Late Night Lamp Recovering

So, the crafty bug bit me one evening which lead to an impromptu lamp covering. I have these 2 great milk glass lamps but they have the same old tired white lamp cover they have had probably since they were made. There were few stains on the shades here and there too. I just got tired of looking at them so I stuck both the lamps in the garage for a while. Then, eons later, I had a thought. Why not recover the darn things? Geeze, and it took me THAT long to come up with the idea to recover the shades? 

So, I went scavenging into my craft supplies and low and behold, I had all the supplies necessary to recover the lamp shades. While I can't say I followed a professional protocol for lamp shade covering, because I didn't. I do have to say I came up with my own creative way and they turned out pretty darn good. 

From my craft stash I used 2 different fabric prints, fabric scissors, craft clue, a craft sponge, newspaper and a sharpie to make the pattern.

Take your newspaper and lay the lamp shade on it. Use the sharpie to draw the outline of your shade to make your pattern.

Cut your pattern out.

Lay the pattern on your fabric with wrong side of the fabric facing up and trace and cut your fabric.

I don't know what the proper way is to fix the fabric on a lamp shade but I used glue and a craft sponge. It worked great! Just dab the glue on the lamp shade and lay the fabric on.

I used another pattern of fabric to make trim for for the bottom of the lampshade and glued that on as well.

There you have it, an old lamp looking good as new.

Happy little lamp shade.  

Cheers! 

Happy 4th!

How are you spending your 4th of July today? I am fortunate to be off of work. I slept in, drank several cups of coffee watching Bravo (my shameless addiction), and went shopping for supplies for a little project I will post very soon! We are going to a friends house for a fiesta later this afternoon. But, here is a little refreshing drink recipe to help you celebrate the holiday!

Watermelon Cucumber Granita:

Its so very simple. Since the watermelon and cucumber naturally have a lot of moisture in them, you won't need to add water AND...since they both have naturally great flavors you won't need to add sugar either! So, this is one guiltless pleasure of a beverage!

You will need:  

One small seedless watermelon-cut into small pieces

One cucumber, seeded, and skinned-cut into small pieces

The zest of one lemon

Lemon juice to taste

In a blender put your chopped watermelon, cucumber, lemon juice (about 2 tablespoons of the pre-squeezed kind) and lemon zest. Blend until liquid.

Pour in a baking dish that is safe for the freezer and place in the freezer for about 3 hours or until completely frozen. About every 45 minutes or so scrape with a fork so you don't have one solid block. 

When it is completely frozen and nice and fluffy pour into a glass and enjoy!! If you want to jazz it up to make a refreshing cocktail you can add a shot of rum or your choice of liquor.

You can make many different variations. My sister and I messed around with a recipe on my visit. We made Watermelon Basil Granita and it was delish! If you want to be festive you could half the watermelon, scoop out the contents to leave the watermelon shell and pour it back in when its frozen. Tons of ideas!

Cheers and Happy 4th! 

A Mod Pogder After My Own Heart

Oh how I love Mod Podge. It makes me happy and I am on a happy kick darn it! My sister introduced it to me about 11 years ago.  We were Mod Podger fools back in those days. The best part is, my sweet little 7 year old niece loves Mod Podge too! So, I present you with pencil cups. One for her "Auntie Lizzie" and one for her "Uncle Fee."

Since I like piggies she wrote "pig-tastic" on my pencil cup.

 Since Jeff likes dogs she wrote "dog-tastic" on Jeff's pencil cup with some bones for a little added appeal.  

He also likes birds and she Mod Podged a bird on the other side. 

She is so stinkin' cute I can't stand it! I am very lucky she is visiting. She cracks me up every day with a joke or just being silly.

So, I leave you with a Violet joke for today. She told me this one day recently when a laugh was much needed.

Violet: "Why did the spider cross the road?"

Aunt Lizzie: "Um, I don't have any idea. Why?"

Violet:  "Because he needed a new Web-Site."

Cheers! 

Time To Head Back Home

Bye Bye happy little place :-) I hope to see you again soon.