Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

Sunday, April 9, 2023

Happy Easter! Easter Quotes + Thing To Do Recommendation if you are in New York City! 聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品

Happy Easter Butterflies!



For my Christian Peeps: He is Risen! Today is a day to rejoice!

Some Beautiful Easter Quotes (secular and religious):

馃 "Easter is the demonstration of God that life is essentially spiritual and timeless." ~ Charles M. Crowe

馃 "God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power" ~ 1 Corinthians 6:14

馃 "I am the resurrection and the life." ~ John 11:25

馃 "The great gift of Easter is hope" ~ Basil Hume

馃 "There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter" ~ Gordon B. Hinckley

馃 "Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world." ~ Virgil A. Kraft

馃 "You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming." ~ Pablo Neruda

馃 "The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies." ~ Kate McGahan

馃 "The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day He created spring." ~Bernard Williams

馃 "Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song." ~ Pope John Paul II

馃 "Easter is the only time when it's perfectly safe to put all your eggs in one basket." ~ Evan Esar

馃 "By grace, we are saved through faith." ~ Kevin DeYoung

馃 "On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer." ~ Douglas Horton

馃 "Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul." ~ Luther Burbank

馃 "Where man sees but withered leaves, God sees sweet flowers growing." ~ Albert Lighton

馃 "The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances." ~ Robert Flatt

馃 "Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in the books alone, but in every leaf in springtime" ~ Martin Luther

馃 "Twas Easter Sunday. The full-blossomed trees filled all the air with fragrance and with joy." ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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馃 Where you come in: 
 
I applied for Sephora Squad again this year and I am going to need testimonials to move to the next round! Here is the link to provide your testimonial: https://www.sephorasquad.com/leave_testimonial/114319
 
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馃 Readers Sound Off: What are your plans for Easter?
 
For those of you local to New York City, I very much highly recommend seeing The Orchid Show at New York Botanical Garden, this year marks the return of Orchid Evenings not to be missed in my humble opinion! My review: https://www.ascendingbutterfly.com/2023/02/a-media-preview-day-like-no-other.html
 

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

I'm Celebrating Easter with Hershey's, and you can too!



While church has always been an Easter Tradition in our family, my fondest 'after church' memories include dying Easter Eggs, then hunting for said colorful Eggs, and of course my Easter Basket (or as I remember it, multiple baskets! Grandparents RULE!)

Right: Little Ascending Butterfly!


Above: Me and my best friend dying Easter Eggs! Let's not discuss what year this was! (Special thanks to Mama Butterfly who gets the photo credit for taking this picture! And for letting me borrow it for this story!)

I don't know about you butterflies, but some things never change! I still love decorating the eggs, and I still love Easter Baskets! This year I'm not celebrating Easter alone, I'm celebrating it with Hershey's!

Hershey's let me customize my own Easter Basket virtually (how cool is that?) and then shortly after it arrived special delivery filled with the treats I had selected! And the basket is only half the fun, if you visit their super cool website you can Celebrate with Hershey's too!

Check out my cool Easter Basket:

Custom Easter Basket from Hershey's!


I took another shot just in case:

Hershey's Custom Easter Basket loaded with sweet treats!


There is something about an Easter Basket that just takes me instantly back to my childhood, all the great memories, me and my friends swapping out treats from each other's baskets, dying and decorating our own eggs, and sometimes being silly and putting two balloons on my head and pretending to be an Easter Bunny!

Hershey's Easter Basket De-Constructed!
My Basket Included:


聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Reese's Mini Reester Bunnies, each bunny is individually wrapped!

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Reese's Peanut Butter Egg

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - York Dark Chocolate Peppermint Patties, each piece specially wrapped in Easter Packaging

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses each wrapped in it's own pastel color

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 -and a Hershey's Snappy! An all Chocolate Easter Bunny that you can share by 'snapping' off a piece!

