Heaven and Back review

Hey girlies,

Today I am review an awesome book Heaven and Back (links to buy on sidebar)








The book To Heaven and Back is an intriguing story describing the account of a woman who had experienced a number of deadly incidents throughout her life but during one
dangerous kayaking accident she got stuck under the deadly rapids of one of Chili's rivers, and began her journey up to the gates of heaven. This story is not only a great
spiritual journey but it is also a very informative book and keeps you on the edge of your seat most of the time although the beginning was very slow and hard to get into. I do not recommend this narration to children under the age of 12, for some parts can be really deep and use highly intellectual words that most kids wont understand. The message of this story, to rejoice always and pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:16-17), is truly life changing and has helped me become a stronger Christian girl but was tough to get through reading it because it was so difficult to read.




Rating:3 out of 5

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I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.

Music Note Decals

Hi girlies,
Today I am reviewing some super amazing music note decals! So here it goes

Seller communication:

The seller communicated very fast and always responded in a timely manner. The shipping process was great:) Only thing was that it shipped from another country so of course International shipping will take a while. But you can really help that. Overall the seller was a 4 out of 5        Hf

Item: When I received the item the seller not only sent me the music note decals I asked for but another super cute bird decal:) That was so kind! It came will easy to follow instructions on how to apply the decal. These are great for your wall and an inexpensive decoration that will give a room some funk:) also you can apply these to your laptops,notebooks, pretty much anything:)It's so cool! also they are pretty inexpensive I mean If you think about buying a laptop case or nice piece of decor it's such a great price$$

Overall the product was a 5 out of 5

The OVERALL rating of everything is 4.5


Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/EllyStudio

Here are just some of the super cute products this store has!

The free bird one I received:)

I thought this was adorable!

This one you can put anywhere and I love the color

HAHAHA I need this one!

This too looks so awesome on an iPod,iPhone,Mac,or iPad 

The music note decals I got:)

Unstuck book review

Hey everyone,
I got to read and review the book Unstuck so heres my review

Seller quality: 

I remember asking for this book a while back but I did not get any confirmation that it was shipped, it just showed up at my house one day. I did not get any information from the seller on advertising and they didn't communicate as well as I wouldve liked, But they don't have to really, I provided my address and they sent me a free book so they were great overall I just would've liked a email saying they approved my request and the book was on its way.

Seller rating: 3/5

Book review:

I personally loved the book, it gave great info on how to go to a whole new level with your faith. The title of the book explains a lot: Unstuck. That says it all how to be Unstuck from one place in your Christian walk to progressing forward in your beliefs and spiritual life.There was a few things they talked about that we're a little innapropraite for tweens such as addictions like drugs, alcohol, and other bad problems many teens and adults suffer from. But it just depends on what your going through. the book gave you verses to memorize and questions to ask yourself and I loved all the charts and graphs. It gave testimonies from many people that went through tough things and was relate able. It was just a little repetitive with information but overall a very well written book I would definitely recommend.

Book review 4.5 out of 5

I loved this book and would totally recommend it!!

The link to buy this book is on my sidebar under Sponsors!

AMAZING devotion

Hey girls,

I had the blessing of going to the big church this Sunday and getting a great lesson I just had to share with someone and since I have yet to do a good devo in a while I though who better to share it with than my lovely blog followers; so here it goes

Our purpose in life consists of two parts: knowing God and making him known. Most of my followers have the first one down but  I don't know most of you do I can do is assume. But to know God better you can read Christian books (many links on my sidebar) read your Bible (duh!) go on Christian blogs such as mine and many others (look on my Other Blogs tab for more amazing blogs to visit) pray often, go to a church, hangout with Christian people,ect. But the part most of us struggle with (INCLUDING ME) is making God known. Sometimes we don't witness because we think it's going to be embarrassing, awkward, or your shy.But, if that our sole purpose in life you can't The best way to witness is by your actions and how you live your life, then people will look at you and want what you have in your life and it shouldn't take them long to realize that thing is God. 

There are 3 key words on witnessing so here's a summary on what to do

Some lack the proper information about Christ you should: TELL them

Some need a personal invatation: ASK them

Some resist in personal hesitation: PRAY for them

If someone is resistant you shouldn't pressure them  or be too pushy  because that could be a major turn off. Imagine that somebody that was Buddhist or another religion than you was being pushy for you to join their religion or go to their church while you are passionate about yor Christian beliefs. That would be kind of annoying huh? So what you need to do is just pray for those people. Also, going to church is amazing in your relationship with the Lord but you dont have to go to church to be a Christian and if you go to church it doesn't make you a Christian. Jesus never commanded people to go to church but he does command to church to go to the people. That means you should witness not just by bringing people to church but by witnessing through example and preaching to them yourself even. You should make the Lord known everywhere you go, don't go to school just to get a degree but go to school to witness and don't just go to work to earn money but to show others Gods love and preach to them. Because in the grand scheme of things having an education and earning money is very important but witnessing and making the Lord known is your purpose in life and all that's going to matter when this short life on Earth comes to an end and you are face to face with God.  Making God known is like your mission. Soldiers in the army that are on a mission don't worry about popularity or what's cool or looking good all they worry about is completing their mission and that should be our attitude as well. And telling people about Jesus is important because if we don't tell them all the proper information they can still go to hell because everyone has evidence of creation and seeing Gods world you must know theres a creator. So we should help them know all about God so people can understand more. There are more people that we think in the world that are ready to commit to God they just don't know all the information or people that want someone to worship and call God but don't know who and what to do so if we reach out to these people we can bring them to Jesus! How wonderful is that!!And your not responsible for other peoples lives and their heart, some people just aren't ready but you can do your part by simply planting a "seed" of truth in others lives.That means you cant control others but you can help them know God but only God can make the seed "grow" . They have to make the decision to be saved by themselves. As 1st Corinthians 3:6-8 says "I planted the seed and Apollos watered it but only God is the one who makes it grow.So the one who plants is not important and the one who waters is not important.Only God who makes things grow is important.The one who plants and the one who waters have the same purpose, and each will be rewarded for their own work."You can just share the good news in little ways too like when sharing what you did over summer vacation say how blessed you were to get to do all those things, don't fall into peer pressure, say God bless you when someone sneezes or coughs,writing notes with verses on them, talking about God in group discussions, not gossiping, smiling, doing stuff for people just because, being friendly, not being exclusive, stuff like that are great subtle ways to spread the news!

