As most of you know, I am a nanny
for two girls, ages 5 and 7. The girls
are in the process of getting new décor for their bedrooms, and their mom asked
me if I could find or make lamp shades to match the new décor.
The youngest is a girly-girl, and her room has lots of pink in it with fashanista accents. This is how her shade turned out......
The oldest girl has more of a
funky look to her room and just got blue and black zebra bedding. Goig off of the blue and black zebra theme, this is how her shade turned out.......
To get these shades to look the way they do, I first went to Goodwill and found two plain white shades for $3 a piece. Then, I went to my local craft store for the following items: scrapbook paper (two pieces for each lamp) was $59 each, ribbon was $1 for each spool and fabric trim was $3.49 a yard (one yard for each lamp). The supplies for the lamps ended up costing about $7 for each lamp shade.
To begin transforming the shades, I first covered the shades with scrapbook paper. Then, I hot glued the paper to the edge of the shade and cut off the excess paper. Next, I glued the trim around the bottom of the lamps. Lastly, I added ribbon to the top of the lamps and made a bow to embellish each lamp.
The girls were really happy with the new lamp shades. I’m still on a Goodwill hunt to find the perfect lamps to go with the shades. I have four really great Goodwill’s that I browse all the time, so I’m sure it won’t be long before I find the perfect lamps:)
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