And I restrained myself from tearing all the treats open to take a few artistic shots:

It was almost too pretty to tear open!


I could not wait to finish snapping photos to tear into those delicious treats!




But the fun doesn't stop with the basket, on the Celebrate With Hershey's Website they have products, Basket Ideas & Crafts, Recipes, Fun Stuff (like a Happy Easter Screensaver for your Mac or PC), Videos, and a Hershey's Virtual Bunny Trail of Easter tips, memories, and stories from other bloggers across the blogosphere as well!

Happy Easter Butterflies! Bloggers, feel free to post with the link to your Wordless Wednesday photos too so we can hop over to your site and spread the comment love!


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FTC Disclosure: Hershey's provided Ascending Butterfly with one customized Easter Basket for editorial consideration, no monetary compensation has been received and all opinions are 100% my own.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Ascending Butterfly Monthly Book Club: #Review & #Giveaway of @RealRomaDowney Little Angels: Prayers For Every Day



Thanks for your patience while the Ascending Butterfly Monthly Book Club took a brief hiatus! We are back in action and I thought in honor of Easter coming this month, we'd offer something special for you to tuck into that Easter Basket of your favorite little one! In fact while we normally give the book of the month a full month so you all can get your entries in, we are cutting this one a little short so we can be sure that there is ample time for delivery before Easter!

Much like it is well known that children pick up languages quickly especially when exposed to them at an early age, the same holds true with giving them the fundamentals and foundation of their Faith. Our Faith is the compass that guides our actions and our lives, why not start your children early on giving them the tools they need to build a foundation of Faith that will last forever?

Faith, Prayer and Meditation are incredibly grounding, they set the pace and tone for our day, and the same holds true for little ones!



About the Author:

If that face looks familiar it should! Author Roma Downey is best known for playing the kind hearted Angel, Monica, on the Television Series 'Touched By An Angel'. A role that earned her several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. She is also the Executive Producer on the new epic mini series The Bible which aired on Sunday, March 3rd on the History Channel. She is also a spokesperson for the volunteer group Operation Smile, which provides surgeries for children around the world who were born with severe cleft lips and palates. (Operation Smile and St. Jude's Children Research Hospital are favorite causes for us here at Ascending Butterfly as well).

About the Book:

In Little Angels, four year old twins, Alex and Zoe, have eight Little Angels looking out for them. The angels live on a mural on the nursery's ceiling and come to life when the kids need them most. They act as teachers, protectors and friends - to instruct and guide. Each angel has a distinct personality. Little Angels helps to provide real practical skills such as learning ABC's and 123's in addition to teaching core family values such as the importance of being kind and of sharing, of being truthful and honest and of showing gratitude and love.

The Simple Prayer that inspired it all:

This simple, sweet prayer is what inspired the Little Angels series of books:

God in Heaven, my Savior dear Watch over my children and draw thou near Send your little angels to be at their side To light and to guard to love and to guide.

A prayer from Roma's own childhood was the inspiration for the Little Angels series! Watch Roma as she discusses all things Little Angels:





My Take:

The books are crafted with a great softly padded cover and has thick sturdy pages that are perfect for little hands to maneuver and tough enough to withstand the tortures that little ones sometimes put books through. From the sturdy yet safe construction to the super cute animation, this book (in fact the entire series) is definitely a hit! I love also that the prayers are broken down into categories like prayers for Morning, Praise, Thanks, Mealtimes, Prayers for Others, Prayers for Help, Guidance, Forgiveness, Comfort, and last but not least Bedtime. The prayers read like poems, and some pages have biblical verses which is a great starter to get little ones ready for bible study in a way that is easy for them to understand, and fun too!




Get Social With It:

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品- Visit Ideals Books they offer many other faith-based books for children at http://www.idealsbooks.com

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 -Visit the Official Little Angels Website for more about The Little Angels, http://www.littleangels.com/

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Like Ideals Books on Facebook

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Follow the author on twitter @RealRomaDowney

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - And check them out on YouTube too!

