Blogwarming party - Day 7

Hello and welcome to our Blogwarming Party!

We're having a bloggy open house all week to show off our newly renovated blog.
For more info on everything we've done this week, check our our party invitation here.

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Today's party foods are:

• Chicken Breast, Dried Tomato and Mozzarella Panini
• Oven-Dried Tomato Tart with Goat Cheese and Black Olives

(It's summer. Go get some gorgeous tomatoes from your farmers market and make both of these.)

Here are two more recipes that Frank posted on his own blog, Deaf Chef at Large:

• Bistro Beef Steak Sandwiches
• Cantucci Hazelnut Biscotti

Photo credits: heirloom_tomato_16, originally uploaded by easement.

Grab a plate and come along for the tour of our new place. Don't forget to sign our guestbook!

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Today we can't wait to show you Crafty Stuff:
Most of my crafty things are quick, simple, and don't require a lot of supplies. Partly because I'm impatient, and partly because I just don't have the space for a lot of craft supplies, so I'm forced to keep things simple and basic.

1. Cord Keepers
2. Calorie Free Brownies
3. How to dress up a pre-wrapped gift box
4. Bottlecap craft project
   

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Today's party activity is crafts day!
You've seen some of my recent craft projects. Now I want to see yours!
Post a link to one of your recent craft/DIY project or a tutorial in the comments below.

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Today's door prize is another recent craft project I did: Fancy Chocolate Bars
($10 value)

These are the giant 6.8 oz Hershey's Chocolate bars in three flavors:

Milk Chocolate,

Special Dark Chocolate,


and the Cookies and Cream
with White Chocolate.

Totally dressed up, of course, in scrapbook papers. Aren't they pretty? You can feel super special and eat them yourself, share them with friends and family for a special looking treat, or give them away as gifts.

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Don't forget to enter today's giveaway!
Here are four ways to enter:
+1 comment below just to say hello
+1 follow our blog and comment
+1 subscribe (with the little orange thingy or by email) and comment
+1 post the URL where you have a recent craft/DIY project or tutorial in another comment.

(Again, all comments made here are "Do Follow")

Only comments from today's date (ending at 11;59pm PST) are eligible for this prize. Be sure to include a way for us to let you know if you're the winner. You don't need a blog to enter, but you'll need to have a mailing address in the US or Canada. If you have already won a prize during this party, you may continue to participate but you will not be eligible for other prizes from this week's party. Thanks for understanding.

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Today's badge:

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Collect all seven badges and you will be entered to win a special prize!
This is separate from today's door prize.
*For rules and complete details, click here.

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That's it!
We hope you had a LOT of fun at our party!

Did you grab all seven badges?
If you did, click here to post the URL where you have all seven. Make sure all seven are visible on the URL you share.

After we verify that you have all seven, you'll be entered to win the GRAND PRIZE!

If you don't have them all yet, it's not too late to get them. There is one badge (with the code) in each Blogwarming Party post.

We'll post the Grand Prize winner here on July 21!

Did you grab all seven badges?

During our week-long Blogwarming party, we posted a different party badge each day.

Did you grab all seven badges?

If you did, comment here with the URL where we can see all seven. Be sure to post the URL to where the badges are located... if they're in the sidebar of your blog, tell us your blog's URL. If they're grouped in one post on your blog, tell us the URL for that one post.

Post your comment by 11:59pm PST on July 20, 2009.

After we verify that you have all seven, you'll be entered to win the grand prize: Two hand-painted plates of your choice, loaded with Rice Krispy Treats.

One plate will be mailed to you and the other will be mailed to any address in the US or Canada. Just tell us where you want your second plate shipped.
We'll also include a gift card from you.

If you don't have them all yet, it's not too late to get them. There is one badge (with the code) in each Blogwarming Party post.

*For rules and complete details, click here.

If you had trouble with the code for any badges, just mention it here - and the code should be fixed on Day 2, if you want to try again.

We'll post the Grand Prize winner here on July 21!

Blogwarming Party - Day 6

Hello and welcome to our Blogwarming Party!

