DIY gone bad....

So I have 2 lamp shades that look like this...

I wanted something new... but I really didn't want to buy new shades.  So I found this picture and thought I could do that... that is exactly what it needs.... (the bottom shade)

I went to Hobby Lobby and purchased all the items I needed... plus some items for J's new apartment... and hurried home to get started.  I painted my lamps (they used to be orange to now white) and I painted some picture frames to go in my bathroom... and then I started cutting felt. Cutting and cutting and cutting, drinking wine and cutting some more.... I then started gluing on the pieces... got half way done and decided I better place it on the lamp to see what it would look like.... I HATE it... It is way too much... not what I thought I needed.  So I am now back to square one with a whole lot of white felt and 2 lamps that need 2 new lamp shades...  

This is the shade I need... maybe different colored stripes...

DIY take #2

PS--- my chair is being ozoned today so hopefully I will show you pictures tomorrow!

Me read? What? ...

I have become quite the reader lately (I used to HATE reading with a passion)... I decided to start reading the Nora Roberts Bride Quartet series.  I got the first one in the mail yesterday.  I love half.com... you can get books for CHEAP! The 1st book is titled "Visions in White".  I started it last night and so far so good.  I like the girly girl books... no vampires for me!  I will keep you updated...

garage sale find... before

So I saw this pretty lady while driving past a yard sale... I made mom stop the car so I could go look at it... I just knew she would cost more then the budget allowed.... but to my surprise, she was only $5.... so I snatched her up and took her home to operate! She was already beautiful so there wasn't much to do but I will show the "after" picture once it gets ozoned.  There was a family of spiders living in her :(

twitter...

I didn't know what I thought about twitter... and I still don't.  It is a lot harder than it looks.... but it is very fun for someone like me who is a celebrity gossip nut... so we shall see how it goes... my name is BrittanyDearien... follow me!

Love it... Want it... Gotta have it...

WALLPAPER... as so many of you hate it... I, on the other hand, LOVE it... There are so many different textures, prints, colors that are modern, funky, yet conservative... very intriguing... so when I grow up, I will have wallpaper of my very own in my house!

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The Game of Golf...

So I have decided to take up the game of golf... or at least try. How hard can it be? Ha...VERY... it looks so easy but it defiantly isn't...  I play here and there but by no means am I good. Since J is a golfer, I thought that I should try it out so we would have a hobby to do together... I am sure he is excited about that :) So tonight, a couple of us are going to the driving range to work on the swing... I will let you know how it goes... I hope I don't embarrass them too much so they will want to go with me again.  Have a good day... talk tomorrow!

Happy Monday...

Inspiration for this week...

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