Win It:

We'd love for you to have a copy for your Little Angel this Easter, follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter Entry Widget Below to get in your entries for a chance to win a copy of your own:

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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Some BUNNY is thinking of you! Happy Easter Butterfly!




Wising all my butterflies a very happy and blessed Easter!



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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Sunday Moment of Gratitude!



This week, I am grateful for
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聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Making some really great connections this week! It's been super busy but very enjoyable!

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - It is Easter Sunday. However you celebrate, may you be blessed with peace and joy! May your day be filled with butterflies and your Easter Basket with extra Chocolate Bunnies, Cadbury Creme Eggs, and Peeps, just because!

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Our Mother's Day Buying Guide has begun, so be prepared for some really great surprises in our annual Mother's Day Buying Guide. (Please remember to show our great sponsors some entry love!)

What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for, and the more reasons that the universe will send you to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

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Active Giveaway!

1) Ends 04/30 - Win a Rug Mother's Day Giveaway with Madison at Main! - Enter HERE!

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For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and where to purchase it:
















Make this Your Best Day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Thank God it's Friday!


Is there such a thing as Wordless Friday? It's been a super long day today and I thought this picture really did sum things up perfectly!

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I wanted to thank everyone who took the time to vote for me on the Mom Central Grant Program, I really appreciate not only your votes and support, but the notes of encouragement many of you took the time to post when you voted on facebook! I will definitely keep you posted on the outcome! Please send good thoughts and prayers my way!

I'll also have an official winners announcement posted soon for the Lindt, Rebecca St. James and Yanni Giveaways! (Winners have been notified!)

What are your weekend plans?

Mine include movies on my couch! and maybe some Margaritas? :)

Don't forget to enter to enter our Easter themed giveaway! Any Easter basket of YOUR choice under $70 from HappyEasterStore.com HERE!

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

{CLOSED} Easter Basket of Your Choice Giveaway! Ends 04/19!

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This giveaway is now CLOSED. Thanks so much to our wonderful sponsor the Happy Easter Store! We look forward to working with you again! The winner has been notified and upon confirmation, follower name will be posted both here and on our homepage.
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Ascending Butterfly's Happy Easter Giveaway, brought to you by:



As I was born on a Palm Sunday, and Easter isn't all that far from my birthday, April is one of my favorite months of the year!

Many of my friends born near Christmas and Hanukah would tell me all about the nightmare that is the 'combined present'. Thankfully the Easter Bunny always found me despite me having an April birthday! For me, after Church, Easter meant coloring Easter Eggs with friends, and baskets overflowing with treats!

This year, a very funny thing happened. I had the chance to review the newly launched Happy Easter Store, and I spent some time reviewing the site and deciding on what to choose. As I don’t have little ones of my own, and I didn’t want any of my nephews or my niece to feel left out, I decided I’d continue to be the 'cool activity Aunt' and will take everyone out to the movies on Easter, so I thought I'd instead pick something that we could all share, yet wasn’t intended for one person specifically, at least so I thought…..and then this arrived….


A Birthday Cake arrived literally right before my birthday as the review item for an Easter Promo! How funny was that? I couldn’t help but smile. While we did share it and enjoy it, (and I keep my title as world’s coolest Aunt, well ok, maybe I gave myself that title), I’d like to think the Universe was affirming that I should celebrate myself a bit more this year!
10" Three Layer Chocolate Cake

This is the ultimate chocolate cake! A high three layered chocolate cake is filled with rich chocolate cream. It is surrounded by chocolate glaze and appointed with an elegant chocolate border.

Cake Deets:

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聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Certified Kosher Dairy by Orthodox Union
聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Net Weight 5 lbs 7 oz

My Take:
I am a major chocoholic and this cake is pure chocolate, dreamy goodness! The kiddos gave it a thumbs up as well! They even drank their milk with it! They are lucky it was such a generous size that I decided to share! It was so good that left to my own devices I probably could have eaten it by myself!

