June 09, 2011

Vote Today!

June 09, 2011/ Michelle Scheibe

Nate’s sister needs your help! As a fellow DIYer, she is going to paint her front door this week-end. She is struggling on the color and she wants your help!

Here’s her house…(She would also like you to ignore the stairs. They are on the to-do list! The little girl in the window is the lucky owner of this nightstand.)…

I worked my lack of Photoshop Elements skills to “paint” her front door for a better visual. Learning new things is hard when you are old.

Option #1: Paint the door the same color as the house…

Option #2: Valspar’s Grenadine

Option #3: Valspar’s Bangkok Rust

Option #4: Match the brick on the house

Option #5: Match the shutters

Option #6: Dark red found in Photoshop

Option #7: Navy

Option #8: Reader’s choice. Let us know if you have another color in mind!
So, what’s your vote?? There are no wrong answers here. I have a favorite but I won’t share until the votes are in!!

If you read this, we want to hear from you!!!

What's the color of your front door? Gotta a photo on-line? Share the link with us and we'll check it out!

June 08, 2011

Twinkie Cupcakes

June 08, 2011/ Michelle Scheibe

I’ll start by first saying that I don’t really like Twinkies. I will eat almost anything that has sugar in it but Twinkies I will pass.

I also do not usually like things with filling in them…but Twinkie cupcakes are an exception.

How do you make these delicious cupcakes? Easy!
Buy a Yellow Cake mix. Betty Crocker Super Moist. The only way to make a cupcake.
Bake cupcakes according to the instructions on the box. (That's the hard part.)
You may have noticed the balloon liners. We bought them around Christmas. I told Nate they were “Happy Birthday baby Jesus” liners. I believe he told me to stop talking after that. Sadly, the “Happy Birthday baby Jesus” liners are now all gone.

Let cool.

Now it’s time to make the filling:

Boil 5 rounded Tbsp flour and 1 cup water until thick, stirring one minute.
Cool to room temp (or at least until it’s comfortable to touch). This step is very important. Leave it and check out a few blogs…or clean your kitchen. Your choice.
Add: 1/4 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup solid crisco
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 tsp vanilla
Use mixer and beat until fluffy.
Use a nifty a cupcake filler tip (got mine in a Wilton cupcake kit) and piping bag. Squeeze filling into the cupcake just until you can tell that the cupcake top will start to tear.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Enjoy and keep any left-overs (ha!) refrigerated.

You can also make this a cake. Just bake the cake in a 9x13 pan and then slice it in half and put the filling in between the two halves.

I took these to work and came home empty handed. I love and hate when that happens…

What’s your favorite kind of cupcake?

Linking up to: Little Brick Ranch

June 07, 2011

Pretty in Pink

June 07, 2011/ Michelle Scheibe

Remember this nightstand I purchased for $0.50 at a local garage sale?

It’s now looking pretty…in pink…

Nate’s sister had me on the look out for an inexpensive nightstand that didn’t have a drawer. She wanted it for my niece (who just turned 2). She’s moving into her big girl room soon and needed a “new” piece of furniture. She’s growing up so fast. I’m excited to see her big girl room because her nursery cute is pretty cute! (The stripe looks a little brighter in this photo but it’s the same color as the nightstand.)

I have two “pros” on my “pros and cons” list regarding having children. One is decorating a nursery and the other is dressing the child in cute clothes….which probably explains why my only child is covered in fur!

This was a super inexpensive make-over for me. I had all of the supplies I needed (you can read about my furniture painting process here). Nate’s sister supplied me with the pink paint. It also only took me about 1 1/2 hours to complete. Not too bad.