So your challenge this week is to witness to one person specifically that doesn't have the proper information or personal invitation and pray for the people that are resisting and witness by example. If you can invite a family or a friend to church with you this week.

Also

Read the verses Romans 10:14-21 for a better understanding and info straight out of the Bible about this topic.

Hope you got something from this devo

Emma Margrets Etsy Shop Review

Hey everyone,
So I promised some reviews so here they go.



Emma Margrets Etsy Shop

So a little while ago Emma offered to send me some cute earrings half price with free shipping if I would review them I quickly agreed because they looked so cute and who doesn't want to get $1.50 earrings:)Well, I received them and as cute as they were they weren't as well made as I would have thought and I lost the charm the first day I wore them. I contacted Emma and told her about all that and she was so amazing that she agreed to send me another pair of earrings free to make up for it. It took a little while but I did receive them I understand everyone gets busy so I wasn't made about that at all I was just glad she was so generous to do this. Then for being late she even sent me a cute lace headband in that package. But,she had wonderful communication and always responded back to me on Etsy or email. So bottom line there was a few negatives about working with her but she quickly corrected them and was such an amazing person and business owner:)

Seller rating: 3 out of 5


The first pair of earring were very cute but not as well made as I thought they were going to be as I said they were fish hook style and the charm didn't really have anything holding it on. The second pair of pearl earrings she sent me were much better, they were made amazingly beautiful and I personally liked that style better. They are small enough for every day wear but big enough to be seen:)The lace headband wasn't what I thought it was going to look like but it turned out pretty. Although the style of lace wasn't what I expected it was amazingly made again and had elastic so it would fit around your head.

Product rating: 4 out of 5

So overall I would recommend the pearl earrings and lace head band for you to buy especially for the super cheap price. Thank you Emma so much for your generosity and kindness! And credit to Alexa for the new signature:) And thank you to Hannah for making me a second signature you all will see at the end of my posts in a couple months:) And she is having a sale right now so go check it out every things super inexpensive:)

Overall rating 3.5 out of 5

Links:http://www.etsy.com/shop/thegracefulbird Etsy Shop
http://emmaspic.blogspot.com/ Emma's blog

P.S This girl has an amazing blog too so follow her!!!

Pearl Earrings

Lace Headband

Photo Editing

Hello,

I know many of you bloggy techy people all are really good at editing but this post is mainly for people like me who are the opposite:) I made it my goal for 2012-2013 school year to be really good at editing photos and get into photography more. Especially now since I am starting to get more into blogging,Instagram,and starting my own Youtube channel with dance tutorials I need the editing skills. I was told by a few of the people that help me with desiging: Hannah,Rissi that PicMonkey is a cool site so I checked it out and looked at all the effects and stuff you can do with it and I was blown away, next picture I need edited I will totally do it there. But I need more help:any free website/programs that are good for editing and making headers and buttons?:) I need them very user friendly and easy to navigate. Also does anyone know hoe to enter signatures into every blog post you do on a blogspot website such as mine? I am also getting into editing pictures and taking pictures on my iPod touch 4. Ive gotten many free apps that I love and that are great for uploading awesome pictures to Instagram and stuff like that. Here are my favorite photography apps.
They are all free

*INSTAGRAM*
1.Textgram free
2.Insta Collage free
3.Pici Booth
4.BeFunky
5.PicStitch
6.Picture Magic
7.Photo Editor
8.DashOfColor
9.Flash for free
10.Camera flash (I don't know which flaw app I like better yet)
11.SuperCamera
12. Insta Frames
13.Versagram
14.Heart Booth  (i don't quite understand this one yet I'm working on it)
15.Photo Chop
16.FotoRus

Wishlist:
Photo Tangler -2.99
FACEinHOLE .99
Photoburst .99
Juxtaposer 2.99
InstaText .99

Also some more apps that do not relate to photography that I like are
1.Pandora -free (radio)
2.Blip walkie talkie- free (walkie talkie your friends)
3.Video Star- free  (make awesome music videos)
4.Subway Surf- free  (fun game kind of like Temple Run)
5. Applets- between .99-1.99 it always changes  (every iPod tool you need in 1)
6.ABC family- (free watch full episodes I love Make It Or Break It, Bunheads, and Pretty Little Liars)
7.Flow-free (challenging puzzle game)
8.aLike-( tells you who your celeb look alike is)
9.Pray! - (reminds you to pray and you can have your own personalized prayer journal on your device)


Also does anyone know and would be willing to make a slide that you can easily insert before a youtube video if I send you a voice track and logo to put in it:) Heres an example: don't watch the video but its just the little thing that comes before that says KBM talents that I like except it won't say KBM talent it would say my youtube name.

Okay Thanks Everyone,

Ashley

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