Amy Adele stationery, invitations and gifts

 I love being a product reviewer!  I get the chance to try out many new products, meet up with new businesses online and meet up with new friends like YOU!  Here is a perfect example of a fun company that I met up with and reviewed their adorable online stationery business!

Product Description

AmyAdele.com offers personalized stationery, invitations and gifts for kids and grown-ups. The designs  are very charming and fun for all ages!  Amy Adele offers thank-you notes, valentines, party invitations, calling cards, address labels, stationery note cards, personalized envelopes as well as T-shirts

We respect and care for every one of our customers, and strive to provide the highest quality products and the very best customer service. Taking care of the environment is important to us, too. That's why all of our paper products are 100% post-consumer recycled -- including envelopes and address labels!

 My take on the product:  I was so very please to review this product.  The designs are adorable and I was pleased to see the huge variety and cute, whimsy style! I'm a huge coffee fan so I found a coffee cup design (hot chocolate) and used my personal signature line that I love to get on note cards "A cup of news from me to you!"  I was super impressed with the speedy delivery!  It took longer for me to figure out what product that I wanted than it did  for the product to get delivered! haha

Check out the newsletter special!  If you subscribe to their newsletter you will get 20% off your order!  The sign up is at the bottom left of the website along with Facebook, Twitter and coupon links!!  Go click around and see the fun, high quality products!

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255 Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. Tomoson Product review & giveaway Disclosure.

Share your favorite PEEPS moment!

Raise your hand if you LOVE PEEPS! Which season of PEEPS are your favorite? Share you memories and recipes with us!

I have fond memories as a kid getting the cute lil' chicks in my Easter basket!  I, of course, passed that tradition on to my daughters.  They have no clue what life was like back in the 70s & 80s because back then we only had the PEEPS chicks. I do believe that the bunnies could be purchased when I was a kid but I always remember getting bright yellow chicks!

As for these crazy modern times, PEEPS seem to pop out for all the top candy buying holidays!  Peeps are out at Valentine's Day, Halloween, Christmas, Easter and more? I'm not sure but I think I saw American Flag peeps once!  Which are your favorites??  Which PEEPS have you seen?  Is there a PEEP out there that you wish they made? 

My most favorite peeps moment was last year when my brother-in-law came for a visit.  He was 20 at the time and a junior in college.  You can imagine his maturity level being less that the maturity level of my tween & teen daughters.  He is real close in age with my girls and so they have always shared good times together growing up.  His visit was in the spring so the evenings were cool  which always means BONFIRE!   

All of us were sitting out around the fire talking, laughing, making & eating smores.  Next thing I knew, the Easter PEEPS where out and in the fire! Uncle Brian, Mr. Firebug, encouraged and I'm certain spear-headed the entire plan!

We were now making smores with the peeps!  I do have to admit, though, that PEEPS as a smore is TASTY!  I think they have a higher sugar content than just plain, boring marshmallows. Before I knew it, they were putting one PEEP in the fire at a time so they could see the peep grow and burn.  It really was funny but I felt so sad for the lil' chicks and bunnies. 

It seems, now we have a new PEEP tradition at our home especially when Uncle Brian comes for a visit!!!!  I hope you enjoyed the photos! I just happen to have a few on my cell phone! Of course for 2011 the cell phone pictures aren't so great but you get the gist of our fun!

One of our newest tradition is to make and share PEEPS Treats in a jar!  These are great for the kids to make and pass out to teachers, girl scout leaders, Sunday school teacher and more!  Enjoy!

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So what is your favorite Peeps memory??  Do you have a favorite Peep holiday?  I hope you'll take a minute and share with me!

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Best-Ever Cookie Link up with Gooseberry Patch

 Ok, sorry friends but I AM ADDICTED to Gooseberry Patch.  I really am not sorry about it, their cookbooks are wonderful,  JoAnn and Vicki are my long lost sisters (I wish) and their social media staff are just down right lovable (Jen and more.)  

Today's link up is Cookies!  "Best-Ever Cookie" Cookbook is the latest and greatest cookie cookbook to hit the shelves! If you aren't a stranger to my neighborhood then you'll know that I reviewed this cookbook awhile back.  If you glance to your left, you'll see it at the TOP of my HOT POST~Sizzle~ as it has been in the top post for over a month now. Click HERE to get some tasty recipes!

Calling all COOKIES!

To celebrate our new cookbook, Best-Ever Cookies, this week's Recipe Round-Up is all about our favorite sweet treats. Click here (or on the book) to see what makes this book so special!   So link up all your tasty cookie recipes here!  If you want the link up on your blog, you'll have to pop on over to their blog and get the code!
Such a fun way to do a Virtual Cookie Exchange!  If you do link up from my blog or you are stopping in because of the cookie exchange, leave me a comment and I'll make sure that I get over to your blog and visit you!

xox SusieQTPies oxo

Friendly Wednesday Blog Hop! Come link up

Welcome to Feeding Four's Friendly Wednesday Blog Hop! I'm glad you're here!

Thank you to all the bloggers who linked up last week! I'm behind so if you stopped by know that I'll still be visiting you!

Please feel free to grab the button from Feeding Four. She is in the #1 spot on the link up! If you add it to your blog it will help to get more bloggers to the blog hop!!

How to Participate:

Follow the hostesses located in the first and second spots - Feeding Four and SusieQTpies Scraps of Life Blog. If you want me to follow you back, please leave a comment letting me know how you are following me and I will follow back. All my ways to follow are on my right side bar- Email, GFC, Facebook, Twitter and Networked Blogs.

