Over-The-Top Fairy Lamp

Hi Everyone,

Finally, I put an old purchase to good use.

Do you ever go to garage sales or GoodWill and purchase something you want to fix up?  I sometimes have the habit of purchasing things I know have potential, but then...it takes a while for a plan to form.

This sad lamp called out to me, along with another nice looking lamp, at a furniture store that was having a clearance event. 
One lamp did not need any work (although I really want to transfer some images onto the shade and that will be a cool future project...) but the other lamp was an eye sore.  Functional, but NOT PRETTY.  I love a challenge, so I bought both lamps.  Away I went, my head full of ideas.

Well, like I have said before, I am a terrible procrastinator, so this lamp sat around my house for about a year (my husband was a little bit annoyed) before the light bulb turned on (pardon the pun) with the perfect plan.  ... MuWaHahahaha (crazy crafting laughter)...I realized that my daughter would love a girly, Fairy Lamp in her room!

My kitchen table was occupied by another crafting project, so I set up my work area in my bedroom where my tools could really spread out.  With my trusty hot temp glue gun in hand (I could build a house with a glue gun), lots of ribbon, flowers, vines and fairy images, away we went.  Several types of ribbon were attached to the edges of the shade and then I added flowers.  The fairies are from a fairy activity book, cut out from the cover so that they are sturdy.  The vines and flowers were wound around the base of the lamp in a very whimsical fashion.

Quick Tip-  Whenever I am at the craft store and I see silk flowers or ribbon on sale, I buy them and store them.  My projects are almost always impromptu creations, so I like to keep plenty of supplies on hand.

The lamp is over the top, because, well, why the heck not?  My daughter is 5 and I wanted her to feel like it is a part of her Fairy World set up.  Very soon I will post a tutorial on how to build a fairy house and fairy furniture.

Don't be afraid to breathe new life into an old item and dream big!

Happy Crafting,