Design Services Giveaway!

WOOO VACATION! At 6:00pm today, my vaca starts and I'm so freakin pumped about it. Although I will be doing someeee bloggy things and definitely some design things, it will be a breath of fresh air from working in a stuffy office! Since I get to be all excited and happy, and since it is a long weekend for everyone anyway, I'm offering 25% off all ad spaces!

USE CODE: IMONVACAMOFO

AND not only am I having an ad space sale, I'm also giving away a custom blog design from my design site Case Of The Sparkles Designs! If you don't need a full design, you can pick up to 3 elements you'd like me to design for you! And because I only do full designs for Blogger but if you're on Wordpress I don't want to leave you out- SO if you're a Wordpress person, I will give you a "Face Lift" (header and about me sidebar, with social media) AND 2 blog buttons! If you just had a redesign don't worry! Save this win for when you're in the mood for change!

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and now to introduce another lovely lady! Jessica is such a sweet girl and I'm so happy to sponsor her. She's a LV native.. yes! People actually live in Vegas!

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1. When and why did you start blogging?

I started my first blog when I was getting married to connect with other brides to be and find cool things for the wedding. When the upcoming marital bliss fell apart, I scrapped that blog and started a new one… Just centered on me. Mocha Fox is the third blog I've had and the first one that truly reflects myself.

2. What is your favorite post you've written and why?

It's hard to choose since I love so many of my photography posts… I do love this shoot I did not too long ago but this post gives you a pretty good look of how I am.

3. You have THREE dogs! One is a handful, how do you do it?!?

I've always loved animals and I'm so use to always having a menagerie of pets so three dogs comes easy to me! I can't wait to someday have a whole pack of dogs following me around the house!

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Giant Flavor aka Your New Favorite Snack

I am a snack person. I snack a LOT. When I get home from work the first thing I do it look in the cabinets and fride for something yummy. Lately, Tom and I have been eating a lot of hummus but I wanted a new snack that wasn't super unhealthy. Cue Green Giant Veggie Snack Chips with up to 40% less fat than regs chips.

I was sent 2 varietes: the Multigrain Sweet Potato Barbecue chips and the Roasted Veggie Tortilla Garden Ranch chips.

I got home and saw the package and immediately opened it. Then opened the bag of Sweet Potato BBQ chips. They were yummmy. Lil even got a sample since I was shoveling so many in my mouth, some fell on the floor. She liked them too. Then I made Tom try them. It took quite a few for him to decide on a conclusion. But what he decided was that he liked them alright, they just had too much flavor for him. He follwed that up with, "I can see why you like them so much."

snack time!

pre-dinner snack

It's nice to know something that is made with natural ingredients is actually tasty! I'm not a health food person. I want taste and flavor and I want to be satisfied. These chips deliver that! I didn't want to rip open the second bag which was the Ranch Tortilla chips just yet but I got a great opportunity the next night.

We had a girls night at our friend's house and I was supposed to bring chips and guac. Um, perfect. I went and got some guac and an extra bag of chips in case the ranch ones were better on their own.

the guac looks weird but tasted good! 

our set up for dinner

We had an awesome set up little set up and the ranch chips were a big hit! HP tried them with the guac and decided it was good and we all tried it. I loved it! I was not expecting that combo to work but it definitely did.

I basically ate all of them myself

Who knew Green Giant could make snacks AND green beans?! There are other flavors too that I'm egar to try. I think the ranch tortillas are my favorite so far.

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

GFC, Bloglovin and Google Reader Walk Into A Bar...

Google Reader is gone. Whitney did a post about her bloglovin conspiricy theory. Helene did a post about how she still supports GFC. There are about about a bajillion posts from people saying "ZOMG f0ll0w m3 0n b10g10vin!" And I want to put in my 2 cents. Because this is blogland and what's the point of a personal blog if I can't weigh in on every topic I want.

Before I was became a blogger, I was an avid blog reader. Fashion blogs mostly and then I found AP. I'm not sure how I found her, but she is the super mom behind I Love You More Than Carrots. And I loved the idea of doing something like that (except mostly about my dog not babies). The things is, before AP inadvertanly convinced me to have my own lifestyle blog, I needed a way to keep up with my daily reads. At first I joined their GFC clubs, but I didn't have a Blogger account so that didn't do anything. Then I discovered Bloglovin. SO GREAT I could organize and keep up with the blogs I wanted to read regularly!

Then I started blogging and found out how important one's GFC number was. At that point I was already using bloglovin but it seems most people were using Google Reader. Then the dreaded news that google reader was going away. It didn't matter to me really but people we're appalled/ devestated. The thing is GFC stayed.

So, I have been using GFC as a gauge on readers/followers/supporters I have and everytime I find a new blog I like I follow them there! If I want to read them everyday I follow on bloglovin too but GFC, in my mind, is a way to show your support for other bloggers. Helene said similar things in her post. It's almost like a "why not?" it takes 3 seconds and it's gonna make that blogger smile when they see their number go up! Sarah mentioned in a tweet that she follows blogs on her blogger dashboard and not bloglovin, which is awesome too!

So when you go thru your daily reads, and when you find a new blog, join them on their GFC widget, it makes everyone happy and it's a great way to say "hey, I like the shit you say"

To newer bloggers: If you don't already have this widget, google is a bitch and made it more annoying to find so here is a quick tutorial!

Go to Layout in your blogger dashboard and click add a gadget where your sidebar is

When the new window pops up, click "More Gadgets" and then search for "Google Friend Connect"

Click on the "Members" gadget. It should be the first one that comes up

Set the height to whatever you like. You can either change, keep or completely delete the title. Click save and then rearrange the gadget to wherever you'd like by dragging it up or down in Layout



And now I want you to meet someone awesome, Stephanie from Drink On It has an adorable pup (see below) and is definitely the fun chick at the party. She's funny and silly and you're gonna love her!

1. When and why did you start blogging?

I started blogging in November 2012. I had previously blogged but deleted it for whatever reason. I wanted to start again and I'm so glad I did. I just love the blogging community.

2. What's your favorite post you've written and why?

My post about my breakup is one of my favorites...mainly because it's hilarious. And everyone seemed to love it.

3. What's been your favorite part of the summer so far?

My favorite part of summer has been spending a ton of pool time with my family. And of course all the booze we drink while swimming!

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