HEYYYYY:)

Hey everyone,

Sorry I haven't been posting very much my summer is so busy and will continue to be busy.... my birthday is a week from Sunday:) JUly 7th!!!! Also, I got an Instagram so please follow me:) My Instagram name is ashley_p_crum! Also be prepared for some reviews coming up:)I will review Emma Margret's shop, a dance wear shop. a wall decal shop, and hopefully I will have a personalized makeup box to review as well:) AHHHH! So I will have many more devotionals when school starts so maybe I can have some time to pray about it and post wihut being either at dance,rehearsal, at the pool,beach,or on vacation like I am in the summer :) Thanks for reading my blog and following me and we can keep in contact if you follow me on Instagram:)


Lov ya,

Ashley

Awesome Discount:)

Hey everyone,

So a few weeks ago I did a post with some blog reviews of some awesome products. Well, everyone kept telling me how much they liked the music note earrings. I have gotten so many compliments and I actually let my friend borrow them for a recital and she got a lot of people compliment her as well. So, I thought since I love my bloggers so much i would try to get them a discount for the earrings. Well, good news, the generous Zoe Joy Black  offered to give all my lovely readers a 25% off discount on the earrings.On top of all this the earrings are already on sale! The coupon code for her Etsy shop is ASHLEYSBLOG and you enter it once you are ready for checkout. The earrings are now $16 plus $3 shipping but with the coupon you get $4 off so they are only $12 plus $3 shipping:) What a sweet deal for all my followers! So email your friends or any person you know that may like these, but you have to follow my blog to get the deal so make sure they follow me 1st! Please purchase some of these adorable earrings, they are so useful for music recitals,dance performances, singing events, to wear to any musical event, or to just pair with a bright shirt and jeans and wear to school. I have worn mine so much already and really love them:) 12 dollars for something that will complete many of your outfits and get you endless compliments is money well spent, and besides Im sure you need a treat this summer:) The link to the Muziz to my ears Etsy shop and Facebook page are on my sidebar but I will put their Etsy link in the post anyway:)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/MuzicToMyEars

Thanks for reading and be sure to take advantage of this awesome discount while it lasts!

Itunes and a whole bunch of other stuff:)

Hey everyone,

So Justin Bieber's new album Believe is now released. It has some awesome songs and I think it might be his best album yet! Even those of you that aren't JB fans will probably still like some of these songs:)

Also, on youtube I found an amazing country singer and artist that just blew me away so much I had to share it with you all. Her name is Emma Rowley. She is like one of the best singers and guitar players I have ever seen/heard. And she is an awesome song writer as well, in fact on iTunes although she still  doesn't have an album out she has some EP's out that are pretty awesome!! And only like 4 or 5 dollars. I think we should get it while its cheap because when she is famous we will have it:) Her youtube name is EmmaRowleyMusic and on iTunes she has 13 songs, some are on her Summer-EP and some on her Emma Rowley-EP but if you search Emma Rowley it will come up:)

Next, If your looking for summer reading the book Magyk is on iTunes(Ibooks) for only $1.99. It is a great book I would definitely recommend although it is pretty long but really good. I also love the Clique series although it has some pretty mature topics in it.

Also, I am looking for some cute summer bathing suits for cheap. I want a bikini  (I am not really a fan of the tankinis or one pieces) and not very little girlish suits either, more teeny, I like the bandeaus but only if they have a strap that goes over your neck any suggestions.

I NEED MORE SPONSORS!  I have only one  sponsor for a giveaway coming up, if there is any one else that would like to sponsor this upcoming giveaway please contact me. For sponsoring you receive 2 links and an image on my sidebar for 3 months:) And Im so sorry but I don't want any blog designs or advertising sponsors just like physical items so if you can do that or know someone that has a product/company they would like to promote by sponsoring the giveaway please let me know by email (apcgurl@gmail.com)  or by commenting. Just keep all items relevant to the blog audience (teen/tween girls).

