More felt clippies

I made these at a girls craft night a few days ago, they are so fun to make...I want more!

sweater dress

~Crap to Craft~

I have had this old sweater since high school and held onto it because I love the colors.

*note- this picture was taken after I had already started to cut into it. I always forget to get my camera out*

It has become smaller and smaller on me it seems so I wanted to re-fashion it and thought a yummy fall sweater dress for Macie was perfect:

I should have waited till morning to snap some pictures but knew I would forget.

I love how it turned out and am now running off to my closet to find more old sweaters to chop up!

Tutorial over at Get your Craft on.

Blog Swap!

Sumo's Sweet Stuff!

Hello! I am so excited to be blog swapping with Jaime today! We have known each other since we were in elementary school and I have been blown away by how talented she is!

I'm Summer, or Sumo as my husband lovingly calls me. (And now consequently has all of my family calling me. Doesn't Aunt Sumo have a nice ring to it?)

I'm the blogger from Sumo's Sweet Stuff!

I use my blog to share my projects, tutorials, recipes, host giveaways, and shamelessly promote my etsy shop!

I AM:
- married to my best friend
- mother to the most beautiful baby girl (and a babe on the way!)
- daughter and sister to the best family ever
- friend to some of the greatest people out there

I LOVE TO:
- play piano
- sing
- read
- craft
- go on walks
- spend time with my family
- drink Diet Coke
- bake/cook
- exercise (well, sometimes)
- crochet

SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS:
- Diet Coke
- popcorn
- chips and salsa
- anything that involves peanut butter and chocolate
- public library
- fall
- craft stores
- black and green
- Christmas
- historical fiction
- cats

Here are some of my favorite baking projects:


From left to right:
- Easter egg no bake cookies, bon bons, multi-colored cupcakes
- Chocolate bowls, jello cupcakes, s'mores cupcakes
- White chocolate cheesecake cookies, pretzel truffles, bon bons

Here are some of my favorite crafts:


From left to right:
- Nylon headband, notebook/pen set, personalized bib
- Fabric covered hangers, bow holder, wood frame
- Fall wreath, re-purposed formula cans, birthday banner

Here are some of the bows in my etsy shop:


And a few more items from my etsy shop:


I recently set up a blog schedule so you can find something different being posted each day of the week: Market Yourself Monday, Tutorial Tuesday, Mouth Watering Wednesday, Things to Try Thursday, and Feature Friday.

I am hoping to be featuring some holiday crafts and projects for the upcoming holiday season, so be sure to check in with me! I am sure Jaime will have lots of great things to share with us, too! I can not wait to try her advent calendar!

Come on over to Sumo's Sweet Stuff and let's be blogging friends now!

Thanks for doing the blog swap with me Jaime!

Connors costume

Here is a sneak peak at Connors "unique" costume.

Can you guess what he's gonna be??

bright new pillows

I recently bought a canvas painting that I love and I put it in my living room. (you can kinda see it in the corner of this picture) I needed to tie the colors together in the room so the quick fix was to make some cute pillows for my couch. My super smart mamasita thought they would be easily cleaned if the back of the case was done in a slipcover style. Adorable.I love how they turned out. Especially this red polka-dot one...

Christmas Cookie Cans

I have Christmas on the brain. As soon as it starts to get cold all I want to do is curl up in my comfy socks and drink apple cider.

These are a few gift idea's that we had for sale in my sister and I's booth at the crafters market a few years ago. I love them for friends or the ladies you visit teach. Easy and adorable!

These cans are available at most any craft store, add cute Christmas scrapbook paper and matching ribbon with Pod Podge. Add in a cute fabric napkin, cookie mix or two, choclate chips, wooden spoons and some fun cookie cutters hanging from the handle.

Walah!! This next can was on the less expensive side. A Hot Cocoa Can. The can is smaller and just has the cocoa mixes, chocolate and candy canes.And I had to throw this one in as well. Not Christmas-ish at all but it was so fun. It's a can fit for a girlie girl, it is packed with girl stuff and what princess wouldn't want one of these for their birthday?

If I had a million dollars...

Brace yourself................

Amy Butler has a new line of Floor Rugs!!!!!