
After waiting for nearly two weeks, the day is finally here folks!
Yes, it’s the mahoosive blog party that Steve and I have been getting all excited about, and what a day we have planned – with a blog party, a radio show and a competition to win a huge amount of Organique products, what more could you wish for?
Blog Party
For those of you who have never participated in a blog party before, the rules are simple (PLEASE READ THESE FIRST BEFORE POSTING)…
1. Choose your favourite post from your own blog. The subject of the post can be anything you love (it is Valentine’s Day after all) – blogging, food, parenting, life, travel, thoughts, photography… Note: This should be only one post at a time or it will get sent straight to the ‘spam’ folder and I may not be able to find you for a while. You can share up to three links, and for maximum impact I would suggest that you wait a little while in between posting them rather than in one go.
2. Paste the link in the comment section of this post and feel free to write a little bit about yourself and/or your blog.
3. Enjoy! Relax, pull up a chair, meet new people! Find new blogs, comment on their posts, follow, reblog and share. Let them know that you met them here!
The party will be going on for the next 24 hours, and you can visit as many people as you like. You don’t have to follow my blog or social media accounts to participate (although you’re always welcome to!) and you’re very much allowed to reblog and share this post across your social media so you can invite your friends! I will also be joining the party in with #SundayBlogShare on Twitter, the biggest blog sharing Twitter party of the weekend!
Don’t forget, if you instantly want to meet new people without waiting for links, I’ve got a whole group of lovely blogging sponsors in my sidebar who would love it if you stopped by to say hello!
Radio Show
Steve runs a radio request show for the online world, giving the opportunity for bloggers to request their favourite songs, and they receive blog promotion in return. I’ve never missed a show, and look forward to it every week. It’s proving to be immensely popular. You can request your favourite love song on Steve’s music blog during the request show on TODAY from 2.00pm – 6.00pm, which he will then play for you, with promotion for your blog. You can also win a selection of prizes!
Want to know more about the request show? Follow the link here!

An absolute fortune in Organique products to be won!
Giveaway Competition
To celebrate our day of Blog Love, we have a ton of Organique products, presented in a stunning box to give away. To be entered, here’s what you have to do:
- State that you wish to be entered in the comment section when you post your link
- Hop on over to Twitter and follow the Organique Twitter page @Organiquebham
The winner will be selected at random tomorrow afternoon, with the prize being posted out within the week.
Have a brilliant time!
You can find me on Twitter and Tumblr @suzie81blog and I’d love it if you would hop on over to my Pinterest page http://www.pinterest.com/suzie81speaks my Instagram http://www.instagram.com/suzie81speaks and my Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/suzie81speaks
Hi everyone, I’ve just been out for a few hours and come back to loads of comments about my last post, which I now need to read and respond to. Here is my second post of the day, and as people seemed to like photos of the snow, I have chosen another one in the mountains, only this time instead of steam trains, it is the most magical looking castle I have ever visited. I hope you like it! 🙂 https://chrisrobinsonblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/06/the-cold-mountain-air/
That’s great Chris – glad there’s people coming over!
I *need* to go there!!
Loved this post! New follower in me, looking forward to more! 🙂
And so coming in at 100 and something to enjoy another burst of blog-on-a-thing it’s this puppy – going well Suzie! http://geofflepard.com/2016/01/22/hypocrisy-in-a-nutshell/
Thanks Geoffle!
Looks like it’s been a hoot and hit!
And get you Mr Popularity haha! Had loads of clicks for you on my stats – I’m really pleased!
Yeah a lot came across and a few have stayed,,, PAHAHAHAHA they don’t know they’re trapped in my web… Thanks bait.. Sorry, Suzie..
“Surely not, Barbara, not on the BBC!” Made me snort with laughter!
I’m glad it had you smiling. They were a hoot, without necessarily knowing it.