Thank you all for reading and thanks to all my wonderful 32 followers please continue to help my blog by promoting it. I am offering a blog link on my sidebar for one month and your blog link on my Other Blogs page in exchange for a promotion post about my blog or my blog button/link on my blog and a reference to my blog in one of your posts. This is a special offer only valid until Aug.1st so hurry up and help me get more readers and followers by promoting my blog on yours:)

And the very very last thing is all said in this picture below:

-Love

Ashley

Dance Shorts Review

ATTENTION ALL DANCERS:


I feel so blessed to have all these amazing sponsors, I have yet another review. LuLu DanceWear company sent me a free pair of pink and black zebra with lime green dance booty shorts. in return for a free review and free advertising. So here is my review

Process:

The seller communicated pretty well and most of the time got back to me fast and was really great to work with. The shorts shipped moderately fast and I was impressed with the seller.- 4 out of 5

Quality of Item:

The shorts were very well made, they did not come in any special packaging but were not wrinkled and looked very nice when I received them, although they did not fit as well as I thought they would, they were very short and kind of looked more like underwear then shorts and kind of fit weird and high waisted. The style was very small in front and I could not wear them to dance class. However, with some small black booty shorts underneath I think they would be super cute:) The design was absolutely adorable and they had many styles to choose from and the shorts overall were good for the price: only $10. I am pretty small around the waist and usually wear either a 10/12 in pants or a YL or adult petite/small but the YXL was a pretty close fit. Rating:3 out of 5


These shorts were overall super cute and great for the price and the seller was very easy to communicate with. I would recommend them but the weird fit was kind of a set back.

Here are just SOME of the designs, I got the shorts that are in the middle row, 3rd pair in.

The zebra shorts:)

Some more cute shorts:) but see how it kind of has an underwearish look?

I always feel so bad when I review things somewhat negative but I have to be honest and give a truthful review so I hope everyone understands . And also, they sell leotards and sports bras and all sorts of dance things there so be sure to check it out.


Love you all and hope you check this shop out,

Ashley

Link:   http://www.etsy.com/shop/LucyLuDancewear

Im back:)

Hey everyone,

I am back from my vacations:) I went to Tahoe for a few days with my friend and we: went tubing on the back of a boat, went on a lovely boat ride through Lake Tahoe, hiked to a small castle at Emerald Bay, hiked up to a waterfall, went biking to a private beach, rode our bikes through the EdgeWood golf course (where the celebrity golf tournament is held), stayed at a hotel and hung out in a teen lounge where we met these guys named Dash and Hawk, ate ate Fire and Ice, Cobo Wabo, Baja Fresh, Chart House and drank lots of Jamba Juice:)


Note: My friends mom hasn't sent me the pictures we took but here are some I found on google of places we went and things we did:)

Beautiful Lake Tahoe

Castle we hiked up to in Emerald Bay

Big Island we had to hike up to get to the castle

the really sweet hotel we stayed in

Fancy restaurant we went to called The Chart House

Dock my friend and I sat on near the private beach

This is what we did: tubing:)

Then right after I went to the lake up in northern california called Modesto Reservoir with my dads whole family. I: hung out with all my cousins, did an awesome dance show, sang at the campfire, went jet skiing, went kayaking, swam a lot, played water volleyball, went "snipe hunting", told scary stories,stayed up late, made duct tape stuff, talked about everything, played cards, and just had a bunch of fun:)  Here are some pics:

My dad and I riding the jet ski

Playing water volleyball ( i just hit it)

My cousin Julia (with guitar) and me singing at the campfire

All of us girls last to right: Maddi,Me,Julia,Emily, front:Savannah

All of the cousins my age left to right: Kyle,Ethan,Brandon,Nick,Maddi,Julia,Me, Savannah,Emily

So that is a quick update on why I haven't been blogging or returning your emails very fast:) And I promised some people pictures and info so here they are and I hope to be back to blogging regularly soon:) Summer is crazy busy for me though so it might take some time to get all my posts up and ready to go. Thanks for reading and thanks to all my old followers,new followers, all my readers in general, and my sponsors for EVERYTHING! I love you all and God loves you all, just remember to trust in the Lord and everything happens for a reason, that will help you a lot in life:) <3

-Ashley

Reviews!!!

