{Link Party} Friday Favorites #99 & Features

It's the first Friday in March and we're getting closer to Spring though it doesn't feel like it here (another snow day!).  At least I've got Friday Favorites to look forward to and inspire me!

My features from last week:

Cindy from Little Miss Celebration shared her Lucky Green Painted Jars. Just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Speaking of St. Patrick's Day, Joy from Yesterfood showed us how to make a Copycat Bailey's Irish Cream.   

This would be great in my Guiness Brownies with Bailey's Icing!

I hope you'll link up too!

Now onto this week's party.

Rules:

LINK & LINGER WITH A NEW BLOG

Link 1-3 of your projects- older projects work too!

Link back to www.ourlifeinaclick.blogspot.com 

Social media shout outs for the party are encouraged!
Please add our button to your post!

I'm going to be co-hosting this link up with these lovely ladies!

Laura from I'm Not a Trophy Wife

Emily from Our House, Now a Home

Morgan from Finding Morgan

They'd love it if you'd follow them and link up a project!!

An InLinkz Link-up

Let's keep in touch!

    

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{Get Thrifty} Thursday 3.5.15

We're having a snow day here and have had two delayed openings this week so my blogging is schedule is way off.   Bring on Spring!!

 My Thrifty Thursdays have been "off" too. I only posted two of them last month.  I have been thrifting but don't always remember to photograph my hauls when I get home with them.

   Let's call this one the highlights.

1)Silky jacket for Chinese New Year party we were invited to. This was such a score!

2) Bar III long sleeved striped t-shirt, so soft!

3)Kardashian (who woulda thunk?)black and white maxi sundress (with tags!)

4) H & M ivory cable knit sweater

5) J Crew cashmere blend argyle sweater #loveargyle

Honorable mention goes to this handsome guy. I love elephants and this primitive wood sculpture just had me at hello (or trumpety).  

Have you gotten any good thrift store scores lately?

Let's keep in touch!

    

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{Recipes} Vegan Recipe Testing

Here's a round up of a few vegan recipes that we've tried and approved of. We were testing out recipes for College Girl's birthday party and we just like to try out new vegan recipes for fun!

The Best Shredded Kale Salad really lives up to it's name.  Finely shredded kale, lemon garlic dressing, sweet dried cranberries and a pecan "parmesan" add up to a mouthwatering salad that I could not stop eating. I subbed walnuts for pecans in the topping. 

We tried Oh She Glows Ultimate Green Taco Wraps but made them into taco salads instead of wraps.  The taco "meat" is made from a mixture of lentils and walnuts that is seasoned just right and so versatile.   I made her Cashew Sour Cream for the second time and we like it better than dairy sour cream!

College Girl's favorite birthday cake used to be a decadent Flour-less Chocolate Cake (from a Susan Branch cookbook).  The recipe called for 9 eggs and lots of butter, sugar and chocolate. It was dense, oh-so-fudgey and amazing but definitely not vegan.   I found a recipe for Vegan Chocolate Decadence cake and tested it out as a possible birthday cake for her this year.  It baked up into a tiny cake but it had the dense, fudge-like texture we remembered and was made with much healthier ingredients.  I tripled the recipe and used a 9 inch spring form pan for her birthday cake (and made a ganache topping).  Vegan and non-vegan approved!

Let's keep in touch!

    

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{DIY} Chalk Painted Bedside Tables & Getting Organized

After painting the master bedroom that gorgeous navy, I decided that the bedside tables could use some sprucing up as well.

Not the best photo, but the dark tables were kind of blending in with the walls and I wanted them to pop.

 I was a little nervous about this project. The tables are nice, solid Ethan Allen cherry but they were also very outdated looking.  The finish was glossy and I didn't know how the chalk paint was going adhere.  The nice thing about chalk paint is that you don't need to prep the wood.

 I used the Michael's brand Americana Decor chalky finish paint again (in Everlasting).

The nerves went away after I finished the first coat, it was already an improvement.  I did two coats of paint and one coat of wax to finish them off.

 I added sparkly new hardware from Lowes.  They were the only style that fit the preexisting holes but luckily that was the exact look I was going for. 

 I didn't need to do any extra distressing of the tables. 

{Chalk Painted Mason Jars}

 Just enough of the dark wood shows through.

 There's my thrifted flameless candle lantern!

 I also took the opportunity (while the drawers had to be emptied) to purge and organize my drawers.

I love how I can see everything in them now(sorry, no "before" photo but just envision a big jumbled mess!).

I think these drawers need a fun lining now. #futureproject

Other Chalk Paint Projects:

Chalk Painted Piano Bench

Upcycled Map Tray

Chalk Painted Photo Boxes

Chalk Painted Mason Jars

Let's keep in touch!

    
Linking up with:
Show & Share
Wow Us Wednesday
Handmade Hangout
Sunday Showcase
I Heart Organizing-May

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