It's probably safe to say I've been spending too much of my free time recently perusing through the Pottery Barn website, I mean who doesn't love their stuff? I adore how clean, fresh and uplifting it all is. Well despite the fact that I love their stuff, my budget doesn't love their stuff ~ nor can I justify spending what they charge on something I can find at my all time favorite TJ Maxx. Tonight I've been busy creating my own version of one of their lamps that I think is fabulous, HERE it is {my computer wasn't working with pictures too well, so I couldn't just copy the picture for this post}. They charge $100 for the lamp...TOO much for me to justify. So I started looking around at places like TJ Maxx and Ross to see how much they were going for at other places {average $40-$50...still too high for me}. And then my lovely friend suggested making it. BRILLIANT. So tonight I set out to find the materials and I think it's fair to say I scored big. Originally I had wanted a clear base to the lamp, but when I found my favorite color aqua in a perfect sized/shaped bottle I couldn't pass it up!!
So here it is: {it looks even better in person, my camera wasn't capturing the beauty of the glass and the lighting in my room is terrible}
Even BETTER, guess what I paid for it....$10 for the bottle {TJ Maxx}, $3 for the lamp shade {Ross}, $5 for the lamp kit {Walmart} totaling $18!!!! That's a pretty sweet deal if I must say so myself!!THIS is what's next on my project list, just waiting for Hobby Lobby to have their frames 1/2 priced
I couldn't be happier on this day of Love ~ Ryan's here!! After stressing for days about whether the weather would permit him to come {remember that nightmare at Christmas?}....and not really believing he was coming until I saw his face, he made it! It's a short trip, less than 48 hrs, and he really didn't come out because it's VDay {he came because he had a 36} but none of that matters. People kept asking me what we had planned but A) There's not much you CAN plan during such a short time period and B) You don't have to plan anything when you spend it with someone you care about so much...things just fall into place, doing anything is fun together and time flies all too quickly. Although we DO have a few things we want to do: we went to one of our favorite restaurants last night to have sushi and today one of his priorities is to make a trip to the ski hill here in Denver and hit the rails on his snowboard a bit. Oh ya, did I forget to mention he got me pretty sapphire earrings for VDay? He had them delivered here and was too excited for me to wait until today so I got them a few days ago :)
Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!
Even BETTER, guess what I paid for it....$10 for the bottle {TJ Maxx}, $3 for the lamp shade {Ross}, $5 for the lamp kit {Walmart} totaling $18!!!! That's a pretty sweet deal if I must say so myself!!