Paint Chip Calendar and Notes

Hi Guys!

Whenever I post a how-to on crafting or cooking it’s usually a success. *cough cough lava lamp water bottles cough cough* The title “Life With Summer” combined with these posts gives you the impression that my life almost always an awesome success.  But that’s not the way life is.

(Not the way my life is anyway.)

So I’ve decided I’m going to post the failures as well as the successes.

Today’s post is one of those on the middle ground. My paint chip calendar did not turn out as I had hoped, but I like it and will be using it often. Let’s get on with the photos!

Source: DIY Ready

Here’s what I started with:

Paint chips

Cardboard

A frame

Scissors

Glue

A Pencil

First I drew a template on my cardboard so I could see how big I would need the squares. I think my main downfall was here. I did not chose a frame that fit my squares. In the end you will see that I probably could have just used cardstock or colored paper. Oops. 

But I surged on ahead. Here is a picture of all the squares messily laid out.

Why is the lighting so terrible? :(

Then I glued all the squares down. There really is only one spot that I don’t like, and it’s pretty easy to spot. A pretty basic mistake. Oh well.

so many photo problems

Then I stuck the paper inside my frame and secured it.

Here it is all colored in! I made the photo bigger so you can see it better. Overall, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. It works perfect with dry erase markers so you can change it as the months and events go by. The colors go really nicely with the paint in my room. I will be using this lots since I don’t have a paper calendar. :)

See you next week!

P.S. Guys this is my 40th post! :D

Hello everyone!

I am making my blog public, which means that whatever I post-and whatever you comment-will be visible to everyone and anyone who views my blog. I just thought I should let you know!
-Summer

P.S. One more thing: I am going to change the template soon so don't go crazy if everything looks different later. :)

Half-Pound Reese's!

Hola!

So today’s post is more of a review thing than a how-to. I’m sure you won’t mind though.

Today I am reviewing:

The half-pound Reese’s cups!

Ok, so it’s not a healthy treat at all, more like when you really feel like indulging yourself.

Here is what you see when you open up the box. I have placed a quarter on top so you can see how big they are.

As any good review...er would do I measured a Reese’s to see if it really was a half-pound. Half of a pound is 8 ounces and, as we see here, the Reese’s is actually 8.1 ounces. Yay! 8.1 ounces for the prices of 8! ;)

Now I am going to show you what I did with these things.

I ate the whole Reese’s fancy-like, of course.

And then I ate the other one with my teeth.

Fancy-ness in moderation.

And so I will end this post filled to the brim with, you probably guessed it, sugar. See you next week!

p.s. Sorry for any weird photos. I got a new camera and I'm still getting used to it. :)

Hi guys!

As you probably noticed, I did not post yesterday! This was a total flop on my part. Hopefully I will be able to post later this week. Thanks for being patient!

Summer

Peanut Butter Fluff

Hallo!

Today I have more yummies for you! 5-min Peanut Butter fluff! Not only is this easy, but simple, and it does not take long to make. Yay! Time to make fluff!

Source: All Day I Dream About Food

You will need:

½ C heavy whipping cream
4 oz. cream cheese
2 T natural peanut butter
½ tsp. vanilla extract
7-10 drops stevia extract

First whip the cream until stiff peaks form.

Taking pictures inside a mixing bowl is hard.

In a separate bowl mix together the cream cheese, peanut butter, vanilla and stevia until it is thick and well combined.

I have proved my own point.

Combine the cream cheese with the cream until everything is mixed together and there are no lumps.

And you are done! I decided to top mine with some chocolate chips and I loved it! If you try this out be sure to tell me how it went. Bye!

Marshmallow Pops

Hello!

Today’s post is pretty short. Oops. That’s just because my birthday was around the time I took these photos and I got a bit caught up in the hubbub.

Is that the right way to use that word?

Also I did this pretty late at night. Sorry!

Anyway, if you would like good photos, go and head on over to the source. If you just want the recipe, here is as good a place as any! Enjoy!

Source: The Pioneer Woman

You will need:

Marshmallows

Chocolate

Caramel

Sprinkles

Fruit (optional, I used strawberries, bananas would be nice too)

Straws or Skewers

Stab the marshmallows onto the straws. I put strawberries between some of the marshmallows, as you can tell. Please note that if you use fruit make these about half an hour (in the fridge) before you need them. That will be enough time to harden the chocolate without the fruit getting old.

Drizzle caramel onto the needy marshmallows.

What happened to my photo? :(

Now add the chocolate and sprinkles! Yummy!

And that’s about it! You could also use sugary cereal instead of sprinkles, or use both. You can do whatever you want with this!

I want to post the ingredients photo again just because it was really nice:

Ah yes. Look at how perfect everything looks. Everything in it’s place, waiting to become sugary goodness. :)

Have fun making marshmallow pops!