The Transformation of a Shirt

Two posts in one month! This is a good run for me...

Anyways, I was at Target the other day and found this cute little Valentines Day shirt:

I had seen it before Valentines Day, but I'm not one to buy holiday clothing unless it's Holiday socks. Anyways, I liked the concept of the shirt but I didn't like the valentinyness of it. So when I saw that it was on clearance for $4, I had to buy it anyways. 

My solution to the lovey dovey pink and red hearts? Paint over them. I chose a mustardy yellow and turquoise to cover the red and pink. 

I began painting over the pink hearts with the yellow...

And then I covered the red hearts with the turquoise...

And then VOILA! The same shirt with a way less Valentines Day look. 

I was pleased with how it turned out. What do you guys think? Is it not so valentine like or do the hearts still make it pretty lovey dovey?

Have a fabulous week!

E

CAKE POPS!

Our Valentines Day weekend consisted of looks of cooking and baking! I'm going to quickly share our journey of making Valentine themed cake pops on Saturday afternoon!

Step 1: Make a regular cake. We made a boxed cake, but a homeade one would work too.

Step 2: Let the cake cool completely, then crumble it up in a bowl and mix in a can of frosting (a little less than the whole can, actually)

Step 3: Roll the cake/frosting mix into balls.

Step 4: Melt some candy chips (We used Wilton Candy Melts in vanilla flavor). Then, take lollipop sticks (found in a craft store in the Wilton/Cake making aisle) and dip them into the melted candy coating. Then, put the sticks into the cake balls. The melted candy serves as an adhesive.

Step 5: Melt a bunch of other colors of the candy melts while your cake pops sit in the freezer for about then minutes to set up. 

Step 6: Take the pops out of the freezer and cover them in the candy coating and decorate accordingly! They set up instantly so you have to decorate quickly. 

Helpful hint: DO NOT put food coloring in the candy melts. It just hardens/ruins it. 

Another helpful hint: Jeff and I bought flower arrangement foam blocks and covered them in fabric. We then poked holes into the blocks as the cake pops were done. Foam blocks are a great way to hold/display the pops when they are finished. 

We got a little tired of decorating them after awhile because we had a lot of cake pops to decorate...

So then Kelsey and I got into a frosting fight.

But then we got back on track and finished decorating them all. 

The final product turned out cute and delicious!

Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines Day!

E