Glass Base Lamps

I have been admiring the look of glass based lamps lately.  They must be hot right now because I've been seeing them everywhere.



And again, here:


I was in IKEA today and they had some there.  The largest one they had was $50.  They had small ones for around $15.

Then I was looking around online and my vision for the use of these lamps broadened.  I would have never thought to do this to it!!!



My boys would think this was the most awesome thing ever!!!

May the force be with you...

Old Window Project

I found this cute old window at an antique store and had to have it! I decided I wanted to make Brielle something to hang her pictures on.

I took this old, triple pane window that had one glass piece still intact...



scraped off all the flaking paint, windexed the glass and added chicken wire behind the whole thing.




Attached three fabric boards to the back. And there you go. Something old turned into something new.



This was a fun project. I love old windows/doors and can't wait to do another project like this one. Now I just need my hubby to come home so he can help me hang this! I don't do drills.

Oh, and I took clothes pins and mod podged paper on them for the picture hangers.

Projects

I've been bored. We've been trapped inside a lot due to the weather lately. We've had hail and rain almost every other day for a week now. The street was pretty much completely flooded the other day. Just look at these pics...it is truly amazing how quickly the rain filled the streets.





So, what do I do when I'm stuck inside, watching movies and Dora all day, I crochet! I made Brielle this tulip hat (this picture really doesn't do the hat justice. It really is pretty cute).



Then I really got crazy and made her this little beanie with a humongous flower bow. I know, it's a little obnoxious, but still pretty cute.



Still bored, I decided to start sewing. A friend of mine just had her first baby girl, so I made her this taggie blankie and coordinating burp cloth.




Then I decided to make Brielle a taggie because I had a fat quarter of a fabric that I fell in love with a few months ago and I didn't know what to do with it, so I put it to good use with this project and she loves it!



I also had to make more Young Women birthday gifts. We have 71 Young Women in our ward. We decided to give the girls a value-colored scripture bookmark. The message on the front says, "The scriptures are very “value-able!” We hope that you enjoy this value-colored scripture bookmark. "For my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them." 2 Ne 4:15 We love you and hope you have a great birthday!

This project has been frustrating from the beginning. If you remember a while back I posted that we were going to give the girls value-colored chap sticks, and I ordered 75 of them in December just before the church announced that the YW Theme was being updated with a new value. The addition of the new value is awesome, but man!, that was frustrating. So we had to come up with a new b-day gift on the fly and this is what we came up with in January. I think it came together pretty well; this project has been time consuming, but worthwhile.



My friend Gina gave me a brilliant idea to make car and truck stickers and stick them to the boys' ceiling fans. It turned out so cute. Thanks Gina for the great idea. The boys love it! Here is a pic of the boys room just before I put the stickers on...



and here's are some pics of the fan...