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Spring-ify Your Space with Silk Flowers

May 1, 2013 by FaveCrafts

This tutorial is brought to you by Latrice Murphy from Any Occasion.

 

It’s finally spring here in Illinois and I’m excited to share the seasonal projects with you. My first craft idea was to dress up some lampshades that I’ve had for about six years. They were originally meant to be displayed in my daughter’s room, but we went in a different direction. Since IKEA has great prices, we decided to hold on to them until inspiration struck.

My daughter and I get to visit American Girl a couple times a year and have either tea or lunch there. Well, our first time in the cafe, I was totally floored by the decor. They had these giant lampshades covered in hot pink and black flowers. STUNNING, I tell you. I turned to her and said “We’re going to make something like this.” So here we go!

Materials:

  • Plain lampshades
  • Hot glue gun
  • Silk flowers

 

Instructions:

First off wipe down your lampshades with a damp cloth. Mine were a little dusty from being stored for a few years.

Next, move on to prepping your flowers. Pull each flower off the stem and snip the flower as flat as possible. This will make it easier when gluing them to the shade. You’ll end up with a giant pile of flowers.


All you do next is take your time adding about a quarter size of hot glue on the back of one flower at a time and holding it in place on the lampshade until it’s cooled enough to stay on its own. I did both shades this way and it took about an hour since you have to hold them for a few seconds. I ended up with a fun finished project.

These will finally get hung in her room. I haven’t decided whether to light them or not since the flower and glue would get hot. We may go with an LED bulb so the heat wouldn’t be an issue.

Happy spring wherever you are!

Filed Under: Seasonal Crafts Tagged With: crafting with seasonal colors, fabric flowers, flowers, ikea finds, lampshade, seasonal crafts, spring crafts

Guest Feature: Cupboard Makeover

September 1, 2009 by FaveCrafts

Have you been wondering how to jazz up your closet or cupboard to fit your home decor or your personal style? Well, our friend Marianne in the Netherlands was inspired to makeover her cupboards to match her fun and chic style. Using a simple (and inexpensive) set of cupboards from Ikea, some fantastic fabrics and a few household tools, Marianne brightened up her formerly boring living room! The pictures below show how her cupboards were transformed from shabby to chic in no time. If you like this, check out more decorative storage ideas!

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songbird-cupboards

Visit Marianne’s blog for the full tutorial!

Filed Under: Home Decor and Design Tagged With: cupboards, decorating tips, home decor, ikea finds, woodcrafts

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