Amuse me - Giveaway!

I've been on a jewelry-making kick lately. What fun!
I have an awesome pair of earrings to give away. Hooray! However, this giveaway will not be decided randomly. It will totally subjective, determined by none other than me. Muhahahaha! I am sick with power.
Post something awesome. A recipe, a joke, a story, a compliment, whatever you think will win you this giveaway! The top post will win a pair of earrings. Make sure you LEAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS!
This giveaway will run until August 1. Now dance, monkey! Amuse me!

Cheesecake-Stuffed Strawberries

As a new lover of Pinterest, (feel free to follow me!) I have discovered many wonderful things lately. One of these favorites is originally from Sugar Derby ... Cheesecake-filled Strawberries! Well holy crap, yes!

These were really easy to make and came out looking super fancy, so this will be my new go-to dessert for all parties. I didn't follow their recipe, though. Here's what I did:
Bought a 16oz box of strawberries (afterwards I realized I could have bought 2 or 3 boxes and had plenty of filling)
Sliced off the leafies.
Used a peeler to core out the white center of the strawberry, being careful not to cut all the way through.
(I saved all the strawberry cores for later...)
Bought a box of no-bake cheesecake mix.
Prepared the cheesecake filling according to the box's directions.
Got a ziploc bag and cut the corner off (very small cut! You don't want a gaping hole. You need to be able to fit it into your strawberry)
Scooped some filling in the bag and used the bag to fill the strawberries.
I also bought a box of raspberries and filled those, too. No coring required!
I poured some of the crust powder from the box onto a plate and dipped the tops of the filled-fruits in that.
Refrigerate at least an hour.
Voila!
As for the left-over strawberry cores, the hubby put them in the blender with some Nutella to create a dip. aaammmmmaaaazzzzziiiinnnnnggg. Gotta love brilliant hubbies.

Give a girl a camera...

and she'll want to take ridiculous photos ALL THE TIME. Such is my life right now. I made the decision to buy a semi-expensive camera with my graduation money. (That's right, I graduated from college!) I haven't really felt like writing recently, so while I could tell you about all that, I'd rather just show you a lot of pictures. Enjoy.

Whoop Whoop!

Have you heard of whoopdwhoop? You can list and swap handmade things! You earn and spend "whoops" in order to swap. Yay! You can sign up for it here.
These are the things that I currently have listed:

Multi-colored headband	Yellow headband/ear warmer
Phone or camera case	Leafy bracelet
Flower	Pack of 4 black and white postcards

Super fun times. Join me! What items do you have to swap?

What's a neckerchief?

I don't know, but I made one! It looks very hipster. That must be why I don't know anything about it. It was cool even before I made it.
I got the pattern FOR FREE on Ravelry, posted by Falling Stitches.
This was my first time ever using a chart! I must say, it was really easy! I loved it. However, I really need to get a row counter of some sort because it was very easy to forget which row I was on, and I did have to pull out an entire row once. Sad.

But I persisted! And now I have something amazing to show for it.

It's a scarf... that's a triangle!

I love the leafy look...

Again, here's the link to the pattern. Do it! It's worth it.

Also, don't forget to enter my giveaway over at Bettencourt Chase! It ends FRIDAY THE 13.

Headband Giveaway at Bettencourt Chase!

Anybody want to win an adorable knitted headband I made? Hop on over to Bettencourt Chase to enter the giveaway!

Even if you don't want to win, visit them because they are lovely!

Etsy things I'm loving

Sometimes I go into uncontrolling bouts of wanting things. I thought that Etsy browsing would be bad for my bank account in that I would spend uncontrollably. However, I've found that I am extremely hesitant to buy anything online. No idea why. It's so easy and my husband would never know. But it's true that I'm much more frugal online. But there is always a but.

Here are the things that are slowly chipping away at me... Oh beautiful things...

Jimbobart

Oh Hello Dear

RetroNaNa

Chick Hardware

Storybook Fibers

Hey, my birthday is coming up... next December... :)