Hi everyone, and happy day to you all! I see familiar faces as well as some new blogs to check out. Exciting! My own blog is a random collection of amusing (to me, anyway) life observations, as well as a weekly “quick and easy” healthy recipe post to show that you don’t have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen in order to eat well. My latest non-food offering is here: http://wp.me/p6Wbzk-gW
Hi my lovely! Thanks for sharing your link!
Here’s your card and chocolate that’s been sitting in the store since Christmas.
Hi everyone and Happy Valentines Day! Thank you for inviting me to your party, Suzie! I’m Lisa from Life of an El Paso Woman. I blog about movies, music, sports, life, etc. Since it’s Valentine’s Day, I’m sharing a post I recently did about music in Spanish. http://lifeofanelpasowoman.com/2016/02/13/luis-miguel-3/
Hi Lisa! Lovely to see you here – thanks for sharing a link!
Hi Lisa! Happy Valentine’s Day!! Cher xo
Happy Valentine’s Day, Cher! 💖
Thanks, Suzie! Woohoo! Another party! I’m having one next door. Ha!
I’m a little a the Wild Side and love to share the crazy stuff that happens to me.
Here’s a post about how my little voice screamed one morning. “THINK BIG!”
Thanks Susie! Have a brilliant time!
Looks like it’s all going good, have found a few new blogs to follow already – Thanks as always for hosting Suzie. It’s really the Cat’s Whiskers 😛
Always welcome my lovely!
Happy Valentine’s Day my dear! Cher xo
And to you Cher, hope you’re having fun x
Chocolates abound!!! Yeay!! *LOL* Cher xo
Like Lisa we’re new to this party scene and have had fun reading everyone’s blogs so far. Sometimes I fear getting “coralled” into a “niche” so this is a great way to check out the new and fresh.
We blog about travel, food and wine – Pork Belly cooks and takes the photos, I write and eat.
Love? Hmm after more than 30 years together the romance is a little threadbare, but we hang on in there.
Here’s a piece about Valentine’s from a couple of years ago – and yes there is cake. There is ALWAYS cake.
http://rosemaryandporkbelly.co.uk/all-you-need-is-love-and-cake/
Thanks again my lovely!
Hello everyone, my name is Prathmesh and I am from Manchester. I use the pen name, thepassionatepsychopath for my blog because I believe my curiosity towards science has shown me places that I can now speak about with pure passion. My blog is super new and I have only a small database of curious readers like myself. If you think my forte of writing is something you’re looking for, please come over to my blog and have a good time reading. Cheers to the founder of this brilliant idea and I wish everyone a very happy valentines day 😀
https://thepassionatephsycopath.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/feeding-the-curious-in-you/
Thank you! Welcome!
Hello, nice meeting you Suzie 🙂
And you!
🙂
Wow! There are so many great posts on here! I’m new to blogging so I really enjoy reading all of your post’s even if I can’t get through all of them lol. Hope you don’t mind if I add one more its about missing spending time with my oldest son and his last favorite WWE Hero retiring!
https://diyadventuresandmore.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/my-oldest-sons-last-wwe-hero/
Thanks!
How sweet – Pork Belly’s just noticed I’m engrossed in a blog party and has brought me a cup of coffee. The true meaning of Valentines day 🙂
This one is about loving your blog:
Thanks for hosting this fab party. 💖 I’m going to mingle now. *hands over bottle of bubbly & box of chocolates*
Thanks Sarah!
Great post, Sarah. So with you on what you say about how your blog looks.
Just arrived! Are those red roses for me, Suzie? 😍
Here’s a little short story from me. It was the very first short story I wrote and published on my blog. It’s all about love and I’ve recently been invited, as a guest story-teller, to go and read it at an upcoming book fair in April.
http://hughsviewsandnews.com/2014/11/13/last-train-to-aldwych/
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone.
Huuuuuugh! Yay lovely to see you!
Ha! I don’t think he understands anyone else’s jokes apart from his own. Please ask him to repeat it! He’ll do it for you, but not for me. Oh! and don’t mention Wales beating Scotland in the Rugby 😁 I’ll message him now and see if he’ll repeat the joke.