It’s a definite ‘re-buy’ and I would recommend it for any occasion, and I also love that it’s from a certified kosher kitchen! If you are visiting with family for Easter, this would make a great hostess gift. You can pre-order it and have it sent directly to where you will be visiting for Easter. You will definitely score Brownie Points!

And while I didn’t get a traditional Easter Basket, the Happy Easter Store has a fantastic selection! (By the way, ‘The Infant Easter Long Johns’ are totally adorable!)

You didn't think I'd forget about you right? Who loves you butterfly?

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - WIN IT! - Ascending Butterfly and our friends at Happy Easter Store have a very special surprise for 1 lucky winner! 1 winner can select any Easter Basket of their choice $70 or under from the Happy Easter Store!

Don't you just ♥ Happy Easter Store? I know I do!

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - How to Win: (1) You must be a PUBLIC follower of Ascending Butterfly to be eligible for this and all giveaways. Indicate in your entry that you follow (if your 'comment name/user id' differs from your profile id, please let me know what name you follow under) and (2)MANDATORY entry- Link us to what you would buy if you win! (3) You must also leave your email address somewhere in your comment. (You can format it this way for security, example: ascendingbutterfly AT mail host DOT com). (If your email is clearly visible in your profile, you can just say so, that's OK!) Please follow the easy 1, 2, 3 steps to winning (or in this case, the A,B,C’s of winning!) This giveaway is open to USA residents who are 18 years of age or older. No PO Boxes.

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Friday, April 1, 2011

{CLOSED} Perfect Pairing Lindt Chocolate Giveaway! Ends 04/07

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This giveaway is now CLOSED. Thanks so much to our wonderful sponsor Lindt! We look forward to working with you again! The winner is CLC408!
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Ascending Butterfly's 'It's MY Birthday, but You Get the Gifts' Giveaways, brought to you by:



Well my butterflies, my big day is coming up on Monday, and we are in the middle of the 'it's MY birthday, But You get the gifts' annual promotion! We started with Novica where I shared some great prezzies (including cute and meaningful bling), and now we are moving to treats!

As you know I celebrate my birthday for a full month, and delectable delights are a big part of the fun! I am definitely a chocolate lover, and a big believer in the saying that you should never trust someone who hates chocolate or puppies (unless of course, it's not that they hate either one, but are allergic).

Besides Milk, Do you know what else pairs quite nicely with chocolate?

If you answered 'Wine' then you and your palate are definitely a friend of mine!

Lindt Excellence Bars


70% Cocoa

Even though this is 70% Cocoa chocolate, there is no 'bitter' taste, it's a very smooth chocolate flavor!

About:

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Aroma: Citrus, Vanilla, Fresh Leaves

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Taste: Smooth and Creamy Dark Chocolate that is neither bitter nor overpowering. Bright Floral Flavor with Fruit and Vanilla Notes.

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Pairing Suggestions: Sweet Fruit Flavors and pronounced Vanilla found in Merlot compliment the Vanilla in the 70% bar quite nicely!


A Touch of Sea Salt Dark

For those of you who like savory with their sweet, then this bar is definitely for you!

About:

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Aroma: Cocoa, Brown Sugar, ocean salt

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Taste: The delicate, sweet Cocoa flavor is intensified by the bite of Fleur de Sel Sea Salt. Delightfully sharp with notes of cocoa and honey.

聘̵̡訙̵̨̄品 - Pairing Suggestions: The rich berry notes in a Cabernet Franc Ice Wine are a perfect accompaniment to the Touch of Sea Salt Bar.

My Take:

These bars were both super good! And don't be shy about the pairings, you can try the dark chocolate with a crisp white and it's a nice surprise for your palate. I would also go bold, because I did try this, take the Touch of Sea Salt bar, and pair it with a great Tequila! It makes for an incredible combo!

