Munchie Monday- Patriotic Cupcakes

Don't these look yummy?? :)

This past Friday was Independence Day here in the states and I decide the day to make festive red, white and blue cupcakes.

You will need:

1 box of white cake mix

2 14oz vanilla frosting

3 egg whites

1 1/4 cup of water

1/3 cup of oil

Red and blue food coloring

Cupcake tin and cupcake paper cups

Mixer and bowl

3 Pastry bags and 1 tip

Directions:

1. Empty the box cake mix in a large mixing bowl. Add the egg whites, water and oil to the cake mix. Beat on medium speed for 3-4 minutes, scraping the sides occasionally, until well blended

2. Divide mix into three bowl. Using  the food coloring tint one bowl red, one blue and leave the third bowl white.

3. Next spoon one spoonful of red cake mix in each cup, followed by white and blue mix. 

4. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool them for about 10 minutes in the pan and 30 minutes out on a cooling rake. 

5. While your waiting for to cupcakes to cool you can prepare your frosting. I divided the frosting among three bowls and dyed two red and blue. I didn't use the red because in came out pink LOL. Put the blue and white frosting in their own pastry bags. 

6. With your spare bag cut the tip and place your decorating tip in the bag. Cut the tip off the other two bag and place the bags in the third bag. 

7. Now you can decorate your cupcakes! I just swirled the frosting around the cupcake. Nothing to fancy but a perfect dessert option to a Fourth of July barbecue 

First time swirling frosting!

I hope you guys had a great weekend and for my fellow Americans I hope your Fourth of July was great. I hope you like these. If you do try them out let me know by tweeting me a picture or tagging me on Instagram! What would you like to see a recipe of? Tweet me of comment below. Also don't forget to show some love by liking my new Facebook page.

Do Your Own Wednesday- First Time Furniture Painting

I bought this desk last your at a local auction and painted it all nice a cute. Today I will be sharing my first ever furniture painting experience with yall!

Supplies: 

Desk

Paint Painter’s Tape

Paint

Brushes

Newspaper (So you don't get paint and Polycrylic everywhere)

Sandpaper

Polycrylic 

Screwdriver 

Knobs

Take off all the knobs so they won't get in the way. The surface of my desk was a really smooth surface so I used rough sandpaper to rough up the surface all over. After that I painted the base color all over. I put five coats on the top and 2 coats of paint everywhere else.

It took me so long to figure out the chevron pattern and I finally Googled how to do it and found this website that explained it in the easiest way possible. I also taped the edge of the desktop to avoid the white and brown paint from getting in any unwanted areas. After I covered what I needed in tape I painted the chevrons. I alternated brown and white. I put two coats of each color chevron.

 Peel the tape off when the paint is still kinda wet. Do Not wait till the paint is dry it will stick to the tape and peel off with the tape. I did not know that at the time and I had to do touch ups. Touch up if needed.

After all the paint is dry (I left it overnight because I finished when it got dark) I applied the polycrylic. I put about ten thin to medium coats on the top and about five coats everywhere else. After the Polycrylic dries (took mine about 3-4 hours), I applied the knobs and ended up with a super cute desk. 

Colors I used all satin finishes:

Coffee bean brown from Home Depot.

Plain white.

The blue was one I got from a gift bag for my cousins baby shower and took it to Home Depot to get it custom matched.

I got the knobs at True Value in Lockhart for $2.49 and the polycrylic for $19.99.

I absolutely LOVE this desk and I still use it very often as a sewing table. This desk is without a doubt my favorite piece of furniture that I own! I hope yall enjoyed this weeks Do Your Own Wednesday. What are some of your furniture painting tip? 

xoxo

Rita!