Awesome!
Did you just hear me on the radio?
Nooooooo, I’ve only just tuned in, so I missed you 😢 What did you say?
Just a load of nonsense and a really great joke that Steve thought was rubbish
Happy Valentine’s Day, dear Hugh! Cher xo
Hi Suzie and fellow bloggers! How exciting to join a blog party for the first time! I’ve spotted some terrific appetizers already. If you’re up for a transatlantic jaunt, check out my blog. I’m a semi-retired teacher and a wannabe photographer and writer. And I adore blogging challenges. Here’s a post inspired by Lizzi’s SIlver Linings (10 things of thankful):
http://teachezwell.me/2016/02/13/on-the-positive-side/
Thanks again, Suzie! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Hi lovely! So glad you could make it!
It was fun! I only had a narrow window of time but I look forward to the next one. Sure was a lot of effort for you, though.
Candlelight – of course, just what I need:) Lovely post
ha! Candlelight does work wonders!
It was fun reading your post. Looks like we all want some candlelight!
Thanks. It’s a cheap beauty enhancer!
Having just checked out the Organique page I’d like to be entered into the competition Suzie please.
And if anyone wants to take part in our just-for-fun “Jam or Chutney – which do you love?” poll you’ll find it a pinned tweet on the top of our Twitter profile
Thanks xx
No probs!
Hello Suzie! I write at A Joyful Process under the name of T. Wayne. I blog about music, sports, life and whatever may amuse me at any given time. Here is a post I wrote for Valentine’s Day about how love is eternal and should be expressed to all, everyday: https://joyfulprocessblog.com/2016/02/14/needed-love/
Thanks for the opportunity to share and to meet new bloggers!
Very welcome! Thanks for sharing your link!
Hey, everyone! My name is Amber and I run ThriftyGuardian, a site dedicated to helping parents save time and money.
Here’s a popular post on eliminating clothing from your budget (nudity not recommended!):
http://thriftyguardian.com/2016/02/05/stop-paying-for-kids-clothes/
Thank you! Welcome!
🙂 http://gularavincent.com/2016/01/30/i-had-a-blast/
Not a very conventional expression of love, but it’s there nonetheless… http://gularavincent.com/2016/01/19/dear-mum/
Thanks again my lovely!
Seeing as I run a little bit of an alternative blog here is an alternative post for Valentine’s day.
20 Sexiest Bad Guys on Film http://vampitupmanchester.com/2016/02/13/20-sexiest-bad-guys-on-film/
Let me know if I’ve missed any of your favourites?
What a fantastic prize Suzzie! I’d love to win the Organique set x
Thanks my lovely! Hop on over to the Twitter page!
That was fun! I vote for Alan Rickman everytime.
Happy Valentines Day beautiful bloggers. Don’t forget to love yourselves today and everyday.
Check out my post with some tips on self love for this most romantic of days…
https://scalesimple.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/9-ways-to-love-yourself-this-valentines-day/
Positive vibes, adventures, and some unique perspectives on ScaleSimple. Love Steph.
Thanks Steph! Enjoy!
Happy Valentines Day Suzie & all you other wonderful writers & readers! I thought I’d share my very first post. I hadn’t written or published anything since after the Twin Towers. I write one final editorial before saying goodbye to Journalism, goodby to writing & hello to PR & Public Relations. I wrote this because I was struggling with the anniversary of my traumatic coma. My sister & I are like oil & water yet we are connected. I needed to honor her. I also needed to work through what I was feeling. Here it is! I love this by the way! You have been missed! 💋💋! The Truth About Angels – On The Verge
http://otvmagazine.com/2015/02/12/the-truth-about-angels/
Hi lovely! Thanks for sharing your link!
Thank you for all you do! You know you are loved…right? If not -❤️❤️❤️❤️!
Aww thanks! That’s really nice of you!
Just being honest ! ⭐️
Much appreciated!
