Pinspiration: Stain Remover

This weekend we spent organizing the office a little more and we started on Wesley's room.  I got a little bit of a nesting urge on Sunday and I went through all of Tanner's baby clothes and organized them by size and pulled out the ones that had stains.  I washed everything and spot treated the stains on most of the clothes and now they're all hanging up in Wesley's closet.  

But there were 15 various sized white onesies that I knew I would have to throw out.  I tried to clean them before packing them away and nothing store bought worked. So they have been sitting in the attic with super set-in stains for almost 2 years.  But a few weeks ago I stumbled on a stain remover pin on Pinterest.  I saved it, knowing I had these onesies waiting for me.  It's a very simple mixture and I had my doubts.  But I figured I would take pictures and post about it one way or the other.  Because if it was a failure, it would be nice to let my friends and family know so if they sound this same pin, they wouldn't waste their time.  But that won't be necessary, as this mixture was AMAZING! 

I followed this link.  It seriously worked wonders.  The ingredients? Hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and blue Dawn dish soap. That's it!

15 super stained white onesies (Brought back all the memories of ow much Tanner spit up.  Poor kid)

This was the most stained onesie.  It's a little hard to see in the picture, but it was disgusting.  The stain was all down the front and on both sleeves.  

I mixed 1 cup of hydrogen peroxide and 1/2 cup of dawn.  Then I mixed in the 1/2 cup of baking soda.  You have to mix it up pretty well because it separates rather quickly, but when it's mixed properly, it forms this wet paste.  

I spooned the mixture on all of the stains on each onesie.  And I used a little scrub toothbrush to really get the mixture into the stain.

I then let them sit for one hour before throwing them into the washer with some detergent. And out they came, perfectly white! Every single one!  PINTEREST WIN!

A little Pinsperation

Living on base it's hard (to me) to want to put a ton of effort into decorating when I know I will be packing up and moving in a couple of years.  We don't own this house, so I can't really do much anyway.  

Our bedroom is located on the complete opposite side of the house. I use to just keep the door closed and that was that.  But I realized Tanner really enjoys playing on the window seal when I have the window blinds open; it's the perfect size for him to play with his little toy cars. So I noticed I was back in my room quite a bit during the day. And I got tired of staring at 4 white walls.  It needed a little something.  I could have just put picture frames on the wall, but this was a nice chance to give Pinterest a try.  

I picked four ideas that looked pretty easy and cheap.  This way I was pretty sure I would have something on each wall.  And almost everything turned out perfect. (Everything was found at Hobby Lobby. I LOVE that store.  It must be genetic, because my mom loves it too)

I saw the painted glass bottles floating around Pinterest and knew that was something I wanted to do.  My friend, Kaitlin, made some a few months ago and they look great! 

I picked 3 bottles I liked from Hobby Lobby and found a few colors of paint that would work with the color of our bed/furniture.  

 For some reason the grey and blue worked on the bottles, but the yellow would not.  And after trying 4, yes 4, different yellow paints, I realized it was the stupid bottle.  Not the paint.  
So I just painted some designs on the outside instead.  I really wanted the pop of yellow color in the room.  (I will be repainting, I don't like it. Ha!)

This craft was originally supposed to be on canvas, but I already bought some for a different project, and they weren't on sale.  But the little piece of wood was.  I painted it all the same color, used wood glue to stick the letters to the wood piece, and then sprayed it with some clear acrylic spray I had left over from another project.  

It's hard to tell, but it's shiny. :)

I liked this one a lot, because it was really, really easy.  But I need to make a few more different sizes to hang up.  Three isn't enough, and I need more variety of sizes.  

This one was my favorite.  It turned out exactly how I wanted it to.  I will be making two more to hang next to it.  I painted the wood the same blue that I used in some of the other projects and used mod podge to hold the picture on.  And I just another layer of mod podge on top of the whole thing to make it shiny.  Love it!

These were super simple projects and they added a little something to my room.  I'm pleased!

PM Week #1: Crock Pot Tomato Basil Parmesan Soup

Delicious.  Loved, loved, loved it!  It would be even better with chicken! Yum! The left overs were just as good, too! You can find the recipe here. 

PM Week #1: Taco Wontons

Last night's meal was Taco Wontons and Spanish rice. I liked this one!  It was very sinple! Just seasoned beef in a wonton with freshly grated cheddar cheese on top!  It only  baked for 9 minutes, too! It would have been a lit faster if I had remembered to thaw the meat first. :)

Next time I might add a little less beef and put some smashed black beans on top! Yum! Tonight is the last Pinterest meal for this week.  Crock pot tomato basil Parmesan soup! 

PM Week #1: Buffalo Chicken Cupcakes

Last night's meal was Buffalo Chicken Cupcakes. You can find the recipe at that link. 

It wasn't bad!  It tasted like hot wings in a way.  Next time I will be doing a few things differently, though.  The recipe calls to roll up the dough with the chicken mixture and cheese like you do cinnamon rolls.  Yeah, that didn't happen.  The chicken was so hot it made the dough super soft and it was NOT rolling!  I ended up just taking handfuls and stuffing it in the muffin pan. I'll probably put the dough in the muffin pan first next time, and then spoon the mixture in. 

I was able to use extra mozzarella cheese and chopped up onion from the creamy tomato soup I made the night before!

My little helper wanting my attention

Tonight I am making Taco Wontons and Spanish Rice!

PM Week 1: Creamy Tomato Soup and Mozzarella Balls

Pinterest Meals Week 1, day 1 was Creamy Tomato Soup and Baked Mozzarella Panko Balls.

Nick came home from a weekend of flying saying he was starving, so I got started cooking and completely forgot to take pictures throughout cooking like I had planned.  I did remember to snap a few before I tried it.  

This recipe was very easy and pretty quick, too.  I really enjoyed it, and I think Nick did, as well  (Tanner did, too). I'm actually looking forward to having the left overs for lunch, and if you know me super well at all (I'm looking at you, Nick) that's a huge thing.  I don't usually like left overs.  

SO good! Tonight I'm making Buffalo Chicken Cupcakes! I'll try to remember to snap pictures as well. :)

Pinterest Meals Week #1

I have a a ton of delicious sounding recipes pinned.  They just sit there.  I haven't really tried a bunch yet.  So this week I am going to try to change that.  I have 4 meals planned for the next 4 days, all recipes I have found on Pinterest.  So I am going to challenge myself to review these recipes, take pictures, and blog them.  I'm not promising good pictures, because it's gotten 10xs harder to cook now when I have a little boy trying to pull down my pants.  Or pulling the cookie sheets and cutting boards out of the drawers and covering the kitchen floor with them.

This week's meals will be:

Sunday night: Creamy Tomato Soup and Baked Panko Mozzarella Balls

Monday night: Buffalo Chicken Cupcakes and french fries

Tuesday night: Taco Wontons, spanish rice, and corn on the cob

Wednesday night: Crock Pot Tomato Basil Parmesan Soup