Thursday, July 31, 2014

CRAMP BARK Giveaway!! from Mountain Rose Herbs




We have a very special giveaway today!
Joyce @ It's Your Life
is offering YOU a chance to win CRAMP BARK from Mountain Rose Herbs

From Joyce:

Mountain Rose Herbs has agreed to give away a 1 ounce jar of Cramp Bark extract worth $9.25. Cramp Bark’s name speaks for itself, it is used to relieve menstrual cramps, muscle cramps, threatened miscarriage, early labor, labor, high blood pressure, spasmodic coughs, irritable bowel syndrome, and urinary pain.

I have used the capsules for menstrual cramps two months in a row, and it really works. For using the extract one should use 20 drops every hour, as needed. For best results it is good to start taking a day or two before you start menstruating, if you are regular.
Avoid if allergic to aspirin, in small children, using a blood thinner, using medicine for high blood pressure, could aggravate tinnitus. Always consult a health professional before using any herb. This information is strictly for educational purposes only.

The CRAMP BARK giveaway is open to everyone
- starting 7/31/14 and ends 8/9/14 

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AUGUST 2014 Chain "Linky" CLIMB (blog hop) & Giveaway


God’s Growing Garden
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WELCOME!
It's the month long Networking Blog Hop 
With our 10th CLIMB GIVEAWAY!
Networking means helping each other grow!! 
If you want to promote a CLIMB link, then use #ChainLinkyCLIMB on Twitter or Google+ so that we can all help each other grow!
Here's how the Giveaway & Co-hosting works - the co-hosts from the previous month's CLIMB will have the opportunity to participate in a Giveaway during the next CLIMB - that gives co-hosts 2 months in a row of blog growing fun!!  (If you would like to co-host please sign up at the end of this post using the last "Linky") 
Please enter below -one person will win:
- $10 Paypal Cash
- $15 Starbucks Coffee Card

- 1 Ad Space on A Peek Into My Paradise for 30 days - $30 value
- Turbo Sponsor Spot on 100lb Countdown - $10 value
- 1 Ad Space on Cuddlebug Cuties - $10 value
- 1 Ad Space on Sew Crafty Angel - $15 value
- 1 Ad Space on Oh My Heartsie Girl - $15 value
- 1 Ad Space on Heartbeats~Soul Stains - $20 value
- 1 "Bottled Blues" Pendant/Keychain
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BOTTLED BLUES - Lake Michigan Rare Bluestones in Glass Bottle, Real Cork on Silver Bead Chain Pendant or Keychain by ShorelineDesigned
Total prize value over $120!!

CLIMB Giveaway Rules & Conditions:
- this is open worldwide (void where prohibited)
- You must be 18 years or older to enter 
- You MUST have a valid Paypal account to win the Paypal Cash (otherwise this will become a second place prize)
- You MUST have a blog to win the Ad spaces (otherwise this will become a second place prize)
- You MUST live in the lower 48 of the USA to win the "Bottled Blues Pendant" (otherwise this will become a second place prize) 
- This Giveaway is open from July 31st, 2014 until August 29th, 2014
- Winner must respond within 48 hours or a different winner will be chosen
- Giveaway Hosts & Co-hosts can NOT enter this Giveaway!, however - AUGUST 2014 CLIMB blog hop co-hosts ARE allowed to enter this Giveaway (provided they are not also part of the Giveaway)
- correspondence is done through email and the winner's email addresses will only be used to deliver or set-up e-prizes.  Email addresses will NEVER be sold or shared.
- Paypal Cash will be delivered by Angie.  All other prizes will be delivered by the contributing Bloggers.
- if you have any questions or concerns about this Giveaway please email one of the hosts:
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Now onto the CLIMB (blog hop):
We have changed it up a bit - instead of linking your homepage you may now link up to 4 of your family friendly blog posts per month!!

 
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By participating in this blog hop your understand that your link might be promoted on social media.  Also, by participating in this blog hop your email address will be added to our CLIMB list & you will be sent an email reminder next month. 

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Remember - If you co-host you will receive a free Weekly Sidebar Ad and your blog button will appear on both Angie's blog & Angel's blog!!

