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Strut Your Stuff – July Favorites – Blog Posts, Photos & More!

The months have been flying by and it seems to be leaving me with less and less time to do one of the things I love… which is to look through the blogs and photos of others and check out all of the awesome work out there.

I usually do this on my Facebook page, but I thought it would be fun to start a monthly favorites post here on Dine & Dish. I want it to be a place where we can share the work we are most proud of in the past month… whether that is a blog post, a photograph (even an Instagram) or something you’ve created.

If you aren’t a blogger, but have read something that someone else did that you think is really fantastic, I’d love to see that here too!

So, in case I missed it over the past month, please share a link (or more!) to the work you are most proud of from the month of July. Ready? Great! I look forward to seeing what I may have missed. You can either leave the links in the inlinkz below or just leave a regular comment with the link.

Here are a few of my favorites from this past month:

This was from just last night. The girls and I were hanging out in our front yard when this beautiful hot air balloon went directly over our rooftop! Freaked us out at first, but then we were all squealing in delight! Taken with my iPhone, I’m thankful to have been able to capture this moment.

The opening picture to this post is of my 2 year old and my parent’s dog, Dolly. They are pretty much joined at the hip when visiting (much to Dolly’s dismay). I love that I was able to capture Leah’s love for her favorite dog, Dolly.

Although definitely not my favorite pictures, I would say I liked my post about the black book full of recipes the most from July. Sometimes I get away from the story telling and get too focused on just sharing the recipe. In that post, I was able to get back to sharing a story, and I hope it moved you all in some way!

Now it’s your turn. Don’t be shy. Click on the “Add Your Link” button below which is under the thumbnails of the ones already submitted (or just leave a comment in the comment section) and show us what you are most proud of from the past month! I can’t wait to see it.



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  2. Barefeet In The Kitchen says

    How funny is it that my proudest moment just might be my easiest recipe – seriously, Caprese Skewers? It was a first photo on foodgawker for me though and I was giddy about it. Thanks for the chance to ramble about it here. 😉

  7. Sandy @ RE says

    Aw, this is awesome, Kristen. Thank you and it will be fun to look through all the posts! I think my favorite of yours was talking about the kids doing community service. Hugs!

  10. Emma @ Poires au Chocolat says

    What a lovely idea! I think it’s good to go back and review what you’ve done and this is the perfect positive way.

    PS I didn’t realise it would come up with my name rather than the title of the dish – it’s crunchy and creamy dark chocolate with raspberries – sorry about that.

  16. camille says

    I couldn’t decide whether I was prouder of the smores ice cream I made or the French potato salad – the potato salad’s a better picture but the ice cream’s a bigger deal, right? Maybe I’ll come back with ego and post the other one too.

  23. Loy says

    I just have to share my post for Easy No-Machine Ice Cream. What a great recipe I uncovered going through my collection. Who knew that a can of sweetened condensed milk and whipped cream plus some additions could produce such wonderful stuff. I may never buy commercial ice cream again. So far I have made Toffee, Chocolate Marshmallow, Bing Cherry, and Peach flavors.
    I am a new blogger. Thanks for hosting this.

  24. Amy Tong says

    These Blackberry Macaron with Meyer Lemon Buttercream are my latest creation and got me the very first paid Macaron order! 🙂

  25. Sasha @ The Procrastobaker says

    I adore both the photo of your daughter and the dog, and that balloon photo, both are so gorgeous and just perfectly capture the moment. I love this kind of post lotssss so am very happy indeed you have started doing it 🙂

  26. Loy says

    I just couldn’t resist a second link. The Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk would be a close second to the No-Machine Ice Cream. Since the ice cream takes sweetened condensed milk, having a recipe to make your own will save you money if making the ice cream, or anything else that takes sweetened condensed milk for that matter.