Mixer Make-Over!

Okay, so some of you may think this kinda silly, but my little creative genes got a bit of a workout recently.  While moving our stuff into our new place on the south end of the KC Metro area, I was thinking about how to best cram all of my wonderful kitchen equipment into my very limited cabinet space.  I soon made the discovery that there was no place for my mixer to go, and that most likely it would have to be stored on the counter top.  This isn't that big of a deal...my mom has kept hers stashed in the corner of the counter for years...that way it is handy to use.  The predicament I had was that my mixer seemed to me a little bit of an eyesore.  It is probably a late 70's model Sunbeam mixer, in kind of a dirty-yellowish and brown color, with a big, caramel brown spot where a piece of masking tape has been stuck to it for many years.  It was gifted to me by mom when I moved out for my first big-kid job, and works just fine...just looks a little aged (not bad though, because Sunbeam hasn't changed their design that much).  Maybe it's just trendily "retro".  The long and short of it is that if this mixer was going to be sitting on the counter in plain sight of everyone who came into our house (which hopefully will be all of you because I love visitors!) something had to be done.  So...I whipped out my good ol' acrylic paints with some elbow grease and gave the miserly mixer a makeover to make it match my other kitchen decor...sunflowers!  Take a look at the pictures and let me know what you think!

Before:  Note the brown, gooey masking tape spot.

After!