A Giveaway...YAY!

Ok... so here it is folks, what you've been waiting for... the GIVEAWAY! One lucky winner will receive all the items from myself and our lovely guest bloggers today. Take a look at whats up for grabs...




Vintage Brooch and T-Shirt Scarf from the amazing Amy...

The sweetest button earrings and floral hair clip from Miss Charlie...





A signed vintage brooch from the sweet Secia...





A flower bib necklace and doll made with vintage fabric from well...me!

Thank you ladies for these wonderful items and fun posts! And a HUGE thank you to all of the readers that have hung out and partied with us today...you are amazing!!

To enter you must be a follower of Cookie Louise Pleaze through Google or Bloglovin'. Leave me a comment letting me know what the theme of your dream party would be... along with your email address so I can contact you!

Extra Entries Include:

Following me on Twitter @cookie_louise

Following CLP on Facebook www.facebook.com/cookielouisepleaze

Following Charlie at Polka Dots Are Love

Following Amy at A is for Ampersand

Following Secia at Petite Insanities

Following Amy on Twitter @amorby

Following Charlie on Twitter @c_h_a_r_l_i_e_

Tweeting about this giveaway, posting about this giveaway on your facebook page or if you have a blog of your own blogging about the giveaway.

Make sure you come back and leave an additional comment for each entry and don't forget to link up to where you posted about this so I can find you...Good Luck!

That's 12 different ways to enter...holy smokes!

The winner will be selected via random.org and announced on Tuesday July 5th...

loves- Cookie Louise

Guest Post...Petite Insanities

Have you met Secia over at Petite Insanities? She is an LA based lady with a love of vintage, her Mister and their sweet pup Cooper! Right now she is participating in 30 days of lists and let me tell you... I can totally relate to her!! Are you all ready for a sweet treat from the lovely Secia? Well ready or not she so graciously shared this yummy recipe with us...

Simple Lemon Bars

Hi! My name is Sécia from over at petite insanities! I'm so happy to have the opportunity to participate in the lovely Christina's Bloggerversary celebrations. When she first asked if I'd like to post something to celebrate, I knew exactly what I wanted to do… I've been dying to try this lemon bar recipe for months and finally had an excuse! I have to say, they're fantastic and super easy to make. They've even inspired me to have a tea party this summer. Make sure to make a couple of batches because these things go FAST!



Here's what you need…


For the crust:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar

1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter, melted but not hot



For the filling:
2 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about 2 lemons)

2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest


Heat oven to 325 degrees. Spray an 8x8 inch baking pan with vegetable cooking spray. Fit a piece of foil across the pan bottom and up 2 of the sides. Make sure the foil overhangs to the pull bars from the pan. Spray again with vegetable cooking spray.


Mix flour, salt and confectioner’s sugar in a medium bowl; stir in butter to form dough. Press dough into pan bottom (the bottom of a measuring cup dipped in flour helps press it down evenly). Bake until pale golden, about 20 minutes.




While pastry bakes, whisk eggs, sugar, flour, lemon juice and zest in a medium bowl.


Remove pan from oven. Add lemon mixture and continue to bake until just set; about 20 minutes longer. Let cool in pan for a few minutes and then using foil handles, pull bars from pan and set on a wire rack. Cool until room temperature. Cut into 1x1 inch squares, dust lightly with more confectioner's sugar and serve.

Makes about 36 delicious bars.


Happy Bloggerversary, Cookie Louise Pleaze!


xoxo

These look so yummy, I think they would make a great treat for your Independence Day celebrations this weekend! Give them a try and head over to the petite insanities blog and let Secia know how much you enjoyed them... while you're there dont forget to check out her Etsy shops!

loves- Cookie Lousie

Guest Post...A is for Ampersand

I think at this point the lovely Miss Amy needs no introduction she is pretty much blog royalty and lets face it...everyone loves her! She was sweet enough to share something with us so take a look...

Hello there, Cookie Louise Pleaze readers! I'm Amy from A is for Ampersand, and I couldn't be more thrilled to be here celebrating here with Christina on her big blog anniversary! I am a huge fan of Christina and always enjoy her insanely pretty vintage outfit posts and inspirational words. She's pretty much a gem, and I'm supa excited to be here.

