Link Party Palooza — and $500 Back to School Giveaway!

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We’ve combined the popular parties at I Heart Nap Time, Lil’ Luna, Somewhat Simple, Tatertots & Jello and Today’s Creative Blog to make a giant link party. You’ll only have to link up once to to be listed on all five sites, and each of us will choose our own projects to feature posts — just like we always have!

So be sure to check with each site to see which of the amazing ideas were featured! I’ll have two “great ideas” posts this weekend!

This week’s giveaway is for a Back-to-School $500 Amazon Gift Card!

But before we get to that, I’ve got a special 40% discount for you on one of my favorite tees – the “Happy is the new Black”  shirt from my Cents of Style collection:

Enter the code FRUITSALADTEES at checkout and get 40% off!!

And check out some of the exciting projects from TT&J this week:

This week been another really exciting time for the Summer of Paper Series — where we’ve invited fabulous guests to create projects using supplies from my Home + Made paper decor line.

The lovely Amy from Ameroonie Designs created this Nursery Picture Frame Banner, perfect for new moms,

And I absolutely love the contrasting colors of this DIY Notes Board created by Summer from Summer Scraps!

I love the pops of color in Valerie from Occasionally Crafty‘s DIY Wall Art & Bow Tutorial,

 And Jen from PinkWhen shared this simple (but very elegant and fun) High School Diary Project!

These amazing guests shared a total seven projects as part of the Summer of Paper Series… plus one one other project outside of the series!

  Find out what else my awesome contributors have been up to this week, link up your projects, and enter to win after the break:

On the left is Holly’s (from Holly & Company) take on Chalkboard Paper Crowns — using metallic pens, decals, and more!

On the upper right, I love the perfectly balanced colors of this Inspirational Quote Frame from the lovely ladies over at Sugar Bee Crafts.

The last project this week (on the bottom right) is the perfectly-patterned DIY Simple Gift Box by Amy from The Happy Scraps.

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And when you’re ready to reward yourself after a long day of working on projects, Laurie from Gallamore West shared this mouthwatering recipe for No Bake Mini Peanut Butter Chocolate Pies!

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So many amazing colors, themes, and ideas behind this week’s projects! I’m so lucky to have hosted such an amazing group of guests and contributors this week.

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It’s time for this week’s Back-to-School giveaway!

Good luck! Here’s how to enter to win:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Now it’s time for the Link Party Palooza! I can’t wait to see YOUR ideas and feature YOU!

Remember, you only need to link up once here to be listed in all of the sites’ parties — but be sure to check out each site through the weekend!
We’ll each be featuring our own picks from all of the fabulous ideas!
(When you add a link, please mention on your site that you linked up at Tatertots and Jello (here’s a link: Tatertots & Jello).

Please visit and comment on TWO links above you and TWO links below you — in addition to any others that you want to visit.
{We all love comments!}
xoxo
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