KitchenAid Dress-Up

Woo-hoo! Here's my first project of the New Year!
I love, love, love my KitchenAid mixer. It was a super generous, wedding shower gift from my grandmother (who is now no longer living.) I actually didn't use it for the first 3 years I had it because I stored in the bottom of our pantry cupboard and it was too hard to get it out every time I needed it.
Slapping myself repeatedly on the forehead for that one!
I don't know what I was thinking!
I finally dug it out and put it in its rightful spot on the kitchen counter. Now we're best buds. I even named it, following my sisters-in-law's lead. It's a white mixer so now it's me, Betty (Crocker, that is), and Snow White, the KitchenAid Princess. :)


But every princess needs a little fancying up, don't you think?

I wasn't brave enough to pull it apart and spray paint it so I thought maybe some vinyl would do the trick. I got some blue vinyl at Hobby Lobby with a coupon and cut out a little birdy and some flourishes with my Cricut. I found a couple of tutorials online to help me along with process: A Little of This blog and Donna's Dayz blog. (Thanks gals!)

I did practice with scrap paper first before cutting into the vinyl. I made my cuts, took notes on sizes and settings, and then just used a bit of ATG adhesive to stick them on the mixer until I got the arrangement I liked.

Then I cleaned it really well (um, major icky-ness that I didn't realize was on there. Sorry, Snow!) and then rubbed it down with a couple of alcohol swabs.

When it was dry, I used the transfer tape to adhere the vinyl to my mixer.

Now she's extra pretty! Nothin' quite like a gal who can sing and work at the same time.

Linking up to some or all of these great blog parties:
Sunday: Sunday Showcase at Under the Table and Dreaming;
Monday: Amaze Me Monday at Dittle Dattle;
Tuesday: One Project at a Time at A Bowl Full of Lemons; Tuesday's Treasures at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia; Show Me What Ya Got at Not Just a Housewife;
Wednesday: Wicked Awesome Wednesday at Handy Man, Crafty Woman; It's Overflowing at Overflowing with Creativity; Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts;
Home Decor & Organizing at Organize and Decorate Everything;
Thursday: Delightfully Inspiring Thursday at Delightful Order; Thrifty Thursday at Thrifty and Fabuless;  Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Creek Cottage;
Friday: Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest; Flaunt it Friday at Chic on a Shoestring;