Hello dear friends! Can you believe how fast summer has been flying by? Even though school will be starting back next week in our area, summer weather will linger on for at least six more weeks, so there is still plenty of summer fun to enjoy. With that in mind, I asked several blogging friends to join me today for a Summer Celebration Blog Hop! You will find links to all of the talented bloggers’ fun summer posts via the links at the end of this post. To get this celebration started, I am sharing some late summer garden treasures.
Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things! I am so happy to be joining Katherine at Katherine’s Corner and a wonderful group of blogging friends as a co-hostess for this fantastic weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers too! If you are looking to grow your blog, make new friends, and be inspired each week, this is the place to be. *Bloggers: If you would like a chance to be featured, please leave me a comment with the number of your link up. We can’t wait to see what you have to share this week! (If you missed last week’s party you can find it here.???? To get the party started, let’s take a look at what I have been up to recently:
Welcome dear readers! I am so excited to have my friend Stacey of Poofing the Pillows here today to share a guest post of her pretty home decorated for summer. Enjoy!
Hey friends! Welcome to our summer home. I’m Stacey and many of you will know that I blogged at Poofing the Pillows for ten years. Last fall I decided it was time to step away from that platform and I’m just having fun over on Instagram and Facebook. Amber, thank you so much for inviting me here to share.
Summer is here and that means higher energy costs as we all crank up the AC to stay cool. During the summer and winter our utility bills always seem to be higher. I have been looking at ways to reduce energy costs and lower bills not only in the hotter months, but throughout the year. After researching I have found lots of ideas for making simple changes around the house that can reduce energy consumption. Here are three easy ways to lower energy bills. *This post contains affiliate links.

















