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Saturday, November 8, 2014

Day 26 - Ugly Ottoman to Pretty Ottoman

Day 26 - Re-doing an Ottoman

A friend of mine had this Ottoman sitting around here house she really didn't like, need or have any use for, so she asked me if I could use it. At first I thought that is a horrible thing why would someone ever try to do that to anything, that material is ugly, than I thought ehhh what the h*ll I can always reupholster it

So that's exactly what I did, we don't exactly have to many places to get fabric around here and I'm impatient so I didn't want to order it online and wait to come in or, it would get to be one of those I'll do it later projects lol

Anyways I went to the craft store to check out there selection of fabric, and found some jean colour stretchy material that the lady said would suit it just fine. I ended up get a yard and 1/4 just to make sure I had enough.

With the materials I needed at hand
1 and 1/4 yard fabric
staples
staple gun
two sided tape
scissors
Velcro
I set out to try my hand at this

How I did this-
1. Measured the fabric for all the areas I needed it, and cut them all to size I wanted, each piece I made sure was a few inches bigger than needed on each side so I would have rom to play with the fabric
2. Took all the ugly fabric odd the Ottoman (I found an even uglier Ottoman underneath lol)
3. Took the cushion off the top. Flip it upside down (This one has wheels on it and depending how close to the sides they are you may have to take them off, I didn't the staple gun fit nicely beside them)
4. Starting with the 2 longer sides I stapled the fabric to the underneath lip making sure it was nice and tight, I also wrapped about 3 inches of the fabric around the corners and stapled that to the shorter sides
5. I flipped the Ottoman back on the right side and stapled the fabric tight to the top.
6. I did the same step with the shorter ends of the Ottoman, making sure it was nice and tight. when pulling the pieces up the sides of it, I folded the sides in so you couldn't see any cut sides and it wouldn't fray later. I lined up those sides with the corners so now it has a nice little seem on each corner.
7. Once the bottom of it was done. I moved onto the top pillow. I laid the pillow in the middle of the fabric again brought the fabric up and around the 2 longer sides first and taped it onto the cushion nice and tight
8. Than did the same steps with the shorter side making sure it was all tight and folded the sides to match the sides of the bottom half.
9. I than put the Velcro on the bottom and top half so that the cushion would stay in place

First time reupholstering I think it turned out pretty good

Now to see if it with stands 2 new kittens a teenage boy and a mechanic hubby lol

(it is darker than what it looks in the picture)

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Day 25 - Popcorn Seasoning

Here I made 2 different seasonings Cheese and Garlic popcorn seasoning and Hot and Spicy popcorn seasoning

The cheese on my daughter loves the Cheese and Garlic and the Hot and Spicy my son loves, so I guess it worked out well choosing to make those ones I multiplied mine by 4 so I didn't have to make more right after but here is the original recipes

Cheese and Garlic seasoning

1 tbsp. garlic powder
3 tbsp. parmesan cheese
a dash of sea salt (I used table salt)

Hot and Spicy Seasoning

1 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp garlic powder

Both you mix in there own containers and sprinkle over popcorn when ready

Day 24 - Honey Mustard

Looks not to appetizing, so it took a little trickery to get the kids to try this one. But an empty mustard bottle and smart thinking they tried it and liked it, even after I told them what they just ate lol

1 cup Mayonnaise

1/3 cup mustard

2 tbsp. lemon juice

a bit of honey

(I didn't measure this cause I knew trying to get it out of the measuring cup would be fun, I'm going to say I put probably 4 tbsp. of honey in it, I squeezed the jar 4 times and whatever came out is what went into the mix)

Mix it all thoroughly and keep it chilled

Day 23 - Homemade Shake and Bake

This tastes so good AND way cheaper than the store bought stuff

Ingredients-

4 cups breadcrumbs

2 tbsp. onion powder

2 tbsp. garlic powder

2 tbsp. poultry seasoning

1 tbsp. paprika

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

Instructions-

Mix it all together
Keep in a sealed container until ready to use

When using it

Unthaw the meat
Get a ziplock bad
Pour some of the mix into the bag and add the meat
Shake it around until the meat is covered
Bake the meat how you normally do

Day 22 - Fry and Burger Seasoning

This is like A&W seasoning they use on there fries, I love it!! We haven't tried it yet on the burgers but sprinkled on fries tastes great

Instructions-

1/2 tbsp basil

1 tbsp. garlic powder

1/2 tbsp. parsley

1/2 tsp celery salt

1 tbsp. chili powder

1 tbsp. garlic salt

2 tbsp. paprika

1/2 tbsp. pepper

1/4 tbsp. salt

1/2 tbsp. cumin

Instructions-

Measure everything out mix it all together and its done.

SIMPLE

Day 21 - Fry Sauce

YUP I thought the same thing.... fry sauce what is that?? Surprisingly its actually kinda good!!! Every time we have fries now at least one person in the house wants the sauce.

I made it a big batch so I wouldn't have to keep making it but I will leave you with both the large batch and the personal size batch

Personal Size                                  Large Size
      2 tbsp.              ketchup              8 tbsp.
      1/4 cup             mayonnaise         1 cup
      1/2 tsp              pepper                  2 tsp
      1/2 tsp              season salt            2 tsp        (I used normal table salt)
      1 tsp                 vinegar                 4 tsp

Instructions_
Put all the ingredients into a container and mix
Chill until its being served

So I didn't have to do a bunch of extra work I literally put everything into a mason jar put the lid on it and shook it until it was all mix. Easy as that!!!

Day 20 - Hot Caramel Sauce

This one the kids only like it with apples?? Not to sure why but they only want to dip apple slices in it. So with apples they think its great anything, not on your life

Ingredients-

2 cups sugar

12 tbsp. butter

1 cup heavy cream

1 tsp salt

Instructions-

1. Heat the sugar up until its liquid form (this takes a bit and you want to keep stirring it so it doesn't burn)

2. Add the butter to the liquid sugar until its all melted together

3. Add the cream, and let it all boil for 3 minutes (again you want to stir it the entire time its boiling, or you will have a mess, I was cleaning caramel for days outta the burner, and it sticks when it burns)

4. Remove from heat, stir in salt

5. Completely let cool and store in sealed jar