Watermelon Love, Again

I've already shared a handful of watermelon inspiration from my own creations and around the web. I couldn't help but share some more I have been smitten with, since yesterday August 3rd, was National Watermelon Day. (Anyone wonder if there is a national day for everything? I mean really, there is probably a National Sock Day.) Anywho...here's another watermelon round up to honor the day.

I made this watermelon card using my Silhouette. (I'm still learning how to work that machine, so this is obviously very simple!)

How stinkin' cute is this watermelon ice cream pie from Raising Memories? Not to mention super tasty looking.

Photo credit: Raising Memories

What about this watermelon sandwich made by Jill at Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons. My niece would love this!

Photo credit: Jill from Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons

Soooo I love frogs and this frogmelon is just awesome. (Again, from Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons) Great spinoff of the shark melons.

Photo credit: Jill from Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons

Sherbet was my favorite treat at the ice cream shop my dad took my sisters and I when we were younger, so it always brings back great memories. I may just have to make these watermelon sherbet cups from Red Couch Recipes asap!

Photo credit: Red Couch Recipes

I just think these homemade layered watermelon pops from Phaedra's Adventures look so yummy. Must try!

Photo credit: Phaedra's Adventures

Don't these watermelon cookies on a stick from Munchkin Munchies just look incredible? On my ever growing list of stuff I want to try to make, is attempting royal frosting. Someday!

Photo credit: Sue from Munchkin Munchies

This little watermelon craze I've been on this summer started with my watermelon cake pops and here is another spin on the cake pop concept: watermelon cake balls (made by Tonia from The Gunny Sack) that look like a watermelon cut in half! Love it!

Photo credit: Tonia from The Gunny Sack

I really will try to be done with watermelon things until next summer, but I can't make any promises. Every week, more adorable, creative ideas flood the blogs and I just can't help myself! Watermelon screams summer to me. I'm just not ready for it to end!

Tiny Watermelon Obsession

And by tiny, I mean ginormous. And instead of obsession, I'll opt for inspiration. For some reason, I can't get enough of the super cute watermelon creativity all over.

You may recall the post where I made these mini cupcakes. Check out this flickr pic of so many more insanely cute watermelon cupcakes. Oh, the possibilities!

I considered making cookies in the same fashion, but decided dying dough green and more frosting pink would probably be an overdose on my ingestion quota of the super healthy food color dyes. ;)

Instead, I made these watermelon cake pops. First cake pop try ever!

I saw awesome watermelon waffles from Kelli at Random Thoughts of a Supermom. And had to make my own (for dinner of course) while my friend Jo was visiting!

And for a little more inspiration from around the web...

Wilton never disappoints, with this "less frosting is more" version of a watermelon cake.

And, a twist on the idea of watermelon cupcakes, except that they are not cake, but actual watermelon in cupcake liners, courtesy of Alexis from Jaco'lyn Murphy.

Photo credit: Alexis at Jaco'lyn Murphy

Super adorable summer time treat: sherbert stuffed limes made by Katie at This Chick Cooks.

Photo credit: Kaite at This Chick Cooks

Oh geez. I'll stop soon. Promise. But first, check out this watermelon lemonade from one of my favorite bloggers, Alison at Oopsy Daisy! I wish I had super cute stemware to make it look awesomely watermelony. Mmmm!

Photo credit: Allison at Oopsey Daisy

 
If you simply can't wait to carve pumpkins, try this: watermelon carving! Rachel shows you how to step by step on her blog, Sun Scholars. I can only imagine what a hit this would be at your next potluck. Doesn't look too hard either.

Photo credit: Rachel at Sun Scholars

And stepping away from food, look at this adorable watermelon wreath from Mel at The Crafty Scientist! I absolutely love her blog. It is so helpful and super well organized. Plus, she started her blog about the same time I did and is a PhD student. She's quite amazing!

Photo credit: Mel at The Crafty Scientist

I can't believe how uhhhhdorable this watermelon skirt is! She posted a tutorial, too! Yippee! (The photo below has pins in the seeds still. It was the only one that didn't have her little girl in it. Go check it out to see the full skirt in action on her cute little model!)

Photo credit: Rachel at Sun Scholars

Too cute! Okay, I'll be done. Go ahead and share a link in a comment if you have watermelon inspiration to share! I want to see!