Share Your Style Link Party #77

Welcome to another week of Share Your Style!  I'm Kelly from The Essence of Home and I'm your host this week. 

When you link up to this party, your post will show up on all five blogs at once.

Here are some features from last week's party.

Cincy Shopper shared a copycat recipe for a Starbucks caramel frappuccino!  Yum!  This would definitely be refreshing with all of the heat we've had around here.

Grace and Good Eats shared some adorable lunchbox love notes that you can print out for your child's school lunch.  With school starting back for so many now, this would be a cute way to send them some love at school. 

The Everyday Home shared an amazing before and after of a fixer upper home.  You won't believe the transformation of this house!  It is so pretty now.

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Share Your Style Link Party # 76

Welcome to Share Your Style! 

  I'm Julie from Little Farmstead and I'm your host this week. It's hard to believe we're in the last week of July... We hope you're enjoying your summer!

When you link to our party, your post will be seen on all five blogs below!

Recently on Little Farmstead, I shared:




An indoor picnic for my sister's birthday. 

And Our Son's Modern Farmhouse Bedroom Makeover!

Now on to the features from last week's party... 

h2o Bungalow shared their inspiring backyard makeover. Feels like summer!




Simply Designing shared a DYI industrial baby gate. Love the look!



Cookie Doug and Oven Mitt shared a no bake cherry limeade cheesecake that I am craving!



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One of my all Time Summertime Favorites ~ A Caprese Tower made with Tomato, Basil and fresh Mozarella

A few summers back I was down the shore just for the day with a good friend and my two kiddies. We decided to have lunch at this lovely restaurant called The Columns right across from the beach in the beautifully Victorian shore point known as Avon by the Sea NJ.. We went in bathing suit covers and all, but then again that is the attire of the sea shore! Anyway, we ordered up this appetizer called a Caprese Tower, and I have been recreating it  ever since.

Despite the fact that this week it is predicted that the northeast will be continuing the heat wave we've been in, our garden, although flourishing in all this heat, has yet to produc any tomatoes ripe enough to pick. Fortunately we are in the heartland of farm country here in central NJ and the roadsides are riddled with farm stands and markets with loads of fresh produce. So today I was out and about and stopped to grab a few tomatoes. 

All you need is a nice ripe tomato cut into about 1/2 inch thick slices. Do the same thing with a medium size ball of fresh mozzarella. Pour some olive oil on your serving plate and kind of roll the oil around. Then grab some large fresh basil leaves which have been rinsed and dried, and begin to stack your tower on the olive oil covered plate. Start with the mozzarella then add a tomato slice with one basil leaf between the tomato and cheese. Repeat two more times and finish by topping your tower with a pretty sprig of basil. Sprinkle with sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper. I also added some balsamic vinegar to the plate so I could swirl each bite of my tower through both oil and vinegar.

For me this truly is summertime on a plate! Enjoy!!!

XO

Share Your Style Link Party #75

Welcome to Share Your Style #75.  Can you believe how fast the summer has gone by?  How come January and February don't go that fast?  But each and every week, we are delighted to have you here and share all your wonderful inspirational posts with us.  Remember there are five of us that co-host this Link Party so your posts go far and wide.  This week I am the host of the party, Lynn, owner of the The Vintage Nest blog.  I have picked out  a few of your blog post that really caught my eye and are the features this week. 

Shannon,  of the blog Belle Bleu Interiors, shares how she was able to obtain a French Pastry table, once belonging to Charles Faudree; a famous interior designer, known for his fondness of all things French.  What a lucky lady.

Mary of  "Orphans With Makeup" , did an outstanding make-over on an old top bookshelf.  It truly is gorgeous and a must see.

Decor to Adore blog is owned by Laura.  She shows us how to make the cutest sailboat pillow.  "summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime".  Remember that song?  That's immediately what came to mind when I saw her project.

Heidi, of the blog Life with Heidi, has a cool, simple, no cook dinner- Ranch seafood dinner or lunch to share with us.  Sounds good to me!  

My last feature today caught my eye because it's so  happy and so colorful, that it just screams summer......  Pam, of Every Day Living shares with us a tablescape in her summer garden.

Thank you for visiting our Share Your Style party today.  I do hope you will visit the features and say hi, and visit others too, for fabulous recipes, inspirational posts and fantastic make-overs.   If you were featured today, please grab our button and proudly display it on your blog. And please post a link back to our party within your blog post somewhere so you can be featured.

Have a wonderful weekend.     :)  Lynn

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