Bathroom Buckets

I had the idea to give the girls their own bucket in the bathroom to store their toothbrush, toothpaste and brush in. That way they would each have their own place to store the "necessities" every little girl needs.

 But I didn't want to take up anymore counterspace so I hung them on some cheap hooks. I got these removeable Command hooks that hold up to 3 pounds and you just stick them on the wall and then they are SUPPOSE to remove cleanly off the walls when needed. They were only about $2.75 for 2!

 I got the buckets at Target, but they were boring so OF COURSE I had to add some vinyl to them. I decided on a simple, girly letter. Now they have a place they can reach THEIR stuff.

Lesson Learned

The older I get the more I realize this saying is true. Now don't get me wrong, I still have my OCD inspired cleaning fests, but the older my girls get the more I realize a mess is just a mess but memories will last a lifetime. (Wow! That sounds like a greeting card!) But it's true! My girls will not remember how clean and sparkly our house was, but they will remember the fun times we have together. And that is why I love this. I put this quote on an acrylic frame, but it would also be great on canvas or a large floating frame. You can get one here.

Bunco, Bunco, Bunco!!

I hosted my Bunco group's monthly Bunco get together this week and we had a lot of fun (as always!!). When I knew I was hosting July's get together my wheels started turning as to what "prizes" I was going to give away. I immediately knew I wanted to do some kind of wine glass. This is what I decided on:

I filled them with cash and I think they were a hit!

My Bunco girls also wanted the recipe for the dessert I made. Its a coconut poke cake and is one of my FAVORITE desserts! Its really easy to make too! Here is what you will need:

White Cake Mix

14 oz. can of Sweetened Condensed Milk

Cream of Coconut

8 oz. tub of Cool Whip (NOT SHOWN)

Coconut Flakes

First, make the white cake in a 9x13 pan as directed. Once it has cooled, I use a kabob stick to poke holes all throughout the cake. (You could use anything to poke the holes). Then mix the can of sweetened condensed milk with half of the cream of coconut (so about 10 oz.). Once mixed, pour over the cake.

I used about 3/4 of the 21oz. bottle of cream of coconut and it made a little too much. The liquid will not completely soak into the cake, but I think 1/2 of the bottle of cream of coconut would have been a better amount. I like to do this part in advance and let the cake sit like this for an hour or more so that the liquid really gets soaked into the cake. Then spread the tub of Cool Whip over the top of the cake and sprinkle with the coconut flakes until lightly covered. Keep refrigerated.

I forgot to take a picture of the finished product, but I think everyone liked it because this is what was left of it!

This cake is so moist and delicious. A great recipe for the summer!

Enjoy!!

The playroom gets some color!

The room used probably the most in our house these days are the girls' playroom. They are 5 and almost 3 now and love to play dress-up, Mommy & Baby, restaurant chef, and have tea parties. We've lived in our house now for almost 2 years and it was time to finally add a little color in there. I was going to paint, but decided to start with some curtains.
I own a sewing machine but don't use it very much. I am not a pro, but when it comes to sewing a couple of straight line hems I feel I can accomplish that. Plus I'm too "frugal" to pay $100 for curtains and I just never could find exactly what I was looking for. So one day I saw an outfit on a website's facebook page and knew that was the fabric I wanted. It was bright, colorful and fun. So I went on a google search. What I found was this:

Its by Mchael Miller and called Ooh La La Bouquet De Fleurs Lime. So I placed an order from fabric.com and in a couple of days it was on my doorstep. It was EXACTLY what I was looking for!
This is what the playroom started as:

(Sorry for the dark picture)

It was plain-jane with a few pictures/decor on the wall but that was it. (I'll post soon on how to make those letters you see in the picture). So I started out by ironing my fabric.



I ironed out all of the wrinkles and then ironed a thin, even strip on the side and then folded it over again to make about a 1/2-3/4" hem on both sides. I sewed both sides down with my sewing machine.

Then at the bottom I ironed down a small strip and then folded it over and ironed it down to make a 1" hem at the bottom. Sewed that down, then started on the top where the curtain rod would go through. After ironing down about 1/2" of the fabric over I then folded it over and ironed it down at 4 inches. This would be plenty of room for my curtain rod to slide through. I sewed it down and then that panel was ready to go. Then it was on to panel #2. The hardest part was the time it took to get all of the edges ironed down. The sewing part was actually the easiest. And now the playroom looks like this and the girls LOVE IT (and so do I)!!