August 2014

Say G'Day Linky Party {102} ~ Link Up Your Latest & Greatest Blog Posts!

G'Day from Oz and welcome to the Say G'day Saturday Linky Party hosted by yours truly and +Joanne T Ferguson from What's on the List !

This week I have been so unbelievably busy! The school term will be over in three weeks, Madeleine is doing her state exams this week then her end of term exams the week after, Al is in the middle of a very rough rugby season and has been performing in his three school choirs for the last two weeks and I have been trying to keep my head above water! I can't wait for this term to be over so I can just pause for a while and clam down!

Since I've been so busy I have neglected to do any features this week-I'm so sorry about that. The normal blogging schedule will return as soon as possible!

In case you missed last week's party I shared some of my thoughts on the Top 10 Reasons Why Bloggers Need Pinterest. Please check it out if you want some more info on why Joanne and I LOVE Pinterest.

Say G'Day Linky Party {101} and the Top 10 Reasons Why Bloggers Need Pinterest.

I also shared a post during the week on some creative and fun design solutions for that often forgotten area under the staircase. Just click the picture to check out the post.

Image via Home Ideas

I've also shared some more design ideas, recipes, health tips and so much more on Pinterest. If you aren't already following me I'd love it if you could follow me on Pinterest here:

Visit Natasha in Oz @ natashainoz.com's profile on Pinterest.

Now, let's get this week's Say G'day Party started!

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Stairway Solutions ~ Ways to Design & Style a Staircase.

I have some dead space under some stairs that I would love to try and transform. After looking for some ideas online I can't believe how many creative design solutions are out there for such a utilitarian and often wasted space!

Painted, Numbered Staircase by Sarah Richardson

Contemporary Home Office

diynetwork.com

Best Home Designs

Media Room

Via My Home Ideas

Jonathan Adler/Beach House

Rare & Beautiful Treasures

Bethesda Kitchen & Bath Remodelers

Cortney and Bob Novogratz of Sixx Design

Use wallpaper on the riser. Via Good Housekeeping

Stairway Solutions ~ Ways to Design & Style a Staircase.

Stair Storage Co

Stairway Solutions ~ Ways to Design & Style a Staircase.

Via House Beautiful

DIY Network

Via This Old House

Lucy Williams Interior Design

Via BHG

Via Refinery 29

Via My Home Ideas

Via BHG

Austin General Contractors

Which one of these staircases would you

like to have in your house?

Best wishes,

Natasha In Oz

Please join me at PINTEREST, TWITTER, GOOGLE+

INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK!

Say G'Day Linky Party {101} and the Top 10 Reasons Why Bloggers Need Pinterest.

G'Day from Oz and welcome to the Say G'day Saturday Linky Party hosted by yours truly and +Joanne T Ferguson from What's on the List !

This week I am sharing a few of my thoughts on Pinterest. I'm not sure if you know it but I have a central list of Pinning Bloggers here on my blog with over 580 members. Each week I highlight one of these Pinning Bloggers at my Friday Favorites post.

The Pinning Bloggers Master List was created in September 2011 as a way for me to find new Pinning Bloggers to follow and to feed my addiction to this new amazing and revolutionary idea of an on-line pin board. Yes, that 's right I was ADDICTED! There, I've said it...

My name is Natasha in Oz and

I am a Pinterest-addict.

'Hmm, I'm really getting tired of pinning things on Pinterest. Maybe I'll stop,' said no one ever.

I used Pinterest to plan our dinners, get ready for Christmas, find recipes to blog about, find other Pinterest addicts and most importantly to share content from my blog and from other people's blogs. I quickly discovered that with all its faults (copyright, linking issues, inflexibility) it became the number one source of traffic for my blog. These days I don't necessarily use Pinterest every single day but I know its value and I use it as often as I can to promote my blog and the blogs of my lovely friends who join the Say G'Day Saturday Linky party each week. So this week I'm going to share my top 10 reasons why bloggers need Pinterest.

Top 10 Reasons Why Bloggers Need Pinterest via www.natashainoz.com

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Friday Favorites, Pinning Bloggers & a Reminder to 'Look Up'!

