Pin Ups and Link Love: My Favourite Things This Week

Would you like to see a little video of baby sloths loving bath time? Of course you would!

I loved this article on being a proud overweight bride: “My Wedding was Perfect- And I was Fat As Hell The Whole Time“. A beautiful essay by a beautiful bride on what really matters.

An interesting essay on how to help support independent stores, with some very thoughtful comments in the thread, as well.

Oh, and Interweave is having a special two-day sale: Take $25 Off Your Purchase of $50 or More at Interweave. It’s from today until the end of the day Sunday, so this weekend is the weekend to snap up any books, magazines, or downloads you’ve been eyeing!

And Madbird has some project bags and needle rolls on sale, too!

Pin Ups and Link Love: Cherry Pie Bars | knittedbliss.com

 Cherry Pie Crumble bars- All the deliciousness of cherry pie, a fraction of the time it takes to make a pie from scratch. Plus, cherries are in season! Pinterest link is here, and the original post is here.

Pin Ups and Link Love: Chickpea Salad | knittedbliss.com

I’m a big fan of recipes that can basically be summed up as ‘chuck everything into a food processor and have at it’. This chickpea salad is just that- easy and super quick to pull together, perfect for sandwiches and high in protein and veggies. Pinterest link is here, and the original post is here.

Pin Ups and Link Love: Peanut Butter & Banana Pops | knittedbliss.com

Keeping with the ‘chuck everything in a food processor and have at it’ theme,  I’m dying to try these peanut butter, banana and yogurt pops! We already know how frozen bananas already taste like ice cream, so I assume the peanut butter and yogurt really put these over the top. Pinterest link is here, and the original post is here.

Pin Ups and Link Love: DIY Animal PIns | knittedbliss.com

This sweet little trio of felt woodland creatures would be perfect for brooches, hair clips, ponytail hair elastics, or rings. I’m amazed at the detail of each one! Pinterest link is here, and the original post is here.

Pin Ups and Link Love: DIY Coconut Oil Handsoap | knittedbliss.com

This all-natural foaming coconut oil hand soap is antibacterial and smells amazing and is awesome for someone like me that is a very frequent hand washer but doesn’t like using harsh chemicals (especially since they dry out my skin so much!). Pinterest link is here, and the original post is here.

10 comments

  1. miss agnes   â€¢  

    Oh, these yogurt pops! My kids love peanut and banana sandwiches, they are going to love this, with coco yogurt it should be delicious. And the coco soap, brilliant! Thanks for sharing, have a great week-end.

  2. Andrea @ This Knitted Life   â€¢  

    I will be trying out the coconut hand soap for sure. Probably doesn’t dry out the hands…must keep hands supple for lots of knitting!!!

  3. Alicia   â€¢  

    Omg, that sloth link made my day. I was at the sloth refuge in Costa Rica at exactly this time last year during my honeymoon. Thanks for making me stop and take a second to remember that! 🙂

  4. Keren   â€¢  

    The sloths are so so cute. I love the sounds they make and how happy they look in the green bath! I liked the fat bride article. I agree with it very much. There’s so much focus on external features, some of it arbitrary, it’s an illness of society. We need more people saying what she said. I love the chickpea salad, it’s so awesome that you posted something vegan and full of protein! I don’t eat enough protein and this is just what I needed. My boyfriend was more taken by the banana and peanut butter popsicles though! 😀 and I will definitely check out the sale on interweave. Awesome post as always! Have a great weekend!

  5. Amy   â€¢  

    Yum those cherry pie crumb bars look delicious! Those might need to happen this weekend! Thanks for sharing 🙂

  6. Sam   â€¢  

    Oh my goodness I need some of those cherry pie crumble bars in my life… or my tummy! Cherries are my absolute favourite fruit and cherry crumble my favourite dessert.

  7. steph   â€¢  

    those sloths!!! too cute!!! 🙂

  8. Loulou   â€¢  

    So many good things in this post! I’ll be making that Cherry Crumble recipe for sure. Have also repinned that adorable felt DIY. And the sloths truly made my day. How cute!

  9. Oh my god the sloths. Adorable. <3 And really makes up for what I saw on QI the other day— apparently they sometimes like to crawl into outhouses and have a dirty dirty feast.

    In other news, the chickpea salad looks great Julie!

  10. Bekah   â€¢  

    I’ve been looking at alternative ice creams – frozen banana seems to be a popular choice!
    Love those little woodland creatures! So cute!

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