Welcome, Made by Munchie's Mama. Thanks for the Sweet Giveaway!

AND THE WINNER OF MADE BY MUNCHIE'S MAMA COCKTAIL RING IS.....
{drum roll please!!!}
Per random.org:
Comment #15
LISA!!!
Congrats!! Please be sure to contact me within 48 hours!


It's Thursday -Yahoo! That means I {we} have almost made it through this CRAZY week.

I haven't been around much to post this week due to work,
but I have a great bloggy bud that stepped up to the plate to guest post for me tonight. 

She's cute, she's sweet, and the things she makes in her Etsy shop are to die for.
Talk about talent!
Let me tell ya, I ALMOST want to have another baby so
she can crochet me some little baby goodies ;)

Who is she?? 
She's MADE BY MUNCHIE'S MAMA, also known as Summer.

I can't wait for you guys to meet her...plus she wrote up a great tutorial for us
on how to make a burp cloth. Maybe that's another omen that I should have second little one?

And, just when you thought it couldn't get any better,
Summer is also giving away one of her handmade cocktail rings.
LOVE HER!

Ok, enough with the small talk, take it away Summer!

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Hey there Punkin' Heads and Dooda Loo's readers!  

I am so excited to be guest posting for Katie today.  

She is such an amazing woman and so kind and thoughtful, 

not to mention that her blog is super FAB!  

My name is Summer and I have a blog called Made By Munchie's Mama. 

We lovingly refer to our oldest son as Munchie 

so Katie and I totally share a love for nicknames.   

I am so excited to share this burp cloth tutorial with you all. 

 It is so simple takes hardly anytime at all. 

These make a great little shower gift when you need 

something on the fly and you could totally use 

the scraps to make some adorable bows!  

Here we go...

 Supplies: 1 yard of cotton flannel {I used 1/2 yard each of coordinating patterns}, your favorite burp cloth to use as a pattern {or you can cut out a pattern with paper}, I love to use a rotary cutter and self healing mat, but scissors would work just fine.

 Place 2 pieces of material together right sides out 

and put your "pattern" on top.

 Use your rotary cutter to cut around your pattern.  

You can get about 4 burp cloths out of 1 yard of fabric, 

just depending on what the size of your pattern is.

 Pin your 2 pieces of material together so 

that they don't shift during sewing.

 Sew around the edge leaving about 1/4 inch seam allowance for fringe.  You can do a straight stitch or something fun like my zig zag.  You can even get fancy and use different color thread for the spool and bobbin to make different colors on top and bottom.

 Now you have 4 burp cloths that are sewn together.  

If you stop here, you will have a stringy mess on the edges 

after a wash or two.

 To avoid stringy mess mentioned above,  snip little cuts all around the outside of the burp cloth about 1/4 inch apart.  This makes a cute little fringed edge.

 And there you have it.  So simple: no turning inside out, no ironing, just cut, pin, stitch, and snip!

Here is a close up of the cute fringed edge.

And now on to the good stuff!  

One lucky reader will win this turquoise cocktail ring from the Made By Munchies MamaEtsy Shop

Here is how you enter:

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Giveaway will end Monday September 26th at 8pm!

Good Luck!!!

Acorns and Ladybugs

I don't know about you, but at my house in the fall we have a ton
of Acorns and Ladybugs. Ridiculous amounts.

They're another one of those things that says "Fall is here" to me.

And just one more thing I get to rake (or vacuum) up!

But, its all good! They're cute and I'll keep them.

So in the spirit of ladybugs and acorns I whipped these
cute little buggers up as a treat for Maddy and her buddies.

The strawberries are SO GOOD.
all the taste of a chocolate covered strawberry turned into a cute little bug.
And the acorns came in handy this week for "fall themed" cupcakes
that I sent off to pre-school with Mads.


To make the Acorns you will need:
1 bag of Hershey Kisses
Frosting or Peanut Butter
Thin Pretzel Sticks
Mini Vanilla Wafers

Start by unwrapping the Hershey Kisses (obviously!).

Place a small amount of frosting on top.

Stick on the Vanilla Wafer

Break off a tiny piece of pretzel.
Dip the end in peanut butter (I didn't like the look of the white frosting)
Stick onto the wafer.

Easy as pie!


For the ladybugs you will need:
Strawberries
Mini chocolate chips

Wash and dry the strawberries.
Then cut off the tops.
Slice the strawberries in half length-wise {You now have 2 "ladybugs"}

Make a slit in the back of the strawberry to for "wings".

In a bowl melt a handful of chocolate chips in the microwave.
Dip the rounded end of the strawberry into the chocolate (this makes the head).
Stick the mini chocolate chips into the strawberry, pointed side in, to make the spots.

Totally cute!

And the acorns make great last minute cupcake toppers...

And don't forget to stop on by Momma's Like Me to meet Lacee
and check out my guest post!

I'm featuring my yummy Pumpkin Roll!

And over on Lena's blog Mom2MemphisandRuby
you can learn some more about me,
and enter to win some of my fab little Halloween clippies!



Have a great Wednesday Everyone!

Hangin' out with Mom2MemphisandRuby!

If you're looking for something to do tonight I highly suggest you head on over to Lena's page..

I'm guest posting there tonight, and have a fun little halloween giveaway going on as well!

Be sure to check it out, and tell Lena I sent you.

You're sure to love her as much as I do!