G'day sweet friends and welcome to this week's Friday Favorites post! I can't wait to share just a few of the amazing projects, recipes, ideas and posts that I found at last week's link up. I am so thrilled to say that there were 410 link ups last week...woohoo! Thanks so much to everyone who linked up and thanks also to everyone who participated in Project #SayGday and took the time to leave comments on 5 blogs.

In case you missed seeing the wonderful links from last week's party here are a few of my favorites.

Favorite Decorating Idea
Master bedroom laminate flooring by Beckwith's Treasures

Favorite Sweet Treat:
Praline Sauce by +Joy McElroy of Yesterfood

Favorite Household Tip
5 Fall Cleaning Tips via +Woman Of Many Roles

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Welcome to the 100th Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party ~ It's Party Time!

G'Day from Oz and welcome to the

100th

Say G'day Saturday Linky Party!

I am so thrilled you have been able to join me for the 100th link up! I can't believe that we have reached this milestone together!

Woo Hoo!

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I'm also very grateful for the support and friendship of my dear bloggy friend +Joanne T Ferguson from What's on the List who has done so much work to make this party bigger and better each week. Thank you Joanne!

And most importantly. thank YOU for sharing your projects, recipes, tutorials, tips, tricks and photos each week. You really are so incredibly talented!

Have you shared a new project, recipe, decorating idea or DIY tip on your blog this week? Maybe you have shared some blogging tips or some of your Instagram pictures? Then please join in with this week's #SayGdayParty.

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Friday Favorites, Pinning Bloggers & Gabrielle Chanel - Inside CHANEL

G'day sweet friends and welcome to this week's Friday Favorites post! I can't wait to share the amazing projects, recipes, ideas and posts that I found at last week's link up. Thanks to EVERYONE who joined Joanne and me at the Say G'Day Saturday linky party! With 388 links it was very hard to find just a few to share. I just wish I could feature you all.

In case you missed seeing the wonderful links from last week's party here are a few of my favorites.

Favorite Decorating Idea
DIY Upholstered Bench by A Blissful Nest

Favorite Sweet Treat:
Funfetti Cake Bites by +Mitzi Smith of Written Reality

Favorite Household Tip
Homemade Toilet Cleaner Recipe via +Men Clean

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A JOYful Tuesday Tune and Words of Wisdom: Jubel by Klingande.

Welcome friends to this week's Tuesday Tune post.

Be Inspired: Tuesday Tune and Words of Wisdom

There are so many reasons why I love sharing music each week. I know that I don't get many visitors to my blog each Tuesday to hear my favourite song but it's important for me to share something that I really love each week with you, my lovely friends. I love finding new music and I especially love hearing new songs from international artists. Today's Tuesday Tune is a song by French duo Klingande. Klingande was formed in December of 2012 by Cédric and Edgar, two 24-year-olds from Croix in northern France

The song is called Jubel which is Scandinavian for "cheers" or "jubilance". It features vocals from Lucie Decarne and some great saxaphone!

It was actually released in September 2013 and reached number one in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Switzerland and in several other European countries.

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Say G'Day Saturday Linky Party {99} ~ THE Weekend Blog Hop to Share YOUR Creations!

G'Day from Oz and welcome to the weekly Say G'day Saturday Linky Party!

Joanne from What's on the List and I are so thrilled you have been able to join us again this week. We love seeing your projects, recipes, tutorials, tips, tricks and photos each week. You really are an incredibly talented bunch!

Before we get this week's link up started I just want to remind you that the favorites from last week's party are featured at my Friday Favorites post where I have also introduced the Pinning Blogger of the week. Just click the button below to be taken straight to my latest Friday Favorites post!

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Friday Favorites and people power frees a man trapped by a train in Australia!

Hello from Oz lovely friends and welcome to this week's Friday Favorites post! I am so thrilled to be sharing these amazing projects, recipes, ideas and posts with you all this week. Thanks so much to EVERYONE who joined Joanne and me at the Say G'Day Saturday linky party! I just wish I could feature you all.

In case you missed seeing the wonderful links from last week's party here are a few of my favorites.