We're having a bloggy open house all week to show off our newly renovated blog.
For more info on everything we're doing this week, check our our party invitation here.

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Today's party food is:
Pear Gorgonzola Salad with Dijon (shown here)

Here are two more recipes from this blog and Frank's blog:

• Taco Joes
• Handmade Oreo Cookie Ice Cream

Grab a plate and come along for the tour of our new place. Don't forget to sign our guestbook!

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Today we can't wait to show you The Pam Cam:

1. Interesting newspaper categories


2. Which one is it?


3. A pipe smokin' dude and his Critter-In-A-Filebox


4. No Thumbs Up


5. Almost Magical

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Today's bloggy activity is Super Family Fun Day!!
One day, the three of us and the dog went over the mountains to get to Lincoln City on the Oregon coast. While there, where we did some beach combing, picked up some really cool rocks, found a huge 8" fossil, froze our tushies off (it was windy and gloomy and co-o-o-o-old,) then went to a nearby restaurant to have supper before heading home.

You can read the blog post and see all the pictures here.

Please share your own Super Family Fun Day with us? Please comment below with the URL to a post where you have stories and pictures from a recent fun day with your family. The link must go to the post, not your general blog address.

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Today's door prize is a box of Chocolats Christina
($20 value)
I love chocolates. Who doesn't? Today's door prize is a box of Chocolats Christina with a variety of beautiful chocolates inside. Yummmm...

Don't forget to enter today's giveaway!
Here are four ways to enter:
+1 comment below to say hello
+1 follow our blog and comment
+1 subscribe (with the little orange thingy or by email) and comment
+1 post the URL to your own blog's Super Family Fun Day in another comment
(BTW, all comments here are "do follow")

Only comments from today's date are eligible for this prize. Be sure to include a way for us to let you know if you're the winner. You don't need a blog to enter, but you'll need to have a mailing address in the US or Canada. If you have already won a prize during this party, you may continue to participate but you will not be eligible for other prizes from this week's party. Thanks for understanding.

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Today's badge:

<br /><a href="http://adventuresofpamandfrank.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog%20Party" target="_blank"><img style="width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_z8XrK-7y_enuSyheStxtBvF6hBlKB2Q7nXDEYxmq8xyqHgNxG2SKKYoFXPhCvW7SvylboFjcb-cnBU1eSJ-jW0MuqGt4l4lGSizeZSsZkPinApQylUfsZjU_2yuElL7sqhMs7am-qM/s400/6d.jpg" alt="Food - Games - Prizes - All week long!" border="0" /></a>

Collect all seven badges and you will be entered to win a special prize!
This is separate from today's door prize.
*For rules and complete details, click here.

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That's it!
Be sure to come back tomorrow for more blog party fun!

PS to Kevin in Massachusetts: Happy Birthday!

Blogwarming Party - Day 5

Hello and welcome to our Blogwarming Party!

We're having a bloggy open house all week to show off our newly renovated blog.
For more info on everything we're doing this week, check our our party invitation here.

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Today's party food is:
Chix Satay
Here are two more recipes from Frank's blog and from this one:

• Lemon Dill Pasta - great with seafood
• Tiramisu - not heavy or gluey at all. (You can tell we've eaten some pretty nasty tiramisu in the past.) Absolutely incredible.

Grab a plate and come along for the tour of our new place. Don't forget to sign our guestbook!

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Today we can't wait to introduce you to Pam:

1. Phone Etiquitte
2. Pam & Frank's Shenanigans
   
3. Our 15th Anniversary
4. Wordle, a short story in two parts

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Today's party game is called "With a Chicken"
Rachel convulsed with hoots of laughter at this one.

You know how after you read a Chinese fortune cookie, you're supposed to add the words "In bed?" We recently decided it's much funnier with the words "With a chicken." Plus, then you can tell your grandmother why you're snickering.

This new game uses the same concept: Take any song title and add the words "With a chicken" I'll start with a few...