Such beautiful writing Shareen. Thank you for sharing it.
Not my words but they are beautiful & worth sharing!
It’s complicated with sisters.
Hello everyone! I’m Katt, I blog about a lot of things from teaching, to family, to internal struggles- and I’m pretty straightforward about it! This link is a poem I wrote after my miracle son was born, obviously I love him a whole lot!
http://afternoonofsundries.com/2014/08/20/i-couldnt-love-you-more/
Hi lovely!
Hi! 😀 thanks for organizing this! (Steve too!!)
Very welcome! Thanks for sharing a link – have a great time!
What a beautiful poem.
Thank you, I think I was still high on birth hormones when I wrote that XD
lol
I’m a teacher too, popping over to have a look now.
Thank you! I’m coming over to look too! Warnings, I’ve been a bit sick, you might need to scroll past my “ugh I feel like death posts!”
Beautiful!
Thank you!
I am loving this blog party so far, so many great bloggers!
I would love to get some writers for my “The Chatting Compass” series. A weekly interview post from around the world….
https://scalesimple.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/bloggers-wanted-new-adventure-series/
I am looking forward to working with anyone who may be interested 🙂
So pleased! Thanks again Steph!
These are great. I always love your blog parties, such a great sense of community 🙂
Thank you! They’re a great group of people!
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! My dear Suzie, thank you so much for hosting this international bash!! How lovely are you, my dear! ❤ ❤ For those that don't know me (yet! and vice-versa!) I'm Cher and my blog is called, "The Chicago Files". I am a Canadian living in Chicago & I write about my observations living in this big, American city! The first post I would like to share is entitled, "Profoundness In Aisle 5" http://wp.me/p4doQv-PU
Cheeeeer!!! Hi! Thanks for leaving your link!
Hi Suzie!! Thank you and I can’t wait to meet other bloggers! Brilliant of you to have this huge bash, my dear! Cher xo
Cher, I love your post. Smiling big time. Thank you. (Lisa, justponderin.com)
Hi Lisa! Why thank you so much! That is very thoughtful of you to say! I am going to check out your blog right now! Cher xo
My dear, it only took me but a mere few seconds to know I must follow your blog!! Thank YOU! Cher xo
Love this post and the Clerk in Aisle 5.
Hi Suzie, here is my last post of the day with some pictures of the Baltic coast in northern Germany on a freezing day last month. Sorry, but it includes some more steam trains! Enjoy the rest of your party! 🙂 https://chrisrobinsonblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/the-molli/
Thanks Chris!
*Hands Suzie huge plate of heart-shaped Chicago deep-dish pizza!* ❤ ❤
Yay!
xoxoxo
If you liked Gossip Girl and love Scandal, check out my most recent novel on sale for $.99 now!
https://pursuitofanewadventure.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/99-sale-behind-the-lights/
Thanks again!
Thx for hosting such a lovely party as always Suzie!
Hi all! Checking in and heading to check out the radio show as well! I’m enjoying gettign to know so many people through their posts! This is so cool. http://justponderin.com/2016/01/27/on-the-beauty-of-points-of-view/
The radio show has just finished my lovely! It was awesome – you can catch the next one next Saturday!
Man! This time difference thing! I did get to hear a whole bunch of 80s music earlier though! I will absolutely check it out again!
Reblogged this on The Chicago Files and commented:
Dear Suzie is having a huge Blogger Party for Valentine’s Day! Please join in the fun!!! I love Suzie and her blog! Time to meet lots of new and awesome bloggers!!
Thanks for the reblog!
Most welcome my dear!! xo
An excerpt from my next novel. Flying to Argentina Tuesday for research.
https://pursuitofanewadventure.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/tango-tango-blogbattle-dancechicklit-fiction/
Thank you!
Share a post about something I love? How about poetry and punk rock? https://thegoldenecho.wordpress.com/2015/09/24/a-defense-of-the-poetics-of-punk-rock/
Happy Valentines everyone!
