Pillowcase Lampshade

Recently I bought an IKEA duvet that I’d been eyeing when it went on sale for 20Euro. Yet it has led me to change up my guest room décor quite a bit. All of the sudden I’m figuring out how to make it work! Maybe you know the feeling.

Thankfully, one fast changeover came to mind before our last guests arrived. I had been waiting to print some graphic on fabric before recovering this lampshade, but I didn’t have time for that. Instead I pulled out an old pillowcase.

I ironed the pillowcase several times, and those wrinkles from who knows how many years wanted to stay! Regardless, I cut the case the length of the shade plus enough to make a  ruffle at the top. This way I could gather it to fit the shade.

Pretty fast and simple!

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Favorite Finds Finally Get Used

I bought a bag of felt flowers from one of my favorite antique/junk stores over 6 years ago. Someone had put so much work into adding sequins to several of the flowers. You could tell from the sequin package in the bag that this was a really old project that never got finished! Once I planned to use them to decorate a pillow in a white and beige room we had in our old house. Now I’m glad I waited—I needed something special to renew a worn out lampshade in our guest room.

I first covered the shade with some pink fabric. Then I decided to use some antique buttons and beads as the flower centers to help blend the flowers in with pink fabric and the other tones in the room. I attempted to sew the beads and buttons with the flowers onto the shade but quickly resorted to a glue gun.

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Outside the Scrapbook

Scrapbook embellishments are VERY appealing to me. The problem is that I am not really a scrapbooker (except for those 2 scrapbooks I’ve promised myself to finish of my girls’ first years…and how old are they now?!).  Thankfully, I’ve found ways to utilize some of these beauties on something besides a page in a book.  I am trying to be in a use-it or lose-it mode these days. 
On a side note, have you heard what Clutter Diet means by a “UFO”? Un-Finished Objects!  Those of you who know me know I’m the queen of those! Another reason to share with you the finished victories!
Back to embellishments… I thought I’d show how I put some of these to work:

I used K&COMPANY stickers (I bought on sale at Michael’s back home) on these frames. Please excuse the short picture. I was too eager to set it out before I found something to hide that spot (European frames and photo sizes are not standard American—while the picture is!).

This frame road in my car for who knows how long before I moved overseas waiting to be returned to JoAnn’s. Not sure why I bought it or wanted to return it or never did. Funny it made it over here, but I’m so glad it did!

This lamp shade has been in need for a while. It was missing it’s edging and had stain spots. I used beige bias tape for the lower edge.  The flowers are brads but I used hot glue to attach them. After I glued them on I felt it needed a little something else. I ended up sewing the buttons on since my first hot glued button was not the look I was after.
I just re-did another lampshade in need. Hopefully I’ll get it posted soon!
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