Shades For The Birds

Providing some shade for the birds...

I bought these lamps from Target...

Don't you love Target?! They have the cutest things. 

Some of the housewares they have for the holiday season are adorable!!

I go in Target with the intention of buying just one thing...

it never works! 

By the time I get to the checkout my bill is quickly approaching the 100$ mark.

Sometimes I tell myself to just stay away from there! :)

Loved the lamps...I picked them up for some where around 25 or 30$

I don't really remember, I bought them a while back.

I wanted a tall slender base but, the shade was not what I was after...

So I ran into Hobby Lobby with my 40% off coupon

 and picked up a couple of those adhesive lamp shades they have.

I think they were around 12$ but I used my coupon so I got them for around 7$.

I had to go in 2 separate days 

because they will only let you use one coupon per day

which is kind of a pain...but I needed two shades.

Also, in case all you Hobby Lobby frequent shoppers didn't know
you can pull up your 40% off coupon on your phone and use it that way.
When I learned this, I was thrilled,
seeing as how I was always forgetting my printed coupon at home.

Back to my shades...so I cut out some birds from wool
and hand stitched them onto my fabric
 with a simple running stitch.

I used some basic embroidery stitches to create the branches

and I was ready to put them on the shades.
I am not an expert in this area, so the embroidery is far from perfect.
But sometimes I think that is the beauty of a project like this.
It makes it uniquely our own.

I had bought some really cute trim 

which was probably the part of my project that I spent the most on.

I sewed the bottom pleated ribbon on

and after turning the edges under the top edge of the shade 

I glued the top piece of trim on.

This part was all a little more difficult than I expected.

Seeing as how I should have added an extra inch to all sides of my fabric.

They were a little too small for the shades so I had to alter them a little.

But we live and learn...right?!

And I finally got them right...I love the way they turned out.

I think I probably spent a little over 120$, tops, for both lamps 

by the time I had the fabric, trim, shades and the lamp base.

But I have seen lamps like these 

in cute designer boutiques for 150$ a piece at least.

The lamps I wanted to purchase for this space were 200$ a piece.

And maybe they were prettier than mine, but mine are a close second.

So I am pleased! :)

Now I need a cute window treatment for that window! :)

This week I have been working on cleaning out some closets, drawers and the garage.

My furnace room had these 

six bags of crap (for lack of a better word) in there.  

That is a lot of stuff crammed into a small space.

Well now you could eat off the floor in there, it is so clean! :)

We have a dumpster coming to the house this next week 

for the rebuilding and remaking of our back deck.

I am taking full advantage of that dumpster while it is here!

And getting rid of more...crap. haha

Have a great weekend!

Blessings - Sara

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