Lamp shade makeover!

Some time ago my lamp shade cracked at the top (the part which was glued to the frame cracked) so I had to take it off and consider eather getting a new one, or perhaps try to fix the old one. Since my finacial situation isn't so great at the moment and I just couldn't afford a new lamp, I decided to give a makeover to my old one and now you can see how it turned out!

It might seem like an easy job, and it actually is, but the whole process wasn't going as I planned. I didn't have all the tools which would be useful to have so I had to manage myself. It didn't turned out so perfect, but I'm satisfied with my first try. Now I have to give a makeover to my other lamp shade too (at the moment I have 2 different lamps in my bedroom :D ).

Here's a *before* look:

And here's how it looks after my makeover:

Follow me after the cut to see how to give your lamp shade a makeover! :)

My work with wire!

Here are some of mine works I did before while I was using wire. I hope I'll get back to that ahain, but this time I'll hopefully start using silver wire instead of stainless steel (though I like that wire too, but silver is silver, you know?).

So, what do you think? :)

Vesna

Give your planner a makeover!

Yeah, I'm a person that easily gets addicted to everything that's cool so from yesterday I'm officialy addicted to hot glue :D So, since yesterdays work wasn't enough for me, I decided to make up my favorite planner (I actually didn't have a favorite one until now :D ).

Anyway, Here I used 2 layers of acrylic color, patina and of course - hot glue (these bubbles were made with hot glue, they're not cabochones though you can easily get confused!).

Here are my pics and this is definitely my last post for today. It's been enough. :D

The color isn't so bright, the lightning was completely off. It's more like navy blue.

And, that's it! The other side is still navy blue, but I think I'll go with decoupage to cover the back side. Will show you how that turned out too. :)

What do you think of my old-new planner? :)

Vesna

Tagged in 'I love' game!

Izzy from Izzy creations tagged me in a game called 'I love' so I have to write down 10 things I love. Huh, this won't be an easy game since I love so many things but, here we go... :)

1.) make up
I love it to the point that some people (most people, to be honest) might think I'm obsessed. I have so many beauty products that I don't even have space for the new ones any more. And I have to get another makeup train case (which I already own 2 of them). :D

2.) everything about vintage and shabby chic styles
I really like shabby chic interior design and I love vintage clothes! Too bad I don't have anything in thoose 2 styles, but someday I will. That's for sure. :)

3.) my computer
I'm not sure I could live without my computer. Or Internet, but that's a whole another topic. :D

4.) crime and chick lit books
Okay, crime and chick lit don't actually go together but I like to read such books. It just relaxes me. :)

5.) music
I always listen to music no matter what I do. I just can't work without it. I don't like silence.

6.) photography
I'm not good of taking photos of anything unless it's my jewelry, but I like to watch what other can do with their cameras. It's so inspiring!

7.) makeovers
Any kind of makeovers. I simply enjoy watching before-after pictures.

8.) my mess
Yes, I like my mess. Especially when I'm working on something like these days. That's actually the only way I can be crafty. :D

9.) blankets
I can't fall a sleep unless I'm covered with my favorite blanket. :D

10.) over-sized jewelry
I'm not wearing any jewelry though I make it, but if I did, I'd probably wear over-sized jewelry (necklaces mostly). I just love such big jewelry, it gives such a nice touch to the whole look. :)

So, there's my 10 things I love. It's in no special order, I wrote them down as they crossed my mind. :)

Rules of the game "I love":

• Write in your post who invited you to this game.
• Write down 10 things you love.
• Invite another 10 bloggers to the game.  

Unfortunately, I don't have 10 crafty friends at the moment since I'm new here, so I'll invite someone a bit later, when I get familiar with people arond here. :)
Vesna

Get creative with hot glue!

Few days ago I read something interesting that caught my eye and I just couldn't get it out of my head so last night I had to try it on my own. I'm talking about using hot glue as something more than just for bonding things and to be honest, it never crossed my mind before!

Sandra from Tres Chic blog wrote a post which opened a completely new dimension for me and my creativity! I've been using hot glue for years and never thought of this before, lol!

And now, let me show you what I did! I love geometry so I had to create something geometry alike and here is what I got!

Bubbled Up necklace

Bubbled Up earrings

So, what do you think? :)

Vesna

A bit of decoupage, a bit of recycling!

Okay, this perhaps isn't *real* recycling because I haven't recycled any used material, but I finally made up my mind about all those nylon socks I kept purchasing for years now, but never even unpacked them! So, 2 days ago I was determened to throw all of them away, but then it crossed my mind to make few flowers from them and here is what I ended up with!

These flowers are glued to cardboard which I previously decorated with some old-fashioned alike rice paper (decoupage).

How do you like the final look? :)

Vesna

I'm a flower and I'm messy!

Last nigh I had the most creative day after such a long time! Really don't know what came into me, but I'm glad it did! I also did some recycling and here is what turned out :)

It's not such a great photo because it was dark when I took it

Here is the true color of this necklace, I really love it!

And here is another necklace, with a blue flower and some glass beads:

What do you think? :)

Vesna