Tuesday, August 2, 2016

#somethingist

Need a challenge for August? Ra has some inspiration!

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Years ago, Dave made me a 30-day-challenge because I said I needed one to get me interested in Instagram.  Time went on and I fell into my happy over-use of Instagram any way, but I found his notes last night and thought I’d take up the challenge.

A few expressed interest in doing it alongside me so I’m sharing the list here, as always– the more the merrier.  Tag it #Somethingist so I can find it.  Use these on Instagram, twitter, Facebook, your blog, wherever.  Pick one idea and build it out, or all of them, in order or out.  Let the prompts take you wherever they want to go, as always, there are no rules here.  Myself, I’m going to do them in order and post them to Instagram.

I’d love to see your somethings, wherever or however they be…

1.    Something unfinished
2.    Something unlikely
3.    Something true

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Those of you who’ve been around WordPress for a while might remember back in the day, in the Dashboard—>>Tools—>>Available Tools menu, they had a bookmarklet called “Link This,” next to the “Press This” button.

What was so awesome about that bookmarklet was that you could drop it in your browser, and whenever you found a blog you liked, you could just click that bookmarklet and up would pop a menu to add that blog to your blogroll.  No pain in the butt copying and pasting, switching back and forth between tabs or windows, just click a couple of buttons and voila!  Blogrolled!  Really, a huge part of blogging is connecting, so I have no clue why WordPress would get rid of such a handy dandy tool. 

They got rid of it oh, say 3-5 years ago, or thereabouts. 

I really liked that bookmarklet because it was so handy to link to other blogs. 

So I copied the code.

And you know what?  It still works.  Plus, I can personally vouch that it works in IE, FireFox, and Chrome.  Probably not Microsoft Edge though because last I looked, it was next to impossible to get a bookmarklet into that thing.  There are ways, but with many hoops to jump through – unless M-Edge has changed things with recent updates, I haven’t checked in a few weeks.  You would probably have to add it to the basic bookmarks dropdown list, which would really only be 1-2 more clicks than a bookmarklet so still pretty easy.  This code also still works with every WP blog I have, however, I cannot say whether or not it works for WP blogs that don’t have the .wordpress.com after the name.  If you have your own domain, by all means try it, and please let me know if it works!

All you have to do is go to your browser, and find your Bookmarks Toolbar in the Bookmarks menu, right click and select “New Bookmark” in the dropdown menu.  Paste the code below into the URL or Location slot, being sure to use YOUR blog name, not mine, and remove the “[your wordpress blog name here]” part, including the brackets.  You’ll probably get an error if you try to add links to someone else’s blog that you’re not signed in to.  You can name the link whatever you want. 

Now everyone can share the linky love! 

Happy Blogging!

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PS – the pop-up window will not close automatically when you’re finished, you will have to close it manually, just so you know.




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Monday, August 1, 2016

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Jacqueline is having a party! I was late, but it’s still happening! Hurry! There are still some goodies left on the table!

a cooking pot and twistedtales

It’s almost unbelievable how fast time seems to fly by these days. Is it just me? Another month end blog party already.

I would like to thank my new blog friends and welcome them to our warm gathering.

You are most welcome do make yourself comfortable and other up something tall and cool to drink:-)

Refreshments and favours are nicely arranged down the page. Feel free to indulge, these are zero calories๐Ÿ˜‰

Just some little party rules:

  1. You must mix and mingle with others. Don’t be a wallflower. Go say hello to someone and you can participate in the Tag a poem, a thought or quote below.
  2. Let us know where you are blogging from.
  3.  Please leave your blog link or post link in the comment box below along with introductions.
  4. It’s one link per comment, but come back as often as you’d like, that way it’s easier to…

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#SoaptheRainbow Orange Week & Inspiration

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Today is the second day of “orange week” in the #SoaptheRainbow series! Share your photos of projects featuring the color orange on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook with the hashtag #SoaptheRainbow. I will be choosing my favorites all week and posting them on the Bramble Berry Instagram page. The featured photos will win a $10 Bramble Berry gift certificate. In addition, a variety of colorants and fragrance oils are 25% off with the code: RAINSOAP. See the sale items here.

Below are some orange inspired tutorials and posts. I can’t wait to see all your orange photos! Be on the lookout for an orange video tutorial from Sarah of Spicy Pinecone tomorrow.

Orange essential oil is a popular way to incorporate orange into bath and beauty products. There are several varieties, including 10X Orange Essential OilOrange Valencia Essential OilRed Brazilian Mandarin Essential Oil and Tangerine Essential Oil. Click here to learn more about the different types of orange essential oil, and find out which one is best for your project.

