Fishsticks and Tiddlywinks: Lamp Shade Latitude and Longitude

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Lamp Shade Latitude and Longitude

I have long admired the demijohn lamps in Pottery Barn and it kills me when bloggers show a table full of demijohns they found at goodwill or better yet just beside the road! Seriously.
Where do you people live? The Land of the Lucksters, obviously.
Needless to say I couldn't find a demijohn where I live to save my life. But my mom did find this little number at Goodwill for $3.99. Many Thanks mommy!

Okay, so he isn't a demijohn (not even when I squint) but I liked him. He had ripped black felt on the bottom that I painstakingly goo be goned off (my tennis elbow screaming in pain the whole time).

He needed a special top hat so off to Target I ran (any excuse, right?) and bought the bigger version of the lampshade I used here.

I've seen a couple lampshades on pinterest with numbers on them but I wanted something special...I decided to go with the latitude and longitude of the town where the hubsters and I grew up, met, and fell in looooove.

Using these supplies:

I made this:

When the lamp is turned on you can't really see the numbers.

Awwwwwwww....so sweeeeeet. I haven't been blogging much since I have been slogging my way through a h.u.g.e project. It is the never ending project. Whew. Can't wait to show you!