How about discovering your own Perfect Pairing? You can with the awesome new contest from Lindt called 'Discover Your Perfect Pairing'.  You can enter for a chance to win a luxurious trip to the California Wine Country, or instantly win one of over 100 prizes! How cool is that?

You didn't think I'd forget about you right? Who loves you butterfly? This is one of those times I truly wish I could pull an oprah winfrey on you and say 'you get Chocolate, you get Chocolate, you are all getting Chocolate!' I can't do that unfortunately, but you can try winning some here!

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Don't you just ♥ Lindt Chocolate? I know I do!

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Friday, April 2, 2010

Friday, April 02, 2010 - Weekend Words of Inspiration and Great Giveaways!


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Double the Blessings!

This weekend I get to celebrate both my birthday and Easter Sunday on the same day! Oddly enough I was born on a Palm Sunday, and now this year Easter Sunday falls on my birthday! They say our birthday is a much better time to set goals, it's considered to be our "personal new year". I plan to do some reflection and revisions to get my "personal new year" off to the best start possible!

I've already begun some outward changes in anticipation of my birthday, starting with a much needed  hair cut. I've also tossed out old makeup and switched out to a more Spring Friendly color Palette. While I still have some Spring  Cleaning to go after I type my last sentence, I am off for the weekend! No new posts until Monday!  And certainly no manual labor!

I plan to take all my own advice you see, being in the moment, slowing down, enjoying the company of friends and family and getting in some much needed 'me' time!

I hope you will do the same!

What are your Easter Dinner Plans? What are your favorite Easter Traditions and memories? (I loved decorating Easter Eggs!)

I have received some lovely birthday goodies early (Thank You, you know who you are!), and you will soon have the chance to win many of the same items, so I won't list them all now!

Thank You Baskin Robbins for the SUPER delicious birthday 'Raspberry Fudge Truffle Ice Cream Cake' (and free birthday scoop - remember to sign up for the newsletter for a free birthday scoop. Readers please note the cake was not from the newsletter) - I HIGHLY recommend this new flavor!  Check it out HERE

And if someone sees the Easter Bunny, tell him I get TWO baskets this year since my birthday falls on Easter Sunday!

Use 'Today's Words of Inspiration' as a breathing meditation to still your mind, quiet your thoughts and bring in positive energy. As you inhale bring in only positive energy by saying in your mind, I breathe in positive energy (or you can say creative energy if that is what you wish to create more of) and as you exhale, Affirm out loud today 'I will spend more time with loved ones this weekend and way less time on work related projects!' (I mean it everyone, absolutely NO work this weekend!)

Spend some time each day enjoying focused breathing AND soul guided meditative visualization, in doing so, you can bring about amazing, profound and powerful changes in your life.

Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by universal forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul. Do this at least twice today and see how by taking a moment away from the hectic pace and breathing in positive energy and affirming what you wish to create, your thinking will become different.

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias #ascendingbutterfly - Today's Words of #Inspiration and Great #Giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! It's just our way of saying Thank You for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE! Don't forget to use the share button below any inspiration to stumble, digg, tweet or share with your friends on facebook and twitter! And if you want to share inspiration with other members, Ascending Butterfly has a NING group with real time chat HERE!

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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will not accept your entry. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

Are you getting the dreaded 'Your Entry Can't Be Processed' message when leaving an entry or comment? Before hitting enter, highlight your comment and COPY it. If you get that message after hitting enter and your comment is still there, just ignore the message and hit enter again, then you will get a screen with a captcha code, enter the captcha code, then submit and VOILA. If after you hit the submit button the first time, you get the dreaded message and the comment 'disappeared' no worries, that's why I asked you to copy it in the first step. Paste it back in and submit again. This has worked for me when comment boxes have glitched on me, and I hope it helps you too!

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