Thrifty Thursday ~ Mod Podge 5 point star!

 Today I made my a 5 point wood star for my wall. I have seen these at JoAnns and home decor stores and they are SO expensive! I found these wooden stars in the clearance aisle of michaels this morning and practically did a happy dance right there! There were only 2 left but that's really all I needed..

2 stars - 2.98 for both on clearance! Whoop!
About a cent for mod podge.. I used so little of it..
About a cent or so of burgundy paint (that I had left over from Tuesday's post)
and maybe .10 for the scrapbook paper page!

Grand Total..... 3.10 or so for both or 1.55 for 1! Yep! That's it!

 So I just started with these two stars.. And for this tutorial I am only doing one because I forgot to take pictures of the other.. Oh well..

 I painted the star and the sides first because I wanted some of it to be showing..

 Then I laid the paper where I wanted it and traced (hard) with my finger where I wanted the paper to go, the trimmed it to be slightly too small to cover the whole point because, again, I want to have some color show through. I did this for all 5 points.

 Then just glue them on and press firmly to make sure they stick all the way down. Add a layer on top of the paper and let dry..

You are done! Hang it and admire your handy work! Now my wall isn't sad anymore! It looks fabulous!

I pinned it and I did it!!

 One of my friends on facebook always "pins" these AMAZING recipes that most of the time you shouldn't eat lol. This case however it is totally fine. There is pretty much nothing fattening in it at all! So the woman that does the blog when the recipe is posted is from Texas so these enchiladas are meant to be HOT! I made them mild because I am a huge pansy and pregnant so I don't do hot. And to quote the al mighty Paula Dean "I don't like to get burned while I'm eating". I made a few modifications of my own to make it less spicy..

I used a pasilla chile (half of it anyway) instead of a serano and I kept the seeds as far away from me as possible! lol.. I'm seriously a wimp..
I used a medium salsa verde sauce instead of hot but everything else I followed to the letter.

The sauce alone could be like the most delicious soup in the world! I'm not kidding it's friggin good!

She was vague about the chicken and just wrote add cooked chicken.. So Safeway had chicken breast tenderloins on sale so I bought those and cooked them in olive oil, salt and pepper then shredded with two forks.. No biggie.. It worked well too.

I also didn't use Cabot cheese cuz I'm cheap and wasn't gonna pay that much for cheese. I used Kraft already shredded cheese.. It was still pretty good!

Anyway the verdict is in and these will be a staple in our house from now on! I won't be able to appreciate another enchilada from a mexican restaurant again! And I may gain like 30 pounds.. Damn you Texans and your awesome food!

 Here it is before I baked it.. Looks good already!

We didn't eat them with anything else.. Just squezzed some lime on them and chowed down! The lime is a great addition to the sauce. I highly recommend it!

Here is her version!

http://www.thenovicechefblog.com/2012/05/spicy-avocado-chicken-enchiladas-giveaway/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNoviceChefBlog+%28The+Novice+Chef+Blog+%282%29%29

Stop by her site and check it out. Her recipe even has a print button! They are so darn good.. I can't say it enough.. LOL.

Thrifty.... Uh.. Tuesday... Wall Hanging..

 I know.. I am lame and haven't done one of these for like 2 weeks! Here is my make up project #1... So I was browsing the home decore aisle in JoAnns and I saw this awesome little star box for 60% off... It was 7.99 marked down from 19.99 so naturaly I HAD to buy it.. lol.. Then all the possibilities ran through my head and I came up with this..

So the tally for this project is...

7.99 for the star
1.49 for the "B" cut out (wood)
less than .01 cent for paint because I used like nothing and the whole bottle was .53 cents..
.50 cents or so for the fabric. I had it laying around for a long time and it is quilt shop fabric so im guessing..
.10 or so for modge podge..

Grand total.. About 10 dollars for an original.. PERSONALIZED piece of wall decor! Not bad..

  So I had to wing the star.. It was kinda tricky but if you work with it you'll get it in there just fine. I traced the back of the star and after I cut it out I cut little slits in all the corners and smothed it in the star.. Then just trimmed it as needed in the spots that didn't fit correctly.. I was going for sort of a country look so I wanted it to look a little rough.. If you want a clean look I would suggest trying to be more precise and maybe use a piece of tussue paper to trace the inside then cut out the fabric based on the tissue paper template.. All up to you!

 Then I just threw some Modge Podge on the bottom of the start first then laid the fabric back in there and threw another layer on top to give it a feel that it is supposed to be there lol..

 Modge podge tkaes forever to dry anf you may wanna put it outside overnight just to get it to dry all the way and not fume your house out... It's bad..

 This is my overnight drying example.. Still not all dry but it's dry where I need it to be..

