Meet Our New Contributors

I am so excited for you to Meet our new contributors today! I am welcoming three new contributors to Love, Pasta and a Tool Belt and one returning contributor! These girls all have wonderful blogs and I’m excited to have them share some of their creations here with you! They’re also going to be so helpful in providing great posts while I’m out on baby leave.

Today I wanted to do some contributor introductions so you could get to know them and also go ahead and check out their wonderful blogs! I asked them a few questions to help you get to know them better and also asked them to provide a few of their favorite posts from their blog!

My first contributor is Charlene from Enduring All Things

• When did you start blogging and why do you blog? I started blogging when my husband and I got married and then moved 600+ miles away from all the friends and family we ever knew. I originally blogged to keep them up to date on our lives. Since then it’s turned into a wonderful hobby and I’m passionate about helping other young married couples work on their marriage so it will endure whatever comes their way.

• What are your favorite posts from your blog?
  1. 6 Ways to Make the Most of Your Time with Your Spouse
  2. Date Night: Bookstore Scavenger Hunt
  3. 25 Things Harry Potter Taught Me

• What is your favorite TV Show? This is a hard one. It’s either F*R*I*E*N*D*S or Full House

• What is your dream vacation? Anywhere where I can be out in nature. I love spending time in a cabin in the woods. Preferably in the mountains. In the fall, when it’s not too cold yet but you can still enjoy a fire in the fireplace.

• What is your favorite food? My favorite food is pizza (I know, I’m 8 years old) and my favorite dessert is cheesecake.

My next contributor is Betsy from BMoore Healthy

• When did you start blogging and why do you blog?
  I started my blog in 2009 when I started my health coaching business, BMoore Healthy. As a health coach, I help women, mostly moms, learn to make healthy eating and lifestyle a priority while balancing this crazy, insane journey of motherhood! My hashtag is #mamasanity. I work with moms online and I love sharing my journey, what I have learned about cooking real food, and how I get my kids to eat kale! I am also obsessed with taking (and sharing!) pictures of my two girls – Madilyn and Juliana, 6 and 3.

• What are your favorite posts from your blog?
  1. A Bedtime I Will Always Remember
  2. Why I Never Named My Miscarried Baby
  3. Real Food: Pumpkin Cinnamon Pancakes

• What is your favorite TV Show?
  Oh my goodness, this is a hard one because this mama likes TV! My guilty pleasures are The Bachelor, Fixer Upper and House Hunters. If I had to pick one series, I would have to go with The Voice or American Idol! I am a sucker for success stories.

• What is your dream vacation?
  My little family at the beach in Puerto Rico. We LOVE it there! No passports needed so it’s easy travel. Beautiful beaches, slow pace, amazing food, great drinks and lots and lots of sun!

• What is your favorite food?
  CHOCOLATE. Hands down. However, I have learned to balance it with lots and lots of veggies, water and hour long spin classes at the gym!Visit Betsy on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

  And my last new contributor is Emily from From Designer to Diapers

•  When did you start blogging and why do you blog?
  I started blogging years ago because I am an avid writer and found it very therapeutic. The blog I post and share these days though was started very recently, January to be exact, because I wanted a way to share all the information I was learning as a new mom 🙂 And I love DIYs…the blog might be an excuse to share all my DIYs.
• What are your favorite posts from your blog? 
  1. Tested Tips for Buying Your First Car Seat 
  2. Easy How To Faux Leather Bag
  3. Must Haves for Baby Bag
• What is your favorite TV Show?
  Tiny Houses and New Girl
• What is your dream vacation?
  Visiting Sicily with my husband – he’s Italian and this is the area of Italy his grandparents immigrated from.
• What is your favorite food?
  Oooo, this is a hard one. I am an avid foodie but I would have to say anything Mexican or a good cheese and charcuterie platter with a nice glass of wine.

Visit Emily on Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest |

• Why did you start blogging and why do you blog? – I started blogging as a way to keep my relatives in other states informed about my life and me upcoming wedding.  What started off as a wedding planning blog slowly turned in to a creative outlet to share my passion for writing and humor. Today I continue blogging because it has allowed me to learn so much about who I am as a person and it has connected me to so many wonderful people that encourage and inspire me.

• What are your favorite posts from your blog?
  Two Lives – About my experience growing up as a singer/songwriter.  It was fun to share my past and my passions for the first time to many of my readers.
  13 Years With Crohn’s Disease – I recently reached my 13 year mark since I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease and I’m so proud of the way that experience has helped me to grow.
•  What is your favorite food? – My favorite food is pizza.  I think I could eat pizza for every meal.  My husband and I have a Friday night pizza night tradition where we order pizza and rent a movie and it’s my favorite night of the week.

• What is your dream vacation? – I would love to go to Italy one day.  My grandmother was born there and I’ve always wanted to experience it for myself.