Bargain Flowers, Rosey Lamps, and Lurking Fairies

More flowers from the $1.99 clearance bundles!  I bought these two days ago, and they still look fresh and pretty. I think I’ll get the better part of a week out of them, what a deal.

These are in the guest bathroom, ready for company.  And I even made time to clean the shower after all! 

I placed the large bunch in a jug I made YEARS ago at one of those paint it yourself ceramic places.  Probably 25 years ago?? Maybe I can call it vintage??? The little kitty planter is definitely vintage, and just big  enough for 2 rose buds.

Bookie, my dorkie, is on the wall in a frame my friend made. She thought he was so cute, he was her picture that she displayed in the frames to sell them!  I loved it that way, just as she had them on display and kept her photo in it. 

One last bouquet of pink roses by the door in my kitchen.  I certainly feel like I got my money’s worth from the clearance flowers. There are  vases with fresh blossoms in every room of the house now.

Tonight, I made a lampshade to fit this light in the guest room. Actually, I didn’t make it, I embellished it.  A plain white shade came with this shiny brass lamp. 

I primed and painted the lamp sagey-pale green and wired a sparkly bird to the base.

Then, I took pads of distress ink in pink and ‘old paper’ and rubbed the white shade down to age it a bit and take the bite out of the glaring white.

Next, I painted teeny roses in soft pink with minty green leaves scattered around the shade.  All were simply done, the roses are barely a twist of the brush, one color, no detail.  Almost like drawing a cinnamon roll. but pink.

After using a hair dryer on the paint, I coated the entire shade with clear acrylic top coat, and sprinkled sheer glitter all over it. Then dried it with the hair dryer again, and glued white fringe to the bottom and beaded fringe to the top with "The Ultimate" my favorite glue.

Hot glue would have been easier, but I always burn my fingers with it.  So I used clamps to hold the fringe down as it dried and saved the skin of my finger tips.

The lamp is in place upstairs in Sugarwing’s room.  I have it behind a big comfy chair perfect for us to cuddle up in and read  together.

Her story books are in an old doll house that I found at a garage sale and painted white. It opens from the top instead of the back like most doll houses. I placed a pot of colorful silk flowers in the back and keep Sugarwing’s books in the front.

Next to our cozy reading chair, we have a bigger doll house to fix up together as my fairy grand baby grows older and wants to work on it with me. Right now, it is merely painted a blush pink with a green roof.  I have fairies peeking out of the door and windows watching and waiting for Sugarwings be big enough to come and play.

My guests will be arriving soon, they are driving in from Indiana where we all grew up together. This weekend will be like the slumber parties we used to have through Jr high and High School!  Except with alcohol. Well, I hate to admit it, but there might have been some of that in high school too.