• Queen: We Will Rock You With A Chicken
• Brittany Spears: Hit Me Baby One More Time With A Chicken
• David Bowie: Major Tom With A Chicken
  
• The Beach Boys: Surfin' USA With A Chicken
• John Lennon: Imagine With A Chicken
• Elton John: Tiny Dancer With A Chicken
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town With A Chicken

There is another version of this game that's not great for little little kids but my teenager goes into gigglefits... replace "With A Chicken" with "In My Pants"
The Beatles: Yellow Submarine...
... uh, ok, maybe not.
...Let's just stick with the chicken.

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Today's door prize is a trio of Snack Size Pass It On Plates.
($21 value)

Just like an Original Pass It On Plate, each one of these plates has a tracking number on the back, and we donate money to FeedingAmerica.org every time your plate is passed to another person.

The only difference is that these plates are a more snacky-sized 9" across instead of the larger 11" plates.

These are not available online and are a limited edition, so you can't get these just anywhere.

Don't forget to enter today's giveaway!
Here are four ways to enter:
+1 comment below to say hello
+1 follow our blog and comment
+1 subscribe (with the little orange thingy or by email) and comment
+1 play the "With a Chicken" game on your blog and share the URL to your post in another comment
(BTW, all comments here are "do follow")

Only comments from today's date (ending at 11:59pm PST) are eligible for this prize. Be sure to include a way for us to let you know if you're the winner. You don't need a blog to enter, but you'll need to have a mailing address in the US or Canada. If you have already won a prize during this party, you may continue to participate but you will not be eligible for other prizes from this week's party. Thanks for understanding. The winner will be announced on Monday 7/20/09.

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Today's badge:

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Collect all seven badges and you will be entered to win a special prize!
This is separate from today's door prize.
*For rules and complete details, click here.
If you tried the badge earlier and had trouble with the code, try it again.
It should be fixed now.
Thank you to Crafterella for the heads up!

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That's it!

Be sure to come back tomorrow for more blog party fun!

Blogwarming Party - Day 4

Hello and welcome to our Blogwarming Party!

We're having a bloggy open house all week to show off our newly renovated blog.
For more info on everything we're doing this week, check our our party invitation here.

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Today's party food is:
Ham Gorgonzola and Pear Crostini

Here are two more recipes from this blog and Frank's blog:

• Blasted Chicken - it's good enough for company, really. Trust me on this.
• Apple Crostada with Cheddar Cheese - I have a weakness for crostada. It's kind of a rustic pie. Ice cream nice but not required. (Try this cold for breakfast!)

Oh, and this chicken and crostada would make an outstanding casual dinner for special company.
Grab a plate and come along for the tour of our new place. Don't forget to sign our guestbook!

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Today we can't wait to introduce you to Rachel:

1. Oops (darn twig...)
2. Rachel's TV and Securing the TV for Their Own Use
3. No Sunshine?
4. The Teenager Just Said...
5. Yesterday my precious child said...
6. Stop it! Just Stop it!!

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Today's party game is: Flickr Album covers.
Here's mine.

Click here to find out how to make your own.

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Today's door prize is a kit to make Stained Glass Window Art
($20 value)
Crafty kid stuff is always fun. This kit contains everything you need to make your own "stained glass" ornaments. (I say "stained glass" in quotes out of respect for my friends who make real stained glass creations.) These are blank shapes with "stained glass" paint so you can create your own designs. I like these much better than the pre-made shapes and all you have to do is fill in the spaces. What designs will you put on your shape?

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Don't forget to enter today's giveaway!
Here are four ways to enter:
+1 comment below to say hello
+1 follow our blog and comment
+1 subscribe (with the little orange thingy or by email) and comment
+1 post the URL to your Flickr Album Cover in another comment
(BTW, all comments here are "do follow")

Only comments from today's date are eligible for this prize. Be sure to include a way for us to let you know if you're the winner. You don't need a blog to enter, but you'll need to have a mailing address in the US or Canada. If you have already won a prize during this party, you may continue to participate but you will not be eligible for other prizes from this week's party. Thanks for understanding.

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Today's badge:

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Collect all seven badges and you will be entered to win a special prize!
This is separate from today's door prize.
*For rules and complete details, click here.