(The Ad will run live a few weeks after you have co-hosted)

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Please checkout this month's wonderful Sponsor!!


Cynthia Tessmer from
"Shoreline Designed" creates Natural Beach Stone Jewelry
 (Please click on the ad below):


Shoreline Designed on Etsy



Find out more about this amazing artist CLICK HERE 

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Time To Link Up! Tuesdays with a Twist Blog Hop 69

Time to Link Up to "Tuesdays with a Twist"!!





Grain-Free Cookbook Giveaway


click HERE to enter

Now, please link up & ENJOY this cool hop!
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Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!



Back to the Basics

We're your hosts & co-hosts 



Checkout our awesome Pinterest Board
(click HERE to view & follow)


Features!
Each co-host will be sharing her own picks for Features. This gives everyone a better chance of being featured. Be sure to check all of our blogs to see if you were featured! 
My Features this Week are:


1. "Attack of the Cucumbers" by Wandering Springs Ranch
2. "Prayer in Marriage" by Satisfaction Through Christ
3.  "Searching for the Perfect Shutter for a Head-Board" by Simple Nature Decor 




If you've been featured we'd love for you to grab a button.
Back to the Basics



The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Friday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

*Pictures should be your own* 

By linking up you give us permission to use these photos

 (with proper link backs) in our features.   And now for the party!




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Monday, July 28, 2014

Other BERRY Week - Featured Recipes & Tips

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Other BERRY Week - Features & Tips

I have decided that July is BERRY month & each week I will be featuring a different berry.  So, this week is a miscellaneous BERRY week.

Below you will find my 7 favorite Cranberry, Mulberry, Blackberry & Goji Berry creations &/or tips  (all recipes & pictures are the creation of me - Angie Ouellette-Tower - click on my copyright/disclaimer at the end of this post)

To view the entire post please click on each title - ENJOY!
Cranberry & Sweet Potato Muffins

Cranberry Walnut Smoothie
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Arugula, CRANBERRY & Cashew Salad
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Finally, the Goji Berry - also called "Wolfberry".  A few months ago I had a quiz asking you which plant this blossom belongs to .........well, the answer is the GOJI Berry plant! 



This berry originated in China and is one of the most healthy berries around.  Goji's are helpful in treating diabetes, fever, high blood pressure, eye problems & it is also a sleep aid (NOTE - I am NOT a doctor - this information is from my own online research - please read my disclaimer below)

Please checkout this month's wonderful Sponsor!!
Cynthia Tessmer from
"Shoreline Designed" creates Natural Beach Stone Jewelry
 (Please click on the ad below):
Shoreline Designed on Etsy

Find out more about this amazing artist CLICK HERE 

Sunday, July 27, 2014

The True Vine and the Father Gardener

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"I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.  He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he trims clean so that it will be even more fruitful.  You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.  Remain in me, and I will remain in you.  No branch can bear fruit by itself;  it must remain in the vine.  Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me." John 15: 1- 4

Jesus is the True Vine, we are the branches and God the Father is the gardener and owner of that vine.

Whenever I prune my grapevines I always worry that I have cut too much off and that I might have ruined the vine.  The more I prune the more fruitful each branch becomes.  The "Caretaker" always knows what is best for the vine; what branch must be totally cut off and what branch must be kept but trimmed down.  And so it is with our Heavenly Father - He is taking care of us (the branches).  We all must undergo our own personal "pruning" and it is a lifetime cycle.  Sometimes I have noticed that my actions and my life seem to be so fruitful and then other times nothing seems to go right and it is so painful and frustrating.  These painful frustrating times are part of the "pruning" cycle that is necessary for a fruitful life.  



I looked up the meaning of the word "remain" - to continue in the same state or condition, to stay in the same place, linger, persist.  We are to stay with Jesus, to continue with Him - in good times and in bad times - we are to "continue" and "stay" with Jesus Christ.  "Remain" has no time limit, it has no ending - it is forever!

