 28th, March . We will post a link-up party on Thursday, June 2nd for everyone to reveal their goodies they received!

{five}

Grab the button and display on your sidebar!!!


{only open to US residents at this time}

Top 2 Tuesdays - Favorite Summer Recipes

Today's topic for T2T is your favorite summer recipes...

Guacamole!

image
I absolutely love it! i could honestly eat it as a meal!

2 avocados
1 fresh squeezed lime
1 small red onion
3 tablespoons of fresh chopped cilantro
1 clove of garlic
1 shot of tequila [my not so secret ingredient anymore]
salt and pepper to taste

My other favorite summer dish is a
Mediterranean Pasta Salad

1 box of whole wheat pasta
1 small zucchini
1 cup of feta
1 cup of kalmalta olives
1 cup of roasted pine nuts
balsamic vingerette (start with a tablespoon and you can always add more)
salt and pepper to taste

remember to watch your pine nuts when you are toasting them - they will burn quickly!

and serve

And just because some days I can't just stick to 2 of my favorites
i decided to bend the rules a little bit again..
so with that being said...

i also love my white sangria recipe

1 box of dry white wine (i know - keeping it classy! but trust me a few ingredients and its delish!)
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/2 tablespoons of cinnamon
1 cup of sprite
2 shots of captain morgan
any fruit (for the summer I use berries)

mix the one cup of water and one cup of sugar to make a simple sugar
and then add the cinnamon

pour the simple syrup into the container with the wine and let marinate

right before serving, add sprite, berries and captain morgan
(trial by error made me realize that if you add the berries too soon they loose their color
and don't look as pretty)

and then I make berry ice cubes so when the ice melts
you have berries in your glass
**please use your imagination - I totally forgot to take a picture of the canister of sangria and a glass of the wine - its so pretty and festive!**

I can't wait to link up to Taylor's blog and see what other bloggers have as their favorite summer dishes!

Top 2 Tuesday - Favorite Things About Summer

... you know the drill - its time for taylor's top 2 tuesday... and this week is....

Top 2 Favorite things about Summer

this is a perfect topic for this week because I am so over the winter, and the rainy april .. bring on two of my favorite things during the summer...

boating

and with boating comes fishing....

and
then i also LOVE drinking on patios...
there is nothing better than a cold beer [with a lime of course] with a big group of friends outside

what are you most looking for this summer? i can't wait! bring on the tans :)

head on over to taylor's blog to see what other bloggers had to say about todays topic!