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That's it!
Be sure to come back tomorrow for more blog party fun!

Blogwarming Party - Day 3

Hello and welcome to our Blogwarming Party!

We're having a bloggy open house all week to show off our newly renovated blog.
For more info on everything we're doing this week, check our our party invitation here.

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Today's party food is:
Compound butters Ok, this is not a party food by itself, but can be used in all kinds of party foods to add a little WOW factor. Read Frank's post about compound butters and I'm sure you'll get some great ideas.

Here are two more recipes, one from this blog and the other from Frank's blog:

• Meatballs
• Apple Brandy Cake

Grab a plate and come along for the tour of our new place. Don't forget to sign our guestbook!

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Today we can't wait to introduce you to Frank:
He has a lot of trouble being serious. (As you can see in the picture in today's badge.)
We don't mind.

1. Frank's 5-Fingered Hat


2. Frank is a traitor


3. My Cute Hubby


4. A typical dinner at our house
   

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Today's party game is The Three Threes meme:

This is simple; just list three things for each category, then tag three people.
For today's game, I'm tagging everyone.

Post your Three Threes to your blog, then add a link to your post in the comments below. Be sure to visit everyone else's links to learn more about them! Here's mine.

(When I asked Frank for his answers he gave me a funny look. What Ever.)

3 THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO:

1. Getting a booth in the local Saturday market for my Pass It On Plates


2. My next trip to the coast to hang out on the beach


3. Our first camping trip
   

3 THINGS I DID YESTERDAY:

1. Organized the kitchen and washed the floor


2. Went for a long walk with Rachel and the dog


3. Installed more hooks to the overhang above the kitchen window and moved a bird feeder into view
   

3 THINGS I WISH I COULD DO:

1. Go bike riding (don't currently have a bike and I'm afraid of bicycling in traffic, anyway)


2. Whistle really loud with my fingers in my mouth


3. Fly... like a bird, not in an airplane

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Today's door prize are two sets of Printed Note Cards from a kids' art camp.
($15 value )

I love going to farm markets with handcrafted items. These note card sets were a project done by a kids' art camp and the proceeds from the sale of the cards help to provide scholarships for kids who wouldn't otherwise be able to attend this camp. These are printed on sturdy card paper and come with matching envelopes. The artist's name and age is printed on the back. I believe the lady at the craft booth said there are 5 cards with the same design in each pack. Today's winner will get both sets.

Don't forget to enter today's giveaway!
Here are four ways to enter:
+1 comment below to say hello
+1 follow our blog and comment
+1 subscribe (with the little orange thingy or by email) and comment
+1 post the URL to your Three Threes meme in another comment
(BTW, all comments here are "do follow")

Only comments from today's date (ending at 11:59pm PST) are eligible for this prize. Be sure to include a way for us to let you know if you're the winner. You don't need a blog to enter, but you'll need to have a mailing address in the US or Canada. If you have already won a prize during this party, you may continue to participate but you will not be eligible for other prizes from this week's party. Thanks for understanding.

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Today's badge:

<br /><a href="http://adventuresofpamandfrank.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog%20Party" target="_blank"><img style="width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ajlzbwYuUESExQgbEHriJ42sdPYCZz2DhUYb0fkWD2VXKee8Sl4Qbffw4QXZnjEf5aB12fuaeq2MxFeFtuloqlk4tXwpaw6pw6ozTfRdyU0gkjXrPumXvOHgiFlP1dJMsrAjN9QLwjk/s400/3.jpg" alt="Food - Games - Prizes - All week long!" border="0" /></a>

Collect all seven badges and you will be entered to win a special prize!
This is separate from today's door prize.
*For rules and complete details, click here.

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That's it!
Be sure to come back tomorrow for more blog party fun!




PS to the Bennett Family: Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
We are so sorry to hear about Jill.

Blogwarming Party - Day 2

Hello and welcome to our Blogwarming Party!

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We're having a bloggy open house all week to show off our newly renovated blog.
For more info on everything we're doing this week, check our our party invitation here.

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Today's party food is: Frank's Crab Cakes.

