Canada Day!

So I had to represent my homeland today :) Happy Canada Day everyone! 

I love that I get to celebrate both of my countries in the same week!

Check out last years festivities spent in Canada with family &friends :)

Rainy Day Dangles Giveaway! - CLOSED

When Rachel contacted me I was beyond excited :) Rachel is a mother to two adorable boys and lives in Idaho, but when she isn't busy doing that she is creating these adorable Dangles. My first thought when I saw her stuff was, "Oh man, my sisters would LOVE this stuff." But really what girl wouldn't?! I love all the great colors and combination's of the feathers she uses and the versatility of how you could wear them!

See for your self and check out her blog and her etsy shop. 

 

I was really really excited to get one that had a bright pop of yellow :) Of course.

Lucky for you guys today Rachel will be offering a giveaway! 

 It is a pretty good giveaway to so get ready for it... Rachel will be giving away $30.00 to use in her shop! What a lucky winner! You could get so much with that. But what is even better, Rachel is offering a win win for everyone, by giving readers a discount on her etsy shop of 10% off. All you have to do is enter the word PARTY. Pretty great right? 

Since I know I would love this giveaway I am offering tons of different ways for you guys to enter to win :)

How to Enter:

Leave a comment for EACH separate entry.

(one entry)

Be a follower of the Crowley Party

(second entry)

Visit Rachel's SHOP and tell me which dangles you would get if you won!

(third entry)

Follow Rachel's  BLOG!

(fourth entry)

Follow me on twitter and tweet about the giveaway. Make sure to @mention it to me!

(fifth entry)

Follow Crowley Party on BlogLovin'

All right folks, I think I thought of every possible way for you to enter! GOOD LUCK! :)

THE WINNER IS #71  dani
please email me!

I love you, Bye :)

 

 

Top: LuLus Vest: F21 Jeans: f21 Shoes: Forever Young

3 days down for the 30 for 30. I know, I have been really slow on posting these, I need to catch you guys up! I need to start posting these more. I will try and be better!

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So the other day something pretty dang embarrassing happened. I am a receptionist at the front desk of Administration at the University Library. While getting off a phone call I ended with, "I love you, bye." YUP that happened. I guess this is a good thing in a way because it shows I talk to my loved ones a lot and have a habit of ending my phone calls like this.... but awkward. I hung up before I even noticed that I did it.

Hopefully I made the persons day instead of freaking them out? haha

Giveaway winner announced! :)

Sopapilla Cheesecake

This past weekend while Trevor and I were down in Provo apartment hunting, I stopped by a Blog Swap Party :) I will give you details on the party later, but until then I wanted to share the recipe of the dessert I brought. When I saw this recipe I got excited because I had read about Sopapilla. Sopapilla is a kind of fried pastry and a type of quick bread served in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, northern Mexico, New Mexico, Peru, Texas, and Uruguay. I have three brothers, two of which both served LDS missions in Mexico, and my little brother Alex is currently serving in Chile. I am sure this recipe is as far from authentic as you can get to the real Sopapilla but it made me think of my little brother out in Chile, who I have been missing lately.

According to good ol' Wikki, depending if they are served as a pastry or bread Chilean, sopaipillas are served with either mustard, ketchup, manjar, chancaca sauce (sopaipillas pasadas), hot butter, or pebre, a sauce of onion, tomato, garlic, and herbs. In Chile sopaipillas are traditionally made and eaten during days of rain. Well.... it isn't raining, and these are more of a dessert, so I don't think they count as Chilean. They can just be my American version :) But I wish my little brother auckie was here to have some with me.

3 cans Pillsbury butter crescent rolls
2 (8oz) packages cream cheese (softened)
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup butter (melted)
Cinnamon & sugar 
(this recipe has so many possibilities, you could add raisins or nuts or whatever you want inside with the filling. I think these would even taste good with some syrup and make it like a pancake! be creative!)

Instructions:

Unrolled and spread 1 & 1/2 can crescent rolls on bottom of un-greased pan. Combine softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Spread mixture over crescent rolls. Unroll and spread remaining crescent rolls over mixture. Spread melted butter over the top and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes. 

Trevor had some before we left for Provo and he really liked them. I am pretty sure everyone at the party liked them too!

ENJOY!