Shop Update

I was going to wait until after Halloween, to update you on what's in the shop... but sometimes I'm a little impatient. I've been working on getting my Etsy Shop full of Christmas goodies, here are a few:

Pine Swag with Plaid Bow

Nest with Bird and Egg

I love these pine cones, they are huge!

Pine Cone Hanger

I love this one!

Snowy Swag

Pine Cone Wreath

This is one of my favorites too-

Oval Winter Wreath

Winter Nest and Egg

These have been good sellers, I just listed more and I have them in Mocha and copper too

Antique Silver Acorns

Green and Gold Wreath

Red Velvet and Gold Swag

If you have any questions, just ask me here! Thanks for looking!

Don't forget to enter my Grateful {For You} Giveaway!

The Grateful {For You} Giveaway!

It's time for The Grateful {For You} Giveaway!

First of all, I want to let you know how much I appreciate you coming by when you can and taking the time to comment and emailing me your sweet and thoughtful words. I am grateful!

With Thanksgiving coming up, I tried to think of some things that you would find useful and of course, just plain pretty, most of which is handmade (which is my fave)!

Here is what you can win:

Two crocheted dishclothes

One hand-glittered nest and egg

Six hand-glittered natural acorn

Ten Heat Embossed Notecards with Leaf Motif

One Glazed Stoneware gourd Container

Let's take a closer Look! The crocheted dishclothes are made by Justin's Grandmother, thanks Colleen! I love the colors (she made some for me too!) and are 100% cotton and 100% useable!

Embossed blank notecards, perfect to write a note to friends and family. I could'nt decide whether you would like gold or silver, so I did a combination. Hand-stamped then heat embossed, the leaf is gold and the word gratitude is in silver. Set of 10, with envelopesHand-glittered nest and egg, if you've been over to my Etsy Shop, you've seen all the different ones I've been doing, this is in Antique Gold as well as the natural acorns. Logan and I spent an hour or so picking up acorns, they are just everywhere! I glittered the caps and I just love a little sparkle added to them!

For all of you that want to play along:

1.) Leave a comment, instantly entered!

2.) For two entries, leave me a comment telling me you are a follower or that you have become one.

3.) For a third entry, blog, Facebook, or share on any other social networking site and leave a comment letting me know you've done so!

4.) Finally, become a fan of Sweet Something Design on Facebook, and let me know!

There you go, super simple! Four different ways to win, just remember to comment separately for each thing you do, increase you chances!

The giveaway will be open through Sunday the 31th and the winner will be randomly chosen November 1st.

Good Luck!! I think you'll love everything!

Cable Knit Sweater Pillow

The Cable Knit Pillow. I've been enamored with them probably since this time last year, and after seeing this one in the Nate Berkus collection, I went a-thrifting and found a nice sweater to transform into my very own cable knit sweater pillow.

I would like to say that this was one of the easiest projects ever, but that would be a fib. Maybe for a more seasoned seamstress, scratch that, anyone but me, it would be a fairly easy project.

I did the standard measuring and sewing, but because of the stretch factor, I ended up sewing a seam again, 2 inches in and had a little waste.

I used a down insert, it gives it that squishy look that I really like. And even though I didn't attempt the fancy button treatment like on Nate's, I like how it turned out.

And I think might want to attempt another one, having learned from this one!

Do you like the look of sweater pillows?

Here are some other beautiful examples of pillows and what you can do with upcycled sweaters:

Sweater Vases @ Under the Table and Dreaming

Sweater Pillow Tutorial @ Make it and Love it

Sweater Pillow @ Domestically Speaking

Cashmere Pillow @ Strictly Simple Style

Sweater Pillow @ Adventures in Creating

Thanks for stopping by!

All Hallow's Eve

With Halloween right around the corner, let me show you some spooky touches that I've been adding around the house. I haven't always decorated like this for Halloween, but we live in the kind of neighborhood that people come to go Trick or Treating. It's always great fun seeing all the costumed kids, we get so many, the door never closes.

Because the door opens right into the living room, I really concentrated on the mantle, it's the first thing you see, so it got a lot of spooky attention.

Most of the same elements are what I have for Fall (as a season) that will stay up until Thanksgiving, But I added the most important Halloween ingredients like spiders

and crows

(I spray painted that little vase black)

owls

(I love this guy, I used a suction cup to hang him on the mirror)

spooky candelabra

(Comes apart for easy storage)

with some ceramic pumpkins, a Trick-or Treat banner and a little bit of natural excelsior ( Spanish moss' less stinky cousin), oh and the cheesecloth on the mirror, it's looking more and more spooky!

When I painted this little dresser this past summer, little did I know how great it was going to work for Halloween! :) The black and white dresser fits right in with Halloween decor

Apothecary jar filled with spiders, climbing to get out



A pumpkin man, watching over the festivities



A clock cloche turned specimen jar, how fun is a glittery skull?



I made my Witches Candy Sticks, something that I can use every year, I cut a couple of dowel rods down to the right size, spray painted them white and used black grosgrain ribbon for the stripes. The kids won't be eating these!

Is it like that at your house? I put some candy in a dish or jar to be enjoyed in passing, the next thing I know it's empty!

The cheesecloth just adds instant Halloweeness!
Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you're inspired!!

Here are some additional Halloween links you might like:


Trick or Treat Tablescape

DIY Glittered Spiders


Halloween Decor 2009










Fall Festival @ DIY Showoff