 Then I painted the letter in the color that matches most of my decor.. Burgundy..

I have had this gold pen since Jordan and I have been together LOL! It finally came in handy! However, I think silver woul've looked much better! lol...

 Isn't that super cool! Very shabby chic!

 So I decided after I got it on there that I should make it look older so I took some fine sand paper and sanded down the edges a bit..

I ended up sanding the whole letter to give it a worn look but i think it came out great and will look stellar on my wall! Have fun with it! Make it your own and you can use any shape you want that will fit your decor. I like vintage country looking stuff so hence the star.. If you have a more modern sort of style I think a circle or a box would look cool too..

Thrifty Thursday! Fabric Covered Night Light Tutorial

Today we have a fabric covered night light! Yay! I saw these on etsy and LOVED how they look! So much better than those cheesy ones with buzz lightyear on them... yuck!

So the one I found on etsy that is relatively the same to this one just a different shape was selling for 19 bucks!

Night light from walmart    3.00

Riley Blake All Star fabric was 5.10 a YARD! So I am gonna guess like .10 cents..

felt was only like 5 cents

ribbon about the same and the button next to nothing..

All in all I would say this was somewhere arounf 3.25! CHEAP CHEAP just like I like it!

Step 1:

Gather zee junk! I broke the night light while peeling off a tinkerbelle sticker lol so that is why it is taped.. It happens..

Step 2:

Cut a small piece of fabric that is slightly bigger than your night light. If you peel off a sticker it will probably leave behind some residue so the fabric will stick in place.. Happy accident!

Step 3:

Just start folding the edges in.. There really isn't a method to it just try to keep it looking seemless on the front.

This is what mine looked like. .

And the front view.

Step 4:

Your bottom, although wont be seen from above it, needs to be covered cuz it could fray all weird..

I just took some felt and cut it in a half moon shape and cut a section out of the middle that looked like it would fit on there and it worked out pretty well.. This is optional.. It will look great even if you don't do the felt.

Step 5:

Now just eyeball out where you'd like your ribbon to go (if you're using any) and glue it on. I had to pull it off any try a few times becuase the contour of this shade is really weird and I am not 100% happy with it but it still looks really nice.. Im a perfectionist when it comes to my work! It's even worse with crocheting and knitting..

Step 6:

Add your star.. All I did was draw a star on the back and cut it out.. viola.. star..

Glue a button on and nighty night! You have a super cool night light! And you paid next to nothing for it! This whole project  took me about 25 minutes.. Happy Crafting folks!

Thrifty Thursday~ DIY Diaper Caddy Tutorial

Welcome folks to another episode of Thrifty Thursday brought to you by the letter b.... for BOY! That's right we are having a boy! But you know what they say about 3rd time's a charm right! lol anyway... I have 2 daughters so I literally have nothing for this baby.. Unless he wants to go drag... But that wouldn't be sending a very good message now would it.

here is the break down.. I have seen bins this size on etsy for about 35 to 55 dollars they arent quilted either!!!

Walmart quilted fabric  -  About 4 dollars maybe less...
Brown Liner fabric  -  1.50 or so..
Peltex interfacing  -  1.35 for a half yard!

So that is under 7 dollars to do yourself! Boo Yahh! lol..

Step 1:

Cut out all your pieces and fuse your interfacing to the outer pieces! In hind sight I wouldn't have used a separate piece for the bottom.. I would've rather just use 2 pieces for the sides and forget about the brown piece so you should cut your pieces like this..

2 ~ 12/17" pieces in quilted material
2 ~ 11/16" pieces of peltex interfacing
2 ~ 12/17" pieces in brown lining
2 ~ 6/10" pieces of quilted material for handles

Step 2:

So here I sewed a brown piece for the bottom which turned out to be completely useless.. So just sew the two outter pieces together. (quilted material) At the bottom NOT SIDES!

Step 3:

Now Sandwich your big piece together and sew up the sides so you have like a pita pocket of fabric!

Step 4:

Press your corner together like the picture shows (seem to seem on the inside of the pita)  and sew about 1/4 inch away from the seem to your left. Cut off the corner with siscors! Now do the other corner and repeat steps 1 - 4 for the lining with the brown fabric!

Step 5:

Sew a casing with your strap fabric and turn.

Step 6:

Sew along each side to secure! You have a handle!

Step 7:

Put your lining fabric around the outter fabric (make sure the right sides are facing eachother. Pin your handles where you want them and stitch around leaving a big hole to turn the fabric!

This is what it should look like.

Step 8:

Top stitch around!! And guess what! You are so done !

Enjoy!! I hope you end up with an awesome BIG diaper caddy just like mine! HAPPY SEWING!