Hey everyone I have been sponsored by some great wonderful generous awesome people and I wanted to review all my products

First off

Music Note Earrings from Muzic to my ears Etsy shop

These earrings are soooo cute:) I got them shipped to me like super fast with 2 days of contacting her. And the owner of this shop is the bomb to work with. I love the earrings. I love music and I wear them to singing rehearsals for the play I am in. They are big but not too huge and I already got a compliment on them. I would totally recommend this product, this Etsy shop, and the shop owner. Everything about this transaction was perfect and again earrings are well made and adorable!

Rating:5 out of 5

http://www.etsy.com/shop/MuzicToMyEars

Next,

Heart/Bow Earrings from SpacePearls Etsy Shop

These earrings are again sooo cute. I want to start off by saying they are really well made. Etsy is typically homemade stuff but these looked like fancy earrings you would buy from a jewelry store. Great product. Second they were like some of the cutest earrings ever! I like the fact that they are small and kind of just right to wear to somewhere fancy or just everyday they are perfect. Again, transaction and owner were outstanding, they didn't ship as fast as the music note earrings but it was well worth everything when I received these earrings. I would definitely recommend this! And when I got them they were very nicely packaged and very well put together which I really got excited about!

Rating:5 out of 5

Click on Spacepearls logo on my sidebar and it will take you right to the Etsy shop:)

Finally,

White and black polka dot bow with feathers from Skull Candy Design

Okay so when I saw this Etsy shop I think I screamed:) EVVVERYTHING in there is soooooo adorable I liked everything. I contacted the owner and she agreed to send me anything! It was such a hard choice but I finally decided on this adorable bow. It came very nice in good condition and again it was well made not just a cheap bow it looked very high quality and it is white and black so it basically goes with everything!!!The clip part of it is very good and stayed in my hair very well, good grip! And besides all of this its like very cute. The owner was very easy to work with and it shipped very fast. I love everything about this bow and would totally recommend you to check out this super cute shop!

Rating:5 out of 5


http://www.etsy.com/shop/skullcandydesigns

Thanks to all my generous sponsors and your super cute products!! I had a great time reviewing all of these and loved them all. I don't just give out 5 star ratings but you all deserved it. I couldn't choose a favorite between these products they are all like adorable!!

Love you all!

Please check one or all of these shops out:)

-Ashley

Help with memorizing verses

Hey everyone I am so busy packing and super excited for my trips but I knew I had to squeeze in a little time to post. Many people have been asking how to memorize bible verses and why you should memorize bible verses.So I thought I would do my research and give you some resources and ideas

1.  I found a really cool PDF file that explains all of this: http://www.fbcdurham.org/assets/Media-Library/Scripture-Memory-Booklet-for-Publication-Website-Layout.pdf

2. Get a binder ring and some index cards, clip the ring on your purse or something you take with you wherever you go. Make your own "flash cards" and write the verse on one side and the Book,Chapter and verse on the back (like Proverbs 3:5-6 ) The, just take them everywhere with you and whenever you have a chance work on memorizing them.

3. Devotions- I have a cool one call Truth and Dare by Ann Hovsepian (link on sidebar) and one by Beka DeWitt called Holding His Hand ( link also on sidebar) that show you a verse to look up and memorize every day but of course you don't have to memorize one a day, you can use do one a day or 5 a day, learn at your own pace.

4.http://www.memoryverses.org/how1.htm That website has some helpful tips as well

5. I am reading a Christian book right now called UnStuck (review to come) and it has some really good tips too I definitely recommend it. I got it for free from the publisher for a review and I love it so far although it does talk about some mature temptations that most tweens aren't dealing with yet.

