Creations from my heart: tulle

Monday, March 25, 2013

Lamp Makeover

Do You Remember

this bedroom canopy from The Tea Castle display?

Recently it was being donated to an auction for the
Macomb Charitable Foundation.

I wanted to add a few accessories

to be donated along with the canopy.

A cute girly lamp would be perfect.

Not wanting to spend much, and with a vision in mind,

I headed to the thrift store!

Sometimes you're just lucky what you find...

and lucky I was!

Doesn't look like much but remember,

I had a vision in mind!

A lampshade for .99 cents and it was Pink.

Couldn't ask for better than that!

Can you see the price???

Yep, $2.99

PERFECT...

The lamp got a quick makeover with some cream spray paint!

I searched through my stash for some trim.

Found some pretty trim with pearls on it

and hot glued the trim to the lampshade.

I added some pretty shimmer tulle and a BIG bow to the shade.

Gotta love a glue gun, it makes things so quick & easy!

A little green and pink paint was added to the lamp.

And Here It Is....

My $3.98 Lamp transformation!

It was the perfect touch for the auction....

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Friday, April 23, 2010

The Pink Lamp Has a New Home...

My friend Sharon and "Huntington House" partner was gifted with a curb side find. She was excited about the her new found treasure and emailed me this photo. She had already primed the discarded desk when she sent me this photo. This was going to be our latest treasure which would find it's new home at the Tea Party Castle. It didn't look like much, but I knew that Sharon would work her painting magic.

Did I mention that she is a gifted painter? After she had painted, we added the tulle skirt. The tulle had a wonderful shimmer to to. Once we got the tulle on, we knew it needed a bit more "BLING".

We added two large bows and for the BLING we added a large rhinestone in the center of the bow.

Can you ever use to many rhinestones? I don't think so.

Take a look at the wonderful painting.

Sharon said it only took her about an hour to do this!

I just love the soft pastel colors.

I think you know by now that my favorite color is PINK!

Here's a close up of all the detail painting. Visit Sharon's blog "Great Paint for Great Homes",

and see some of her other wonderful projects.

Remember the lamp re-do from my previous post?

Well now the girly lamp has found it's new home.

It is perched on top of the new desk at the Tea Party Castle.

The desk was also given a crystal drawer pull for some extra Bling! I think the lamp and the desk are a perfect pair. I enjoyed working with Sharon on another project. It's fun to work with someone who is so creative. Once you start working together it's amazing what you can create.