
and i said hello to some old clothes and this little purple lamp.
yes, i do crafts on my bed. don't you?
i totally love this lamp. i used it in college after i stole it from my sister my sister gave it to me. isn't it the cutest? yah... but totally doesn't go with anything i have.. no purple in my home, sorry. so that's where old clothes come in. i decided to make a new lamp shade, cover the little purple hangy ball thing, and paint the base of the lamp. basically de-purplify it. so i got out my glue gun and scissors and went at the thing.
you know i totally saved all those for some project some day...
i basically cut a shirt to fit around the existing shade, folded it over the top and bottom and hot glued it around the inside. totally easy. then i just cut some lace trim and the bottom seam off of another old shirt and glued those around the lamp. the tricky part was covering the hangy ball. luckily it came off of the chain, so i covered it then just stuck it back on the little guy who holds the ball on the chain (totallly technical terms). after all that, i just painted the base blue. and i was left with this little beaut:
pretty cute, don't you think? i like the way it turned out. i don't know if i like it better than the ikea lamp, but i certainly like it.. and i really like the fact that it was free. maybe some day i will be able to call that adorable little ikea lamp mine, but for now this one will keep me plenty happy and provide some good light for the kitchen : )
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