The title of his blog post is actually titled, "Panko Crusted Crab Cake Bites With Roasted Pepper Chive Aioli." I tend to be intimidated by recipes with long names, so I shortened it. This recipe is not so hard, though.

Here are two more recipes that Frank posted on his own blog, Deaf Chef at Large:

• Kofta Kabobs (Mid-East seasoned ground beef. Excellent!)
• Blueberry Liqueur (the hard part about this recipe is restricting your sampling so you have enough left over for winter and Christmas gifts!)

Grab a plate and come along for the tour of our new place.
Don't forget to sign our guestbook!

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Today we can't wait to show you cool stuff from the Pacific NW:

1. Bellevue farmers market bread vendor (Seattle area) - just an artisan baker's booth with really cool-looking breads
2. Fig Musings ...kind of a memoir of cookies and kolache and kind of a short story about trees
3. 2008 Oregon State Fair Recap This provides links to all three state fair posts. This has been brought to you by the color pink... and by Tofurkey, the other white meat. No, wait, Tofurkey is a bean. The other white bean. No, that doesn't sound appealing...
   Where's the BBQ pork?
   ! ! That's the pork?
   ...Ew. Uhhh, I think I'll stick with ice cream.
4. Standing in the Santiam (Santiam rhymes with "Sandy Ann") - One of Pam and Rachel's favorite places to relax

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Today's party game is Pam & Frank's Big Blog Scavenger Hunt!

We have a bunch of great blogs in the blogroll. Since they are just too good to keep to ourselves, we thought it would be fun to make a game out of visiting these blogs. You get to check out some interesting blogs, meet a bunch of really cool people, and get a chance to win a prize!

The scavenger hunt starts today and runs through Saturday 7/18/09. The winner will be announced on Monday 7/20/09.

Want to play or need more info? Click here.

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Today's door prize is a Sea-n-Sun Notebook
($15 value)
I make up these notebooks for friends. They're all one of a kind, of course. I have a confession to make. While getting this finished up for the giveaway I was putting one last coat of paper varnish on the book and a piece of purple fuzz from my sweater got stuck in the varnish. It's not too obvious, but if you see a squiggly fiber in there, it's my sweater. Sorry! (It was chilly in the studio that day.)

Don't forget to enter today's giveaway!
Here are four ways to enter:
+1 comment below to say hello
+1 follow our blog and comment
+1 subscribe (with the little orange thingy or by email) and comment
+1 blog about our Scavenger Hunt and post the URL to your post in another comment. Do you want to post a Scavenger Hunt badge? Grab the code from our sidebar.

(BTW, all comments here are "do follow")

Only comments from today's date (ending at 11:59pm PST) are eligible for this prize. Be sure to include a way for us to let you know if you're the winner. You don't need a blog to enter, but you'll need to have a mailing address in the US or Canada. If you have already won a prize during this party, you may continue to participate but you will not be eligible for other prizes from this week's party. Thanks for understanding.

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Today's badge:

<br /><a href="http://adventuresofpamandfrank.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog%20Party" target="_blank"><img style="width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="httphttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSwoul1LeF-WRaavpGuaSr-HKemfGiuwSxqG9voLe8pVtOdL4NAf9AurC5bfjptD6cbgBUKi20qWvSWUFD6jq3ItPMlVVixEbS_qGwKNpO5HyH8bv-TKT4RNFeiPfA9sm-YaqqN4EXqdQ/s400/2.jpg" alt="Food - Games - Prizes - All week long!" border="0" /></a>

Collect all seven badges and you will be entered to win a special prize!
This is separate from today's door prize.
*For rules and complete details, click here.

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That's it!
Be sure to come back tomorrow for more blog party fun!





PS: The picture in the background of today's badge is Rachel and Caesar on the beach at Cape Kiwanda in Pacific City, Oregon. This is our favorite beach because of the tidepools full of sea anenomes and other fascinating critters, the 300 ft sand dune that people try to climb (Rachel can actually make it to the top), surfers (in dry suits), and The Pelican Pub & Brewery.