OrangeEssentialOilThere are several different kinds of orange essential oil. Learn about them here!

In addition to a citrusy scent, the essential oils give products a beautiful orange color. In the Creamy Orange Cold Process Tutorial is made with 10X Orange Essential Oil. It acts as both the colorant and fragrance, making it a great project for beginners. The 10X Orange Essential Oil is my favorite type of essential oil for cold process soap. Unlike traditional citrus essential oils, it is super concentrated, so it sticks in cold process soap and smells strong.

10X Orange Essential Oil gives the Creamy Orange Cold Process a lovely warm hue. 

In the Juicy Orange & Sweet Rose Cold Process Tutorial10x Orange Essential Oil and paprika are added to a portion of the batter. The two ingredients create a vibrant orange color. The orange soap is used to create an in-the-pot swirl. Ribbon cut orange peels and rose petals are placed on top of the loaf for color and texture.

collagePaprika is a natural colorant that can be used to create an orange color in soap, like shown in the Juicy Orange & Sweet Rose Cold Process Tutorial.

Another great color option is the Tangerine Wow! Colorant. In the Fall Sherbet Cold Process Soap, it’s used alongside Apricot Blush (now discontinued) for a soft orange hue. If you’d like to create a similar color, I would recommend mixing the Tangerine Wow! Colorant with Peach Shimmer Mica. Used by itself, Tangerine Wow! makes a vibrant orange color, as shown in the Monarch Butterfly Swirl Cold Process Tutorial.

collageTop: Fall Sherbet Cold Process Soap
Bottom: Monarch Butterfly Swirl Cold Process Tutorial

In the Cleansing Orange Spice Salt Scrub Tutorial, a variety of orange ingredients create an exfoliating scrub. Orange peel and Racing Stripe Orange Mica give the scrub color, while a combination of 10X Orange Essential Oil and Cinnamon Sticks Fragrance Oil create a citrusy and spicy scent. It’s perfect for fall and holiday seasons.

collageOrange scents pair wonderfully with cinnamon, like in the Cleansing Orange Spice Salt Scrub.

Creamsicle Fragrance Oil is another scrumptious orange scent. It features notes of warm vanilla and fresh citrus. In the Orange Creamsicle Bath Truffle, Creamsicle Fragrance Oil and Coral Orange LaBomb Colorant create the look of the classic ice cream treat. It also contains cocoa butter, which gives the bath water plenty of skin-loving properties. Just be careful when exiting the tub, as the oil can make the tub slippery. =)

Final1_700pxThe Orange Creamsicle Bath Truffle uses Coral Orange LaBomb Colorant and Creamsicle Fragrance Oil to resemble the iconic ice cream treat.

I can’t wait to see all your orange projects! Tag your photos with #SoaptheRainbow on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook for a chance to win a $10 Bramble Berry gift certificate. 

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Monday In Bloom

A bit of a break in the heat snap.  At least, it didn’t feel too badly out there.  I was out for a while Sunday, so I got plenty hot.  It was nice to touch my plants though!
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One of the neighbors likes my fence.  “Darling!” she called it, lol.  She said she only had one pot on her patio, so I encouraged her to get more.  “The complex needs more pots!” I told her. 

While I’ve lost yet another few pansies, the remaining ones seem to be fairly strong, but for one.  Everything else is too, it seems, although the lilies are slowing down.  There are only a handful of blooms left to go. 
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The pink polka dot plants have really responded well to the shift in spots.  I wish I had some way to bring these indoors over Winter! 
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I can’t believe how huge the coleus are getting!  And so colorful!  They had really long flower spikes on them, so I cut those off when I was deadheading, to encourage the plants to get bushier. 
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The remains of some of my pansies.  One of these pots had only 2 plants left, so I took some from a neighboring pot to balance things out a bit. 
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Just look at that potato vine go!  It’s really taken off now!  Hopefully I’ll get some trailing shoots over the edge of the pot before the season ends.
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Even though I’ve lost a couple of plants from this pot, the ones remaining seem to be pretty healthy.  That’s partly why I think I got a bad pack at the store.  If there was a disease or virus or pest in the pot, all the plants would be impacted, and they’re not.
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The lavender replacement I got seems to be thriving, also.  I’m so happy!  I’m thinking about moving it to another spot next Spring though, a bit closer to the door.  If it survives the Winter, that is. 
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That’s how my garden is growing this week.  How’s yours coming along?

Wow, it’s August now!

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Thanks for looking!

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