• If you want, create a new Friendly Wednesday blog post on your own blog and be sure to use the button provided on the side bar if you want to!

• Enter your information into the linkup below.

• Follow all the other blogs you want. This is a great way to get more followers!

(While you are here, I have giveaways in the upper right hand side bar and TASTY recipes in the tab labeled "SusieQTpies Personal Recipes" *IF YOU enter any of my giveaways today give yourself 5 "Friendly Wednesday" bonus entries!!!!)

Brown Butter Cereal Bars with Candied Bacon

We love bacon! Bacon is savory and filling but can also be used in sweet recipes! That is where this Brown Butter Cereal Bars recipe fits in today- totally sweet with a hint of savory. I didn't create this recipe but I have made it and it is good! What do you like to do with bacon beside cooking up a pound and eating it with the family for breakfast? Oh and did you know that March 7 is National Cereal Day? Make sure you make some tasty cereal recipes for the family to celebrate! 

Brown Butter Cereal Bars with Candied Bacon 

Ingredients

1 lb bacon
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter (no substitutions)
1 1/2 bags (10 oz each) marshmallows
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon coarse Kosher salt
6 cups rice Chex® cereal
6 cups corn Chex® cereal

Directions

Heat oven to 400°F. Line broiler pan or 10x15 pan with parchment paper or foil. Place bacon on pan in single layer. Sprinkle with half of the brown sugar. Bake 9 to 11 minutes until the sugar is dissolved. Turn bacon over, sprinkle with remaining brown sugar. Bake an additional 10 minutes or until bacon is crisp and sugar is melted. Set aside to cool, finely chop.

In 5 quart dutch oven melt butter on medium heat, stirring frequently until it turns golden brown and begins to smell nutty. Add in marshmallows, stir until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla, salt and finely chopped candied bacon until well incorporate. Gently stir in cereal, until well coated. 

Spoon into 13x9-inch glass baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Wet your hands slightly with water and press the mixture evenly into the pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Cut into small (1-inch) bite sized pieces.

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YourNameUniversity.com has awesome shirts!!

Product Description

YourNameUniversity.com is the country’s sole manufacturer of personalized academic apparel and novelty diplomas and certificates with over 165,900 family last names for sale every day. With over 75 printed and embroidered products, we can personalize products for everyone from infants, parents, and siblings to grandma and grandpa.

Our apparel and accessories are perfect for birthdays, baby gifts, mother’s day, father’s day, family reunions, and of course, the holidays. Customers tell us that they wear our products as much as possible and always get the question "hey! where did you get that?" What more can you ask for a great personalized gift?

My take on the product: What a FUN company!  If you are looking for personalized t-shirts look to YourNameUniversity, first!  I got the chance to review one of their shirts and have washed & dried this shirt at least 5 times and it is holding up great! It is very soft and the lettering is high quality.

The shirts come in sizes from S-6XL adult or XS-3XL ladies.  They carry "property of" shirts, novelty shirts and baby products! These shirts would be great for our next year family reunion!

Check out this information:

• From now until 4/30 you can use a promo code and receive 10% off of your order.  Use the code Blog0311. 
• Website is YourNameUniversity.com.
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#Win $25 GC and Barber Seasoned Selects with some #dinnerdrama

Do you ever have "Dinner Drama?"  I know that we all have had some so don't deny it! haha  My greatest "dinner drama" issues are usually related to not planning enough time to get something prepared or trying out a new recipe and it flops.  The worse part about a recipe flop  is that most of the time there isn't a back up plan.  I can think of one time we had to go out to eat because of a flop recipe and no time for back up food to be prepared.

I'm really good with planning out our meals.  This has taken years to get right but it is the only way this momma can function in the kitchen.  The saying "if you fail to plan then you plan to fail" always rings in my head when I let the grocery shopping day slip by and I'm digging in the freezer, fridge and pantry for a suitable throw together meal.  I don't like haphazard meal time and try and avoid it to the max!

I am a Mom who likes to make most of the food that I prepare.  I do find myself grabbing for some frozen items to have on hand when needed.  With tween & teens at home and their random friends who happen to be here for snack and lunch time, I do keep easy to make items on hand like pizza rolls & chicken patties.   As for dinner, If I purchase something frozen that is the main meal or side dish, most likely I planned that into my menu.

Just recently I found Barber Seasoned Selects chicken breast as one of those dinner go to items. My family tried the Chicken Cordon Bleu and Chicken Broccoli & Cheese.  They ate all their food!  I was super impressed that they like the Cordon Bleu. I made this years ago and they didn't like it.  So now I have something new to serve them.   The Chicken Seasoned Selects cook in less than 30 minutes!  While the chicken cooked, I tossed together rest of the meal!

There was NO dinner drama with this meal! yay!  I'm going to keep these lil' guys on hand so I can cook some 30 minute meals!  Most of all, I was SHOCKED to find these at my local store.  I live in a small town and seem to never find anything fun like this!

Would you like to try these Seasoned Selects and win a $25 Gift Certificate? Enter below!

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1 Lucky reader will win Barber Foods Seasoned Selects Stuffed Chicken Breast & a $25 Visa Gift Card

Details: Winner will receive either free product coupons or the food shipped directly depending on product availability.

Mandatory entry:  Tell me one of your dinner drama stories, recipe flop, etc and follow my blog on Google Friend Connect.  Leave your email address with this entry. *This counts as 2 entries!

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1) Visit Barber Foods Website and tell me what you’d like to try or something you learned.

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9) Leave a comment on any of my RECIPES under the top tab "SusieQTpies personal Recipes"

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