Friday Favorites

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Happy Friday!  I hope the year is off to a smooth start for all of you.  Whew…it’s been a whirlwind around here.  While I’ve been having lots of fun traveling to New Mexico and celebrating Dillon’s 15th birthday in Dallas, the home front is a bit of a zoo.  Looking forward to a weekend at home working on some organizing, meal planning and prepping and probably some list making.  Exciting stuff right?  
Do all of you already have your blog calendars primed and ready to rock 2017?  Well if you are like me it does help to map things out and I love having some ideas to write about, recipes to share and of course who doesn’t love a fashion update.  I thought this Friday I’d share a few of my favorite linkups I’m planning to make a point to join.  
First off, if you have not been following along with The Blended Blog then you are missing some great posts.  These women are sharing it all from books, to recipes, to fashion to so many inspirational posts plus they are HUGE supporters of other women!  Here’s a look at what they have going on.
The Blended Blog reads is a virtual bookclub and you can sign up here to join the fun.  I shared my 2016 book review yesterday and already have so many books on my list for 2017!  I have not signed up yet but it’s on my list. 
Each Wednesday you can find the New Year Styled linkup where these beautiful ladies invite you to share your style and they will inspire you with outfits along the way.  A special shout out to the ladies for featuring this layered look of mine from our New Mexico vacation!  
Looking for some new recipes to try?  Tasty Tuesday on The Blended Blog is all about linking up your favorite recipe like this easy pesto shrimp and pasta!  
They also have Nuggets for the New Year prompts each Monday in January and February. This week was all about sharing budget tips such as my Tips to Budget Like a Queen.  Coming up this Monday the prompt is all about sharing little nuggets on how you declutter your home.

Show and Tell Tuesday hosted by Andrea is always one of my favorites for sharing but also has been a place I’ve found so many new blogger friends.  You can find her 2017 prompts here.

These are just a few of my favorite prompted linkups and you can find my full list of weekly linkups here.  Hopefully my layout will get a little more organized with the new blog layout soon!

And, I know all of you know my bestie Holly and I’m sure have been missing her posts.  She’s had a busy fall but she’s back so you need to head over to While I’m Waiting and see what she’s been up to! We are going to be partnering with our friend Katy of The Queen of the Kings to bring you a new weekly linkup (hopefully beginning in February) so be on the lookout!

A huge shoutout to all the bloggers out there who host linkups!  Blogging in general is a ton of work, but hosting a linkup takes so much dedication.

Wishing you all the best weekend!

Linking today with  ErikaAndrea & Narci for Friday Favorites, Karli for Oh Hey Friday and Katie, Tif and Della for High Five for Friday

40 Comments

  1. You're so sweet to give the Blended Blog shout outs! So excited for your Royally waiting link-Up. You've had a great week and I hope this weekend is full of relaxation, fun and lots of love!

  2. So much blogging goodness here! Looking forward to checking out some of these link ups that are new to me! Thanks for sharing! Hope your weekend as every bit as beautiful as you are, friend! xo – Brenda // ChattingOverChocolate.com

  3. I bow down to how organized and intentional you are with blogging and cultivating a community!! How in the heck do you do it?! 🙂

  4. Thanks for the link-up ideas. This weekend, I'm sitting down with my new paper planner and writing down ideas for the blog. I've always used google calendar, but am switching to paper for blogging and a few other things I want to track. Enjoy your weekend!

  5. I love The Blended blog. I also loved your featured post on Budgeting Like a Queen. I am also looking forward to your new link-up. I loved last year's Spiel the Beans and looking forward to this year. Have a great weekend at home!

  6. Sweet Shelly, so much great stuff here!! Thank you for sharing all of our goings-on at TBB and for being so great about linking-up with us. I am royally waiting to read more about your new link-up! XO

  7. Hi Lisa! We are probably dropping Spiel the Beans and replacing with Royally Waiting. We are hoping to add some prompts to go along with this one too but probably not for every single week. Maybe a monthly waiting on…..and the other weeks just a general linkup. I feel like we need to generate some additional traffic before we try to do a strictly prompted linkup in the future. It just wasn't seeming like it was catching on.

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