Over at A is for Ampersand I like to provide my readers with some always free and always fun blog clipart. As a graphic designer by day and a blogger by night, I like to keep my creativity fresh by providing free clipart, so today I thought I'd make some fun party-esque clipart in honor of Christina's big day!



You can use these fancy little elements to spruce up a blog post or even make some fun invitations for a party of your own. Click here to download a zipped file of individual .pngs to use however you see fit!

If you're interested in getting some more free clipart, click here! And if you're wondering just how exactly to use this crazy clipart, click here for a tutorial on how to use a free web app called Fotoflexer that makes it easy!

I hope you enjoy the clipart and use it to party it up. Besides free clipart, I've always got all kinds of crazy vintage, thrifting, cat lady madness and/or goodness going on over at A is for Ampersand. I've also got a very exciting new shop opening up on July 18 called the Monocled Lop. We'll be selling all kinds of goodness, including pretty prints, necklaces, camera bags, and more, so stay tuned!

Thanks to the ever lovely Christina for inviting me to her party today, and it was lovely to meet all of you! Have fun with the clipart!

Thank you Amy for taking time away from The Lop to share these awesome blog pretties over here at CLP!

loves- Cookie Louise

Happy Bloggerversary!!!

Welcome to the Bloggerversary party everyone! I hope you are ready for a day filled with tutorials, recipes, fashion, clip art and one big GIVEAWAY...

Wow, I can't believe I have been blogging here for a whole year...it's crazy how when you reach your mid twenties time literally flies by! When I began this blog I intended on keeping it only for the business aspect of Cookie Louise Pleaze but quickly ditched that idea to post about everyday life for a gal like me....

I try not to take my writing to seriously and I know my sentence structure sucks sometimes and no I can't spell to save my life and yes I made good grades and graduated college but that's not what's important. What is important is that I share my life and who I am good and bad here on my blog. I'm a bit impulsive and that is probably why I write the way I do... I just need to get it out and press post way before I should!

I just wanted to take today to explain why I post about the things I do...

Vintage/Thrifted things:

I have been doing this since high school. It was something my mother and I loved doing together and still do to this day. She shares the same love for things with a story that I do, we appreciate the way life used to be and the solitude that comes with combing through racks and isles of discarded goods.

Fashion Posts:

I am a sale shopper, I was raised that way! I like to show others that you don't have to spend a fortune to look and feel like a million bucks. Sometimes it takes looking through the eyes of someone else to see the potential in what you already have in your closet and it doesn't hurt to know when you wear vintage you are most likely the only one who still owns it.

Faith:

I love Jesus plain and simple and love to share the joy He gives me with others...sometimes that joy comes through sorrow but where you are growing and being stretched is a good place to be. If I can lead others to Christ or to live a better life here that would be amazing...

Shop Talk:

Well duh...so you can see what lovely things I am up to and have to share with you...

Life:

I hope for this space to be a personal journal so one day when I am a wee old lady my grandchildren can read about how things "used" to be and what their little grandmother was up to. I want to look back and remember the little things like dinners with Ryan and lunch dates with girlfriends and see a long rich history...

Thank you friends for reading my daily thoughts, loves, hurts, pains and living life with me. I truly enjoy the community aspect of blogging so drop me a line and lets be friends!

Here's to the future...

Stay tuned all day for guest posts from wonderful bloging ladies, a what I wore post and the finally...a GIVEAWAY!

loves- Cookie Louise

Bloggerversary Sneek...

Hey guys, sorry so quiet today...just getting ready for the party tomorrow! Let me tell you the posts are great and the giveaway is super cute. The ladies have been so generous with their time and skills so I hope you are all ready to have a good time...

I thought I would leave you with a little peek of part of the giveaway for tomorrow...ahhh the anticipation is killing me!

loves- Cookie Louise

Put Your Party Pants On...

Next Wednesday the 29th Cookie Louise Pleaze will be celebrating it's one year Bloggerversary!!! We will be having guest posts with awesome tutorials and an amazing giveaway in store for all of my lovely readers. Thank you in advance for hanging in there with me and supporting this little blog of mine...

loves- Cookie Louise