FIVE THINGS ON FRIDAY // 1
Welcome to my first weekly feature... Five things on Friday. Come creep here every Friday to see what's making this ol heart sparkle.
So today I'm talking one of my favourite things, BLOGS! Get this straight...I love reading blogs. I follow quite a few (understatement lols) but here are my fave five.
1. Design love Fest- DLF is a blog by the talented Bri Emery. She's a pro graphic designer/mama to an incredible blog. At DLF I find constant inspiration. She has incredible style graphically and I also enjoy creeping her life...
2. Bleubird- This blog is by a girl named James. She's a mama to four beautiful kiddos and mainly documents their life but ads in a few recipe/style/beauty posts here and there. It's kind of weird to follow lifestyle blogs as you get a good glimpse into people's lives. I see it as watching tv, except the episodes only take me about 30 seconds to finish.
3. Style By Emily Henderson- Ok my biggest blog crush goes to this girl. She has the best home sense I've ever seen, has a super cute baby AND is freaking hilarious. There have been multiple times when I've been reading Emily's blog and have found myself laughing out loud. AND she met Snoop Dogg and he called her baby 'Cousin Charlie'..HOW COOL IS THAT...I basically want to be her when I grow up...
4. She Loves Magazine- Here is my daily faith inspiration. She Loves Magazine is an online collective of a bunch of different women (and a few guys) who write to inspire women. I'm blown away by the talent collected on this site and I look forward everyday to reading the new She Loves post!
5. Joy the Baker- Because I like to bake and cook I read A LOT of food blogs but Joy the Baker is my fave. Through her incredible writing, I'm feel as though I'm sitting at her table while she tells me how to bake her latest creation. She makes me laugh and bring depth to doughnuts...what's not to love about her?
I read all the blogs through a website called BLOGLOVIN. If you do not have bloglovin, GET IT. GET IT GET IT GET IT GIRL. Honestly, it makes blog reading soooooo much easier. Instead of going to multiple blog sites to see if they've updated, you just go bloglovin and you can read all the new posts there...in ONE spot.
Oh and after you get bloglovin, please follow ssheart on it by clicking the Eiffel tower below (or searching my blog on bloglovin)
Well there you have it...my 5 fave blogs to browse. I'd love to know what are your favourite blogs? Let me know below in the comments!
HAPPY FRIDAY!
xoxo,
s.s.♥︎.
THINGS FOR SPRING
Spring is in the air and obviously all I want to do is paint my nails nude, smack on baby pink lipstick and buy a bunch of new pastel clothing....oh spring, I like you a lot.
Are you gaga for pastels as well? What's your favourite spring look?
xoxo,
s.s.♥︎.
KALE CRANBERRY SWEET POTATO SALAD
Sometimes enough is enough and you just got to put the mini eggs down. Or the cream eggs. Or the Reese's peanut butter eggs. I know them being on sale doesn't really help things, but there comes a time when you just can't continue having chocolate for meals. And I hope you know I'm preaching 100% to myself here. But maybe some of you are experiencing chocolate overload too. Well today's salad will help curb that craving (hopefully) and will fill your tummy up with deliciousness.
Kale is massaged and then quickly pan fried to make it not so intense kale-y....
Sweet potatoes and yams are roasted to bring out natural sweetness.
And pecans and cranberries are added just because.
| KALE CRANBERRY SWEET POTATO SALAD |
Ingredients:
2-3 Sweet potatoes/yams
1 tsp Paprika
3 tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 bunch of Kale
Juice from half a lemon
Handful of cranberries
Handful of pecans
Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Wash and peel potatoes and yams then cut into 1/2-1 inch pieces. Place in bowl and toss with paprika, 1/4 tsp of kosher salt and 1 tbsp of olive oil. Lay out on baking tray and bake for 40-45 minutes making sure to flip 20 minutes in.
3. Wash and de-stem kale leaves. Tear into strips then place in salad bowl. Drizzle 2 tbsp of olive oil, 1/4 tsp of kosher salt and lemon juice over the kale. With both hands, massage the kale for 3-5 minutes, until the kale is wilted and soft. If the kale is still too intense for you, cook for two minutes on a skillet over medium heat.
4. Add roasted potatoes to the kale and sprinkle cranberries and pecans on top.
5. Enjoy!
Not only is this salad delicious, it's also bright and beautiful...double win. AND if you eat a salad for dinner, you'll entitle yourself to mini eggs for dessert.
xo,
s.s.♥︎.
HE HAS RISEN
HE
HAS
RISEN.
How those three words changed everything.
I can't imagine how the disciples and those who loved Jesus felt for those two long dark days following the crucifixion.
Shock.
Regrets.
Agony.
Tears.
Silence.
Hysterics.
Pain.
Mourning.
Everything was lost.
Dreams were shattered.
Hope seemed to have slipped away right through their fingers.
The candle was snuffed out.
or so it seemed...
Darkness fell. His friends scattered, hope seemed lost - But heaven just started counting to three.
-Bob Goff
Very early on that Sunday morning oh so many years ago, some women went to the tomb to anoint Jesus' body in spices that they had prepared. But they arrived at an empty tomb. The stone had been rolled away. And then they were greeted with the greatest news that was ever spoken...
"Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; HE HAS RISEN!"
-Luke 24:5-6
Our Lord had done it. Death had no sting. Death had no power. Love had won. Christ had overcome.
Love - 1 | Death- 0
HE
HAS
RISEN.
xoxo,
s.s.♥︎.
GOOD FRIDAY
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
| Romans 5:6-8 NLT |
I just wanted to send some Good Friday love to all of you. Good Friday represents the biggest sacrifice ever made to mankind. God loves us so much that he sent his one and only son, Jesus to come to earth and sacrifice his own life so that we may have life and life to the fullest. It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from, or what you do. God loves you.
✝ = ♥
xo,
s.s.♥.