Blogger Love v.46

It's Friday and I couldn't be happier.  This week has been annoyingly busy, and although I'd like to say this weekend is going to slow down, it's not!  But, today makes one day closer to my month of crazy being over, and for that I am excited.

This week, I shared two fab bloggers and a giveaway, as well as how to use Bloglovin' to organize the blogs you follow.

But, most importantly, Big Brother started this week!  It's one of the highlights of every summer for me, seriously.  But I have to know, WHO IS THE TWIN?  I have some thoughts on this but who do you think?

And of course, as with every week, there were some special posts that I want to share with you all for Blogger Love!

"Twelve Months of Bliss - June Recap" by Ember Grey.  Are you participating in this great idea by Emily?  Follow along for a month of bliss each and every month.  I might be really late to June's party, but I'm catching up!

"Bloggers Give it 100!" by Kenji is Here, The Rambling Llama and Heart of Life.  Just the motivation I need, looking forward to this!

"Shaming" by Heart of Life.  Spot on.  If only we as a society could get over this!

Want to share the love?  Link up below and share at least one post by a blogger other than yourself.  Click around and find some new to you bloggers!

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Blogging A-Z: B is for Bloglovin'

Back when I was brainstorming things for each letter, Bloglovin' was an obvious choice.  I love how you can customize how it is organized and log on to read all of your favorite blogs.  That is, unless, it has decided not to work properly.  More than often than not lately, some of my daily reads haven't been showing up in my feed.  With that said, however, when Bloglovin' works properly, it works wonderfully.

Not only do I like to use Bloglovin' to read new posts, but I like to use it to organize my sponsors from my daily reads, to all other blogs I follow.  I have three separate categories - "Sponsors", "Daily Reads", "Blogs I Follow".  Obviously Sponsors and Daily Reads get read before the others.  Today I'll show you how to do this.

First, go to your profile and select "Edit blogs you follow":

Once here, you can create new groups and change the group that each of the blogs you follow is in:

That's really it.  Then when you log in each morning (or whenever you do your reading!), you can start with whichever group you'd like.

Another way I use Bloglovin' is for Blogger Love, the weekly link up I host.  I keep track of the posts I like with the "favorite" button in Bloglovin', but also save other posts for various reasons - part of a giveaway, something to go back to at a later time, etc.  In Bloglovin, you can create different "favorite" groupings.

Under your profile, you can create a collection.  For now, I have two - "Saved" and "Favorites" - which is the one I use for Blogger Love.  Then, each Thursday I can quickly go to that collection and pick out the favorites from the week.

How do you use Bloglovin'?  Or, have you completely given up on it? 

Meet Some Friends + Giveaway!

Today is a fun day because I get to share with you two special ladies.  Not only that, but I have a fun giveaway for you to enter as well!

These two ladies are two of my favorites.  I have been big fans of theirs for a long time, and I am so happy to introduce you all to them!

The first up is Lindsay from Bourbon, Lipstick & Stilettos:

Her favorite posts: Leading Lady, Perfection, and I Have a Big Butt (and That's Okay!)
My favorite posts: Beauty A to Z: W is for Winged Liner, Important Lessons I Learned from My Favorite TV Shows, and Recovering From Blogger Burnout


Next up is Rachael from The Rachael Way!

Her favorite posts: The Hard Parts of Being an Expat, #ChinaLife - WTF Edition and I'd Be Friends with Me
My favorite posts: My Move From Blogger to Wordpress, The ULTIMATE Moving Abroad Packing List and The Year of Self Improvement

Be sure to check out these two fabulous ladies - you won't be disappointed!

Who couldn't use a shopping spree to Anthropologie right now? Luckily, I've teamed up with a wonderful group of gals to bring you a wonderful $75 Anthro giveaway.  Don't miss out, enter below.

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Blogger Love v.45 & Penning Hope

Happy Friday everyone!  We made it.  It's the weekend and I am so looking forward to it!  This week has been a little quiet around here, and I promise I have a few good reasons why.  I can't share all of them (yet) but I was also in Iowa this past week celebrating my Dad's retirement, as well as working on two projects for work that happen to be due three days apart.  I hope to share my other (and biggest time consumer) with you all soon!

This week, I want to introduce you to a new-to-you blogger, Hope from Penning Hope.  Hope is a southern blogger that writes about life in the south, full hearts, her passion for helping others, and all things spiritual.

I think you'll agree that Hope is a blogger that you do not want to miss out on!  You can find more of her here:

Facebook || Twitter || Instagram || Pinterest

Are you a new blog that would like a FREE sponsorship?  Check out "New Found Joy" here.

For Blogger Love this week, I have just a few, but very important posts to share:

Christine and Cassie's "Speak Up for Silence" series.  Even you don't suffer from a form of mental illness, these stories are incredibly brave.

"I'm Failing at this Working Mom Thing" by (Bee)utiful Blessings.  If you are a mother, you need to read this - if nothing else to know that what you feel is normal.  Every mom can relate, working or not!

"The Parts We Choose to Share" by Ember Grey.  Spot on.  The comparison game is awful!

Do you have any posts by others that you'd like to share?  Please link up below!

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