6. Here are some websites that have some verses to start with, although you should pick verses that will personally help you wether your dealing with loss, temptation, or anything like that pick verses that will help you the most.

http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/20-key-bible-verses-to-memorize/

http://tolovehonorandvacuum.com/2011/01/50-most-important-bible-verses-to/

7. This website is an online helper/ software system that is free and you don't have to download anything. SO AWESOME:) http://www.memverse.com/

 8. Also at most church's they have a memory verse every week you can memorize and they have a club like Awana that you go to and the sole purpose is to memorize verses


9. There are also iPod,iPad, iPhone apps such as Memorize Bible Verses

By Unscripted Software ($1.99)  that you can get and I'm sure you can find more:)

Note: Also there are no verses more important than another God gave his disciples all the words in the Bible so no verse is the most important.



So I hope this helps just a little bit. Good luck and good job for wanting to memorize scripture it has many many benefits as you will read if you visit any of the websites or read UnStuck! Thanks everyone!

-Ashley

Small Break

Hey everyone,
I am going to Tahoe and camping with friends and family for 2 whole weeks! So I won't be blogging. Really sorry but I will be back right after that and I will still try to check my email as much as possible but no promises! If anyone would like to guest post during the time I am gone just email me with your guest post and I will schedule it to go up so I won't leave you completely high and dry:) Thanks everyone ,

Ashley

btw: I changed my guest post policies so you might want to look on my Guestpost page for all the rules and stuff;)

Love ya!

PALS:)

Hey everyone,

So, first off thanks everyone of my followers and sponsors for your generosity and just everything:) I really feel like I have a whole separate group of friends online that care. Okay, I want to start off by saying I have alotta goals and its super hard to do it all alone so I was thinking of a great idea. I am going to list my goals and see if any of you have the same goals. Then you can email me and tell me which one of the goals you would like to accomplish with me and we will do it together. Then we become PALS  like a pen pal but its not just writing letters. We hold each other accountable, we give each other programs and resources, sometime we can even mail each other stuff that has to do with that goal. We just spend time encouraging and helping each other by holding each other accountable. Sound like a good idea?

Okay so here are my goals

1. Learn Sign Language

Each week I think we should send each other new words to learn, or mail each other sign language books and just learn this together;)

2. Memorize More Verses/ Read Bible more

We will hold each other accountable by making personalized Bible reading plans and give each other verses to memorize maybe even have a email test on that verse or something.

3.Excersize More

We will send each other excersizes, healthy eating recipes and hold each other accountable for taking care of our body.

4. Become a better dancer.

For this goal I need someone with dance experience, we will send each other video links, customized dance plans, and just work on our strengths and weakness's together:) Shout out to Loren Campbell for helping me already with this goal ( Luv ya!) but if somebody else wants to help too thats great:)


Okay if anyone is interested in becoming my PAL for any of these goals just email me at apcgurl@gmail.com and we will get started accomplishing our awesome goals!


Some verses:

*read them fully:)*

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

New Century Version (NCV)


 ⁹ Two people are better than one,

       because they get more done by working together.
 ¹⁰ If one falls down,
       the other can help him up.
    But it is bad for the person who is alone and falls,
       because no one is there to help.
 ¹¹ If two lie down together, they will be warm,
       but a person alone will not be warm.
 ¹² An enemy might defeat one person,
       but two people together can defend themselves;
    a rope that is woven of three strings is hard to break.

  Hebrews 10:24-25

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Proverbs 27:17

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

Phillipians 4:13

For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

MORE Funny Pics ... another wordless post:) plus a cool challenge!

Challenge

1.  Please please please vote on my poll:) 

2. Leave me feedback

Comment and include:

Your favorite type of post I do on my blog

Your least favorite

One way I could improve my blog

One thing you love about my blog.

What you want to see on my blog (see more of)

Then email/ comment on 5 other blog or email 5 friends including my blog link to promote it:) Or simply do a promo post about my blog in return for 1 link on my sidebar for a month! I really wanna make my blog the best it can be and get more people having fun on this nice clean website and reading about Gods word.

LOVE ALL OF YOU AND SO DOES GOD!

Ashley

P.S I have 30 31 followers:) Thanks to alllllll my followers!! I hope you are inspired by my blog. 

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