Fabric Covered Drawer Pulls

You may or may not have seen the dresser that I prettied up and you may or may not have noticed the fancy pulls on those drawers. AND I may or may not show you how I did that.

STOP BEGGING! Jeez. I can't believe you though I wasn't going to show you how I made them!

First get all of the supplies you will need:

• Wooden Drawer Pulls
• Fabric of your choice (you'll need enough to cover the drawer pull... I got half a yard and only used about 1/3 of that... so lemme do some quick math... you won't need very much!)
• Tacky glue
• Scissors
• Rubber Bands
• Clear Spray Paint (Optional)

Once you have all of your supplies collected, cut your fabric into squares that are big enough to completely cover the knobs that you are updating!

After your fabric squares are all cut, apply the craft glue all over the top of knob and on the sides. I spread it around with my finger, but I don't mind getting messy. If you want to stay as clean as possible, I suggest using a small paintbrush.

Once you glue is evenly applied over the entire surface of the drawer pull, apply your fabric! Make sure it is smooth on the top and as flat and evenly smoothed as you can along the sides. Secure the fabric with a rubber band while your glue dries!

Complete the rest of the knobs in the same fashion and allow the glue to completely dry.

Sorry about the fuzzy picture!

Once the glue is dry, remove the rubber band and cut the excess fabric as close to the edge of the back as you can. This will allow it to lie flat against the surface of the drawer
** The first time I tried this, I wrapped the fabric around the back of the knob by the screw. This didn't allow the knob to be flush against the drawer as I would have liked**

Then spray the knobs with clear, high gloss pray paint. It helps to make it shinier and the the fabric more stiff. It also will help to protect your new knobs from monsters.

Last but not least, apply your new knobs to your drawers, cabinets, stand back in awe of your amazingness... I sure did!

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Dresser Re-do

So, I will preface this post by saying that this dresser was the reason that I kept my first and only secret from my husband during our marriage (ok... so it's only been a year... so I've got time to keep more secrets... but this was a biggie!) If all you want to see is the before and after, here you are...

BEFORE

AFTER

 And even better yet, this dresser was like a box of cereal. It came with a prize in the drawer! FREEBIE!

If you want to find out what happened with my husband read on!
 
It started as any innocent day of rummaging does... cash in the purse, empty trunk, my husband carefully keeping track of all of the "junk" I am buying (One man's trash is another man's treasure!)

We pull up to this rummage sale that is pretty dismal, old tools, garbage, old magazines all piled up on two tables. My husband doesn't get out of the car but I've got my wing-men (my parents!). So we are poking around and I notice that these two tables happen to be 2 dressers... i almost peed my pants! I ask the old lady how much she would want for those two  beauties.. she says $50 bucks... i hem and haw and offer her $30... she says ok! THEN Andy jumps out of the truck and says no. So alas, I leave the rummage sale, my trunk still empty and my money still intact. (Does anyone need to go get a kleenex? It's ok to cry...)

My heart was broken... apparently, it also broke the hearts of my wing-men because we dropped Andy off and my mom informed me that we were going back. (GOING BACK?!) Luckily, when my mom and I get back to the rummage sale, the dressers are still there... so of course I buy them. and i don't tell my husband. In fact, my parents bring the dressers to their house, where I continue to not tell Andy while I am prettying them up. It's D-Day. I need to get them moved back to my house so gently tell him what I did... and BOY WAS HE MAD. Yup. but I think he doesn't hate them as much as he is acting like that because how can you hate something so beautiful?! He keeps referring to them as "firewood"...but I think he means that these dresser lit a fire in his heart rather than him using them as actual firewood.

Ugly Tray Upcycle

I took a little trip to my local thrift shop and as I was perusing the the aisles I saw this.

Totally ugly right? I am sorry if you were the very talented artist that painted this, but obviously, since it was at Goodwill, you weren't really diggin' it either. So you will have nooooo problem with how I upcycled it!

I started out with a bit of spray paint primer ( a couple coats all over... those ugly flowers were tough to erase!) and then i spray painted with one of those colors that keeps popping up all over my home.

**Side Note** My favorite color is pink, however my entire home has turned into a sea of blue and green and brown. weird! The only room that has any pink at all is my bedroom. My poor husband.

Anyway, after my paint dried, I added a little decor... courtesy of my Cricut! Modpodged that all on, finished up with a couple layers of modpodge all over and.... voila!

Swimming Dudes

The forecast for today ( and the rest of this week in Wisconsin) is HOT. Flippin hot! Luckily, I gots me a pool!

Ok. I admit, its a kiddie pool... and when I say kiddie, I mean baby. Its tiny... but i can dangle my feet in it, or sit in it (as long as no one is watching!) However, my furbabies got one look at that pool and they all but pushed mama out! Being the good mom that I am, I gathered up all of their balls and frisbies and nylon bones and threw them in the pool. One by one my pups dragged each toy out until the pool was empty and they stared at me... basically begging me to do it again (which of course, I did!)

At first Capone wasn't too sure about this...

The water is fine!

Dill needs a pair of sunglasses

Look what Capone found in the pool!

Call me sentimental, but this reminds me of when I was a kid. My little brother and I made up "tv shows" that we made our parents watch for hours... they normally starred my brother and I accomplishing impossible feats such as holding our breaths under water for 10 seconds or crossing the swingset without ever touching the ground. We not only thought up the shows' concepts and starred in them, but we also directed them, named them and came up with rocking theme songs. I still remember them just as well as I remember the "Saved by the Bell" theme song! Seriously, we should have won an Emmy or something!

Basically, I just wanted to show off pics of my babies playing in the water. Yup. I am sick!

"Fun"nel cakes!!!

I am a fan of fair food. I'm not gunna lie. Deep fried anything is good. Actually, it's better than good... it is phenomenal. But, unfortunately, that yummy food is expensive!!! Since my hubby and I are on a budget I decided that I would pass up the $6.00 funnel cakes and make my own with ingredients I already had around the house! So not only was this free ( kind of!) but it was also a lot of fun to do!


The first step is heating up your oil. I used vegetable oil heated up in a frying pan...and I didn't measure it but it was probably about a 1/2 inch of oil in the pan.

While your oil is heating up, mix up your batter... I just used a basic batter recipe. Just mix together in the order you see here

1 1/2 Cups Milk
2 Eggs
2 Cups flour
1 tsp  Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Cinnamon

You'll also need powdered sugar to sprinkle on top... but we are not there yet!





Once your batter is made and your oil is hot, load up your batter... now, I know that these delectable treats are called funnel cakes because the batter is put into the oil through a funnel... and I tried! ATTENTION: the funnel method failed! I ended up using my cupcake icing device.... I also believe a pastry bag would work well or a plastic storage bag with the corner cut out of it.... but, whatever tool you decide to use, now comes the fun part!!!

Drizzle, Pour, go CrAzY! Put that batter in the pan!

Now, the hard part.... let it cook! After the bottom side is cooked to your liking, go ahead and flip it over!

Let the other side cook!

Now, you can take your funnel cake out of the oil (careful! It is really REALLY hot!) and put it on top a plate covered with paper towels (to sop of the excess oil). Then remove the paper towel,  and sprinkle on your powdered sugar!

Ok... Now you can eat it! 

How about that for some yummy fun?!

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