Mimi's Lamp Makeover!

Hi Everybody!

My name is Desirée 

and I am the crazy heart behind The 36th Avenue ;)

As always I am so excited to be visiting Toni's blog and hang out with you amazing Design Dazzle readers, so let me show you what I've been up to.

For the last few weeks I've been working hard on trying to make our house a home,

{we just moved back a few weeks ago}

 and I am sharing with you today my very last project in this  journey:

Mimi's Lamp Makeover!

This is what I did...

I started with this:

The lamp base, the lamp shade, some yarn, an embellishment strip and spray paint...

and as you can see I love the colors.

However the lamp shade to me was a bit... boring.

You see... this lamps is going to Mimi's Room.

Yes...I have a sweet little girl that loves pink... and tutus... and pink...

and drama... and pink... and cutesy... and PINK!

Let me just show you who I am talking about...

So something had to be done...

{First}

I spray painted the lamp shade. I didn't want to paint it completely,

just enough to change the color from a bright pink to a softer tone.

{ Second }

After the paint dried I started to SPRAY glue the yarn horizontally all around the lamp shade. I sprayed as I went, little by little, section by section.

This step took me somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes...

If you do this project DON'T PANIC if you see glue all over the shade...

by the time you are done it will be all covered...

Cute, huh?

{Third}

I added the  pom-pom strip... You can find it at any fabric store.

I got mine at Wal-Mart with the yarn.

{ I love that the yarn has the three colors}

OK, back to the Tutorial...

So, all I did was to spray the glue carefully around the bottom edge of the shade to glue it...

{ Fourth }

It was time to sit back and enjoy the view...

So here it is... from ordinary to EXTRAORDINARY!

{ at least that is what my little Mimi thinks }

I would love for you to come visit The 36th Avenue  and see some other sweet tutorials, party with us and even  ideas from my Mimi's Room Makeover...

Mimi's Small Curio Cabinet TUTORIAL

The Wishing Pillow

Dollar Store Soap Balls

Toni, thank you so much for having me...♥

Desirée



We are very lucky to have Desirée as a contributor here on Design Dazzle for the next few months. Welcome Desirée - we look forward to your posts!! 

Hugs, Toni

My Favorites & Link Up Party

A.d.o.r.a.b.l.e  tutu lamp shade and tutorial created by Lindsay of Apothecary Home.

It's time again for our Design Dazzle link up party!!  Wow! I had a hard time choosing my favorite's from last weeks party. You gals are so talented! THANK YOU for linking and sharing what you do.

Please make sure to provide a text link (or Design Dazzle button) in your link up post back to Design Dazzle. You need to be linked to Design Dazzle to be considered for next weeks "My Favorites" post.

Meg from Never a Dull Day painted this amazing owl woodsy dresser. 

 Snack tray made from cardboard and paper - tutorial by Sandy's Space. Clever idea for a food table!

How To Nest For Less created this sweet vintage decoupage tray using a page from a nursery rhyme book.

Love all the details in this fabulous vintage circus party.  Don't you love these strongman dumbbells made with straws and marshmallows - perfect for vintage circus food?

 Adorable baby bunting quilt created by away we go.

LOVE these invitations. What child wouldn't want to receive a pool noodle with their pool party invite? Brilliant invitation created by Jaco'lyn Murphy blog.

 Love the details of the Pinkalicious Party - created by Vixen Made. Check out the darling backdrop.

 A Spotted Pony blog adds a little darlingness to kids rain gutter bookshelves by placing word stickers on the gutters.

Sassy Sanctuary designed this totally adorable and cute pink tutu table and shares instructions on how to place the tulle around the table.

 

Kimbo from a girl and a glue gun offers many projects to create with the help of a glue gun. Love this no-sew hopscotch mat made with felt. Kimbo is quite talented!

Please link up anything related to design and decorating for kids - just make sure it's YOUR idea. Here's a few ideas of what you can link up...baby nursery, kids room, teen room, playroom, wall/paint treatment, curtains and furniture for a kids room, DIY project for a kids room, baby shower, kids birthday party, teen birthday party, kids invitations, kids cakes, etc. 

Any creative idea for kids that will inspire others.

No linking to selling sites or giveaways.

Have fun and leave some love (comments) and visit some amazing bloggers.

All link ups should be related to design and decorating with kids (babies, kids or teens)!

Please link back to Design Dazzle so others can share in the awesomeness!

Each week I will choose several of "My Favorites" from the link up party.  "My Favorites" will be featured on the following weeks link up party. Your post needs to be linked to Design Dazzle to be considered for the "My Favorites" post.

By entering our link up party, you are giving Design Dazzle permission to use any part of your post including pictures.

DIY Art For Kids Rooms

Easy to make kids art! This letter M initial was created in a design program and printed at Costco's on a 16x20. Carly at Mason's Roost is the designer of this awesome car/roadway art.

Decoupaged scrapbook paper makes for great custom art on wood. Created by Home Inspired Bliss.

Make your own paper wall flowers! So how pretty would this be in your little girl's room?? All you need for this project - scissors, paper, thumbtacks and the flower template to create stunning and CHEAP art. The talented Billie Monster shows the complete tutorial on how to make your own paper wallflowers with the PDF flower template.

Summer Camp: 20 Ways To Use Pool Noodles

Design Dazzle Summer Camp starts today! For the next month, Monday - Friday we will post ideas and projects for summertime fun with kids! We have an amazing group of Camp Counselors (awesome bloggers) who will feature upcoming posts on great ideas and activities.

Summer Camp: 20 ways to use pool noodles:

Pool noodles are such cheap fun play things - in and out of the pool.  Pool noodles are made of polystyrene foam and are usually pretty inexpensive. I was at the Dollar Store recently and saw oodles of them. Here's a list of 20 ways to use pool noodles in and out of the pool...

My Little Gems came up with slicing pool noodles and using the pieces as a fun lacing and pattern activity.

How-to make a light saber with pool noodles.

Traveling on summer vacation and need a cheap and easy bed rail? Make a bed rail with pool noodles.

Pool noodle cut in half lengthwise makes for a fun race car track.

Use pool noodles and duct table to make jousting sticks.

Go here for complete instructions on how-to make a kids car wash using PVC pipe, pool noodles, etc.

A Harry Potter Quidditch tournament using pool noodles, hula hoops, etc looks like a lot of fun!

A cardboard box at the end of the marble race track catches all the marbles.

Practice your kicking skills with a goal post made of pool noodles.

A pool noodle, a garden hose and a couple of household items make a really cool sprinkler!

Make really cool shapes with Noodleblox connectors.

 

No-sew play cupcakes made with pool noodles.

Gather odds and ends around the house and have the kids make art with pool noodles. Show it off at the "art gallery".

Have a budding architect or engineer? Perfect chair project to try and figure out using pool noodles.

Pool noodles are a great idea for an obstacle course.

Make a floating pool shade for babies and little ones using pool noodles and pvc pipe.

Really...Pool Noodles???? Yep, this is a fake rock made with bits and pieces of foam pool noodles, covered in duct tape and wrapped with pantyhose.

Make a sculpture with pool noodles.

Make a headboard out of pool noodles - works especially well for a beach themed room.

Last but certainly not least - a creative and very talented dad came up with some heavy duty extraordinary fun with pool noodles.

Do you have ideas or projects for summer time fun you would like to share with our readers? Fridays will be our linky party and giveaway day! All of the link-ups need to be related to summer fun with kids (babies, kids or teens). I will choose a few of my favorite links to feature over the weekend. Our first linky party will be this Friday July 1st.





                        

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