Thanks Chris! The party is already very busy so there’s lots of new people to meet!
Yeah, I just saw Chris Robinson’s great pictures of the Neuschwanstein Castle!
I need to go and visit that – both the blog and the place!
Hello! I am BipolarOnFire and I’d love to share this little gem with you: https://bipolaronfire.com/2016/02/13/ode-to-fuck-because-i-hate-valentines-day/
Thanks! Hope you meet lots of new people!
I have tweeted about the blog party 🙂 Thanks for hosting.
Popping by to leave a link to one of my favourite posts about my favourite cooking method- the slow cooker (or crock pot for any American folk).
http://theimprovingcook.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/top-tips-for-using-your-slow-cooker.html
Thanks again!
Here’s my second post of the party- My newfound love of writing facts, fantasy, and fictional stories- a story of friendship and betrayal:
http://afternoonofsundries.com/2015/07/21/kohl-eyes-blogging-101/
Thanks again my lovely!
Thank you! Having fun…. Link hopping?
I will be soon – I’m trying to keep up with approving the comments haha!
Lol I bet!
I’m here again, but this time to show off a fashion post this time. I haven’t done any lately, but hoping to get one up next week! 😀
My names Nat, and I run a beauty, fashion, and lifestyle blog with a difference. I only wear lipstick and nail polish. I don’t follow trends, one minute I’ll dress like a tomboy, the next I’ll dress ladylike. AND I’m a massive geek! There’s a lot of Japan related stuff on my blog, such as anime, manga, Pokemon, and other things such as Deadpool. OH and I love foxes too. 😛
ENJOY! 😀
Thanks again my lovely! Xx
That’s alright! 😀 I was meant to post sooner but been out at a friends so only just got chance to reply to people, as well as post again. 🙂
x
Thanks for hosting this party! I brought some chocolate. I’m sorry I ate it all. Happy Valentine’s Day. I, for one, am feeling the love!
http://beatsthealternative.me/2015/11/15/the-hardest-gift/
Thanks very much Jean! Enjoy!
Sad and beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.
I love football. No, wait, that’s not right. I’m confused by football, but I love making people laugh. And so was born An Incompetent Guide to Football. It should at least make you smile whether you’re a fan of football or not.
Thank you!
Hi! I read about this on Steve’s blog and decided to come over! I’ve followed some cool new blogs, so I consider today a success! I blog about pop-culture, life, reviews…a bunch of fun random things! Here’s a recent post: https://coolbeans4.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/reboots-and-originality/ Happy Valentine’s Day!
Thank you! Nice to meet you!
Greetings!
This is my first blog party, courtesy of @afternoonofsundries (afternoonofsundries.com)! I’m SO excited to be here! In my corner of the blogosphere I run a weekly book review, a column called “In The Mom Lane” covering topics from moments with my kids to hot parenting topics and share some of my creative writing. It’s a busy place and I hope those who stop by today enjoy it!
The link I’m sharing is the book review that posted today, my first for any indie-published books, and one that happens to be by an author with whom I’ve become acquainted (since purchasing and reading her first book). http://themomwhoruns.com/2016/02/14/book-review-a-man-of-character-margaret-locke/
Thanks for hosting, Suzie, and happy trails! 🙂
P.S. I missed the radio show today but will hope to catch it next week! Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
Thanks for sharing the link! Enjoy!
Hi all, I’m busy gorging on chocolate with my guy on this day of romance and roses. Happy Valentine’s Day to you all. I hope you have someone special in your life, but if not, celebrate the opportunities for love that are most certainly await. If your heart is ready, it WILL happen! I cannot wait to connect with other great bloggers! http://yogamatmonkey.com/3-ways-to-attract-love/ P.S. Please enter me into the drawing. Thanks! 🌺
Thanks my lovely!
Keeping those positive vibes going …
https://scalesimple.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/three-tricks-to-establishing-realistic-expectations/
I hope you enjoy reading 🙂
Thank you!
