It's a goldfish cracker on a cracker.

I thought it was a superb idea. It looks like the goldfish cracker is swimming on the molding cheese which is on another cracker. Funny :). The one who makes me smile a lot just shakes his head. He's learnin'!

It will fly, I've seen it!

Sekhmet waits for the toy helicopter to take off again, confirming vicious rumors of flying things invading the apartment.

Could it get any fucking cuter?

I mean really. Just jeez. So cute my baby is!!!

She's getting closer!!!

Not just on the couch far away on the opposite side anymore. Oh no! Right up next to me and letting me pet her! For like half an hour!!!

All finished!!!

I am all done with all three lamp shades :). I think they turned out very well. Could have been worse, especially for some of my very first attempts. Now I really want to paint the base and see it all together!!!

Now it's just creepy...

Sekhmet is now sitting with me on the couch for like half an hour every day when I get home. So weird! I mean it is nice, but she was just so anti-cuddles before, so it's creepy!

Two down, one to go!

I finished the second lamp shade today :). I think this one ended up a bit better than the first one. But still very happy with both. Only one left! Now I really want to paint the base as well!!! Then I can have it all set up!!!

Weird timing :)

This was so fun I had to post it! I saw this in one of my decorating magazines that I got. But the reason it is so fun is that I saw it two days after I redid the exact same lamp shade! I knew my lamp was trendy, but that is just funny! I probably wouldn't have followed this tutorial anyway, since it used sewing and not a glue gun, but still pretty cool :). Only two days after I did mine!

One down, two to go!

One lamp shade finished, two lamp shades left. Wish me luck! 

New fabric

After painting the exposed parts of the frame white, it was time for the new fabric! I had a hard time finding a good one though. I finally settled on this one. It is a bit lacy, so it will let out the light, but not so lacy that it still won't still function as a lamp shade. Plus, these lamps are usually from the 30's and 40's, and this fabric gave me that feel.
Parts ended up crooked, and I need to improve my aim with the glue gun just a smidgen, but overall I am quite pleased with my second ever lamp shade makeover :).
I tried to get the edging to look as "professional" as possible. I think I did pretty good. I hope!
It was also fun to see that the fabric had originally been a pale shade of pink. You could see it in the creases of the original fabric. Pretty cool.

Let the slaughter begin!

I ripped off all the fabric from the shades, sanded all the chipped paint off, and got them all ready for painting. This included some pretty tedious time with scissors and tweezers to get all the stitches and string off the wrapped parts of the frame. I will totally cheat and use a hot glue gun later btw. I left the wrapped parts at top and bottom, but otherwise everything gone. Sanding was pretty necessary cause all the old paint was chipping off. Very dusty, but all done now. All ready for a new look :).

Lego marathon

Since we were already going, we decided to put together my Lord of the Rings Lego set that I have had floating around for like a year. Also very fun :).

Super yummy gnochi

I think I spelled that right. I hope so! We got totally spoiled at a friend of mine from work. So so yummy! And fun to meet his family and hang out a bit outside of work. I could not stop eating. So much good food!

Advent Legos

The one who makes me smile a lot has finally opened all his Advent boxes and finally got all the Lego pieces. We put it together today and had much fun :).

Spettekaka

I brought a bit of Skåne with me to the wild reaches of Northern Sweden. I tortured boyfriend's whole family with this particular Skånsk delicacy. I had actually never had it myself so it was kinda fun :). Cutting it was a real challenge, but we managed. It got pretty mixed reviews, but everyone agreed it was a fun experience. I also taught everyone there how to say it "properly". Ya'll in Skåne know what I mean ;).

First project of the New Year

I finally, finally, finally got one! Been trying to get my hands on one of these lamps for two years, but they went and got trendy, aka expensive. Then it turned out that the one who makes me smile a lot had one in a house he owned. The former owner had left a bunch of stuff. Including my precious, wonderful lamp!!! So not only did I finally get one, it was free! So this week I will start redoing it to fit my unique tastes :). Keep an eye out for updates!