Lighting up our day...

Many times we have said that we love quick, easy projects.

This one was anything but.

Projects that involve electricity are not fun, or easy or quick for us.
Basically because when we work with wires, we have to think about it, focus and follow precise directions...yikes!

We knew that this floor lamp had potential:
TOP:

BOTTOM:

but to take it to a wonderful place of goodness we had to replace that glass shade for something more like this:

That's when the no-fun part started....

To replace this little part:

we screwed and unscrewed,

we tied and untied,
we put in and took off,
we screamed,
and even used some colorful Spanish words that we had not used in some time...
...until finally these 2 were in the right place...

After a much needed shower and coffee to recup, we moved to the fun part:
the vintage lampshade transformation....
burlap, lace and killer rhinestones buckle....

We are glad we didn't give up.
It took us about 5 tries (that felt like 50) to get those wires right but look at this beauty now....

Just in case you are wondering...
it even works!!!

"If at first you don't succeed, do it like your mother told you"
~Author Unknown~

SOLD!

White Wednesday

My little nephew S got me this oh so good smelly candle as a Christmas gift
...notice the perfect white, he knows me!

The label on the glass was not the prettiest one,
but the maker knows it because look at what he wrote on it:

and peeling I did....
and printing I did...
and fixing I did...

I keep it in my bedroom now and every time I look at it, I think of him!

"Children make you want to start life over"
~Muhammad Ali~

For LOTS of white beauty visit:
Faded Charm

also linked to:
Thursday Transformation at the "Shabby Chic Cottage"