It is interesting that the word "True" is used in front of vine.  There are many plants that resemble other plants but are not actually the same variety - for example:  Poison Oak has  Oak shaped leaves and when it has just sprouted it really does resemble what a tiny newly sprouted Oak Tree looks like.  This is why there is only one TRUE vine - showing that Jesus is the only way.  It is Jesus talking here in John 15 and I believe that he is saying that nobody can get to the Father except through Himself (Jesus).  He is also separating himself from any poisonous counterfeits.

Also, the word "clean" is significant - I believe it symbolizes the purifying action by Jesus.  We are clean because Jesus Christ died for our sins on the cross at Calvary.


Each branch can only receive sap from the vine when there is constant never-ending contact with the vine.  Any branch that even has a crack in it will not produce any grapes or it will produce a very little amount of deformed grapes.  If we are to live a fruitful life;  if we are to truly live - then we must be in constant contact with our Lord and Savior.  Numerous times a day we can talk to Him, share our feelings with Jesus- our struggles and our joys.  Even when we are not consciously talking to Jesus or praying - just know that He is always there and that the "sap" is always flowing.  The Holy Spirit will intercede - the "sap" is the symbol for the Holy Spirit and the "vine" symbolizes Jesus and the branches symbolize us (all of us Christians).  That "sap" is then sent out through the "vine" (through Jesus) into each "branch" (each of us). 


Let us draw from that vine daily, many times a day.  Let us also pray for endurance during the pruning seasons and for wisdom during the fruitful seasons.




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Saturday, July 26, 2014

#ChainLinkyCLIMB (blog hop) - Call For COHOSTS!

God’s Growing Garden
We are looking for wonderful Bloggers like YOU to cohost the August & September CLIMB!!
Remember - If you co-host you will receive a free Weekly Sidebar Ad and your blog button will appear on both Angie's blog & Angel's blog!!
(The Ad will run live a few weeks after you have co-hosted)



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WELCOME!

It's the month long Networking Blog Hop 

With our 9th CLIMB GIVEAWAY!
Networking means helping each other grow!! 
If you want to promote a CLIMB link, then use #ChainLinkyCLIMB on Twitter or Google+ so that we can all help each other grow!

Here's how the Giveaway & Co-hosting works - the co-hosts from the previous month's CLIMB will have the opportunity to participate in a Giveaway during the next CLIMB - that gives co-hosts 2 months in a row of blog growing fun!!  (If you would like to co-host please sign up at the end of this post using the last "Linky") 

Please enter below -one person will win:
- $25 Paypal Cash

- 1 Ad Space on A Peek Into My Paradise for 30 days - $30 value
- 1 Ad Space on Leapfrog & LipGloss - $20 value
- Turbo Sponsor Spot on 100lb Countdown - $10 value

- 1 Ad Space on Cuddlebug Cuties - $7 value
- 1 Ad Space on Hot Momma's Kitchen Chaos - $15 value
- 1 Sidebar Ad Spaces on God's Growing Garden - $10 value
- 1 Ad Space on Sew Crafty Angel - $15 value
- "My Cookie Creation Countdown" ebook by Angie Ouellette-Tower
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Total prize value over $120!!

CLIMB Giveaway Rules & Conditions:
- this is open worldwide
- You must be 18 years or older to enter 
- You MUST have a valid Paypal account & a blog to enter
- This Giveaway is open from June 30th, 2014 until July 30th, 2014
- Winner must respond within 48 hours or a different winner will be chosen
- Giveaway Hosts & Co-hosts can NOT enter this Giveaway!, however - JULY 2014 CLIMB blog hop co-hosts ARE allowed to enter this Giveaway (provided they are not also part of the Giveaway)
- correspondence is done through email and the winner's email addresses will only be used to deliver or set-up e-prizes.  Email addresses will NEVER be sold or shared.
- if you have any questions or concerns about this Giveaway please email one of the hosts:
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Now onto the CLIMB (blog hop):
We have changed it up a bit - instead of linking your homepage you may now link up to 4 of your family friendly blog posts per month!!

 
CLIMB by Angie Ouellette-Tower for godsgrowinggarden.com photo ClimbIntro_zps6919dad8.jpg


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By participating in this blog hop your understand that your link might be promoted on social media.  Also, by participating in this blog hop your email address will be added to our CLIMB list & you will be sent an email reminder next month. 

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