Talk about an awesome party, Suzie!! Thank you again for hosting! *slides over more deep-dish pizza if you are so inclined*! My second post is entitled, “Valentine’s Weekend – Enjoy The Love”! Now, onto more mingling!! http://wp.me/p4doQv-Yl Cher xo
Very welcome!
Pizza is the most lovely love!
Agreed my dear! Cher xo
This party is hoppin’, Suzie, had to pop over again to find more bloggers. 🙂
Oh and here’s one from my vaults, blogging advice of sorts http://yadadarcyyada.com/2015/08/27/message-in-a-bottle/
Thanks again for the lovely opportunity, Suzie…off to visit, share, and visit #SundayBlogShare again
Thanks my lovely!
How to describe my blog in one fail swoop?!
It’s a mix of Art, Beer, Garden and Musing with some tunes thrown in for good measure.
The blog is on my art website, so the art featured on the blog is other peoples.
Beer is me tasting it and occasionally telling you how I nearly fell into Fermenting vessel with a beer called Revenge in it. I brew beer for a living.
Gardening occasionally I’ll tell you what I’ve killed in our garden. The gardens I’ve visited and plants I’ve found.
Musings – this generally is more me or visits to places. The madness of someone who used to Pole Vault for fun usually present.
This week my blog is called Bleeding Hearts.
Hope you enjoy and if you’d like to not miss a future post press the RSS button. I’m not on bloglovin or the other blog sharing web places.
Hope you enjoy
http://www.lindastantonart.com/blog/bleeding-heart
Thanks Linda!
Thanks for hosting this party. Happy Valentine Day may you get yor wish. In the meantime enjoy these winter scenes.
Happy Valentine’s! Brought back memories… http://gularavincent.com/2015/04/07/f-is-for-family/
Finding your heart and your full self. Perfect.
Thank you for reading and commenting both here and on my blog, Jennifer!
Hello Suzie and everyone ! I love the idea of a blog party yay ! I’m French and I live in Chicago, I write a bilingual (french and english) blog about my adventures as an expat with pictures. I just started, but I will have a bunch of new things to post about very soon! Since it’s snowing today, here’s the link I’m sharing with you : http://fromhometothere.blog.com/2016/02/10/surving-chicago-winter-with-baby-survivre-a-lhiver-de-chicago-avec-bebe/
Thanks very much!
Hey there! Good to see you here!! Happy “Snowy” Valentines Day!! Cher xo
Had trouble with commenting at your blog, but wanted to say, as a former Chicagoan, I enjoyed your photos of winter by the lake. And that I’m just looking at photos, not in it…
Hi! What a great, well attended party!
We blog on parenting, family, and life along with a smattering of fiction and the occasional family drama lol.
In honor of Valentine’s Day we thought we’d share a post containing some relationship advice courtesy of The Dude (aka Jeff Bridges).
Thank you for having us!
http://www.theplaguedparent.com/just-dont-get-man/
Thanks my lovely!
I’m loving The Plagued Parent blog. Good stuff there!
What a party! I blog at Boomer Haiku, a mostly lighthearted, often irreverent look at life as a baby boomer as we move through midlife and beyond. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, my current post is about the 35 ways a penis is like a woman (it’s not as off-color as it may sound!). You’re all welcome to stop by! http://boomerhaiku.com/35-ways-the-male-member-is-like-a-woman/
Hi Roxanne! Welcome!
Found my way here via The Chicago Files. Looks like fun. Hope everyone’s hearts are being filled with love today. I have three blogs, but the main one –the one I love the most — is a blog about my spiritual journey. Looking back over posts from the last few months, I was pleased it was hard to choose as there are a few I quite like. But this one is a re-do of an old one; since I thought it was worth doing the topic twice, thought I’d share it here: https://bluegrassnotes.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/j2p-monday-the-crime-problem/
Look forward to dipping into the many share here.
Hi! Lovely to meet you – enjoy!