It’s Best of the Welcome party time! A hug and warm welcome if this is your first time joining us!
Welcome from your BOTW weekend hosts and happy Friday! Can you believe it’s August? I hope everyone had a great week and is enjoying summer! I’m excited about the Olympics starting PLUS looking forward to our vacation in early September. I haven’t been doing a stellar job managing work, home and lots of issues with my parents, and sadly, the blog has suffered this summer. I stay hopeful, though, that I’ll find a way to get it all under control by September. A girl can dream, right? ?
I would love if you could please follow each of our fabulous hosts in some way!
Cindy, Little Miss Celebration | Facebook | Pinterest | Twitter | G+
Amy, Ms. Toody Goo Shoes | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Instagram
Ginnie, Hello Little Home | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | G+ | Instagram
Paula, Virginia Sweet Pea | Facebook | Pinterest | Twitter | G+ | Instagram
Jenna, 24 Cottonwood Lane | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | G+ | Instagram
When you link up to Best of the Weekend, your posts will be be seen on all five of our blogs. We have a Pinterest Best of the Weekend Features board, where we’re pinning all of our features each week. I also pin, tweet and share as many of your fabulous posts as possible all week long, which I love doing! As always, to my wonderful non-blogging friends – just click on any picture in the link-up and it will take you straight to the blog of the talented person who so generously shared with us! Each week, all of us will feature the most clicked link and our favorites, so be sure to stop by all five of our blogs to see if you were featured!
Our most clicked link from last week was…Angie’s easy, fun and useful craft for kids or the Scout troop!
DIY Clothespin Trivets from The Country Chic Cottage
Here are just a few ideas that caught my eye from last week’s party!
Rachel’s planters are so fun and colorful!
DIY Paint Drip Planters from Lines Across
If there’s a bowl of cherries, I’m going to eat them all…so I stopped in my tracks at Chellie’s pork chops!
Grilled Pork Chops with Cherry Salsa from Art From My Table
Lauren always has great tips and exercises! I have to ‘fess up that my aging arms really need some help! (Ok, maybe my whole self, too!)
Best Arm Exercise with Floor Press from The Bikini Experiment
Angie, Rachel, Chellie and Lauren, thank you so much for the wonderful inspiration! Please grab a featured button from the sidebar if you’d like one. Thanks to everyone who shared a great idea, project or recipe with us last week – we love seeing your posts each week!
Rules make us frown, so we banished them- but visits to some of our super talented guests make us smile! ?
To all of my fellow Olympic lovers, enjoy the opening ceremonies and the games! Let’s party!



Don’t beat yourself up Cindy, there are a lot of blogs sitting idle this summer, lol I have my Caipirinha ready for the Opening Ceremonies!! Have a great weekend. ?
Thank you for the lovely party Cindy! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks so much for hosting!!
Hugs,
Deb
Clothespin trivets-how cool, clever, and creative! Thanks for another party! Have a nice weekend, everyone!