my weekend project ~ Simone's fairy light inspiration

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It started like this...I saw Simone's Beach Vintage <a href="http://beachvintage.blogspot.com/2010/03/project-day-tulle-fairy-lights.html">post</a> about making skirts for the fairy lights for her lucky daughter's bedroom...here they are...v.pretty</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">pic from Beach Vintage</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuv_TZJ0JVCTAK_qiLt1X87o_OgGoo6Ak60b6Ncava52l78JCB1YQgZUXJ6RLytv15B-ANsTdkGPDF0ACb3YnRCuGp_UtUilogrVXTprepzln5-rNGcdyGp-qSkqVgra-mlhuDLGR9lU/s1600-h/beach+vintage+fairy+lights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuv_TZJ0JVCTAK_qiLt1X87o_OgGoo6Ak60b6Ncava52l78JCB1YQgZUXJ6RLytv15B-ANsTdkGPDF0ACb3YnRCuGp_UtUilogrVXTprepzln5-rNGcdyGp-qSkqVgra-mlhuDLGR9lU/s400/beach+vintage+fairy+lights.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and I thought, there's an idea (must </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">stop doing that...I'm sure it's just a way to procrastinate even further about finishing painting the pergola!)...anyway, just what I need to jazz up my fairy light basket 'lamp' I said to myself (no-one else being around). Here it is unplugged...a bit of a shamozzle I'm sure you'd agree!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvBG2NAscFr7tCByb4vmN9zCktsId3eFn3EwCztlFPzv6MeLwaaiF-EMcPGgir-c8CsnZvXjADuM2-L6qfVmVXwj3YUhp09ZR8Pi-c1LnSdj6qPRL1xSPTwP3UvIozCsT-mD5QfEYjhc/s1600-h/fairy+light+project+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvBG2NAscFr7tCByb4vmN9zCktsId3eFn3EwCztlFPzv6MeLwaaiF-EMcPGgir-c8CsnZvXjADuM2-L6qfVmVXwj3YUhp09ZR8Pi-c1LnSdj6qPRL1xSPTwP3UvIozCsT-mD5QfEYjhc/s400/fairy+light+project+010.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here it is lit up...quite pretty in a thrown together, diy, budget light fixture kind of way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdvE7UQZKp2BZsQdYeIOrf-oTfCmDozuZEMLFtaUbOQTGPobnkx45w0JU95s_grJUaYnZkJYudFnaVwGzq3r8Borex-_BLX91I1wKIsyDw7NgOm3MJUjHI0HYPzDiSZVYexI3bT6SKbM/s1600-h/fairy+lights+plain+lit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdvE7UQZKp2BZsQdYeIOrf-oTfCmDozuZEMLFtaUbOQTGPobnkx45w0JU95s_grJUaYnZkJYudFnaVwGzq3r8Borex-_BLX91I1wKIsyDw7NgOm3MJUjHI0HYPzDiSZVYexI3bT6SKbM/s400/fairy+lights+plain+lit.jpg" width="280" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But (there's almost always a 'but' isn't there) I was worried about how naked it looked during the day and concerned for its modesty (ok, not really...I'm not quite that mad)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I thought I would take Simone's idea and give my fairy lights some of their own little tu-tu's. But I wasn't content with white...my living room is kind of colourful, so I made some out of red, purple, and yellow...as well as white.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the top? Me? Course not.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQVETc-7BGvQoqZLkY1DIt7vn-CGq17qslkULcNIFjnNWKwPnLhQunf4Fa46jzgZlyJ7r9LF7FOehRoyoPsEzmTUy0cKKh8aLCe3-8qpvZUkkL4pdtR0kNmHdbCHnp74vOm8uoZt93ek/s1600-h/coloured+tulle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQVETc-7BGvQoqZLkY1DIt7vn-CGq17qslkULcNIFjnNWKwPnLhQunf4Fa46jzgZlyJ7r9LF7FOehRoyoPsEzmTUy0cKKh8aLCe3-8qpvZUkkL4pdtR0kNmHdbCHnp74vOm8uoZt93ek/s400/coloured+tulle.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It took quite a bit longer than I thought! Here they are unlit...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIWrqumlghPVMlyFiWz4ng4yn4wH0a_l39rGCCFO904zZD6mQ_a-3PNW7cLgRXeBt5Vd_H87c0wFMka0UT02QN9PUmU-c5LPTQXfHNWtE50GyJbMgMQ_0U-qzh9oJkYri2zFIjqR4CIQ/s1600-h/fairy+light+tutus+unlit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIWrqumlghPVMlyFiWz4ng4yn4wH0a_l39rGCCFO904zZD6mQ_a-3PNW7cLgRXeBt5Vd_H87c0wFMka0UT02QN9PUmU-c5LPTQXfHNWtE50GyJbMgMQ_0U-qzh9oJkYri2zFIjqR4CIQ/s400/fairy+light+tutus+unlit.jpg" width="400" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not 100% sure about them like this to be honest...I don't think they look anywhere near as good as Simone's...perhaps because of the plain edges...perhaps because tulle twirling is not a skill I've mastered...perhaps because it wasn't a good idea to start with! But here is my 'lamp' lit up at night. And that, I do quite like.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqVYMe_gMOERpoK3G6Tq5u85iZ7P8904m_n8IvQEg30I9OwfZn21-WAzneMOLFKJFXEzJBWZoeyuYUkpzpWVFz2POEWdbnKO5z6mkVOGlSQ9Bvd2v3BvFYjEOvS8FaYngHtdWzyT1JYM/s1600-h/fairy+lights+dressed+lit+up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqVYMe_gMOERpoK3G6Tq5u85iZ7P8904m_n8IvQEg30I9OwfZn21-WAzneMOLFKJFXEzJBWZoeyuYUkpzpWVFz2POEWdbnKO5z6mkVOGlSQ9Bvd2v3BvFYjEOvS8FaYngHtdWzyT1JYM/s400/fairy+lights+dressed+lit+up.jpg" width="400" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What do you think?  Should I leave my lights to their multi-coloured madness or should I just forget about it altogether and pack it away in a cupboard!?!</span></div>

my weekend project ~ Simone's fairy light inspiration

It started like this...I saw Simone's Beach Vintage post about making skirts for the fairy lights for her lucky daughter's bedroom....

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warning ~ there is kitsch in this post!

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday, I blogged about a <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2010/03/gorgeous-houses-west-sussex.html">beautiful house</a> in West Sussex in the UK. One of the things I loved in that house was this...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbbw_P-k7n8QiQF1BKS0HPiEZZ_6rA0pZtYrItbzaL_WfX0fomn2pKLOT_5xVk1_LfCDZa4FcnntAMWt6hz_dPugZgPDlWjI5Uoyxb5zZXvSQOO7X8HTVWwI6YIMlUlD9qyRwBF7MBfY/s1600-h/parrot+from+jjlocations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbbw_P-k7n8QiQF1BKS0HPiEZZ_6rA0pZtYrItbzaL_WfX0fomn2pKLOT_5xVk1_LfCDZa4FcnntAMWt6hz_dPugZgPDlWjI5Uoyxb5zZXvSQOO7X8HTVWwI6YIMlUlD9qyRwBF7MBfY/s400/parrot+from+jjlocations.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought that parrot was so fabulous...and it is...I love it to bits and I would really like to own it, but alas I don't!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now lovely people, I spend a lot of time at the desk in my study</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHm5ncWQKNCnjx1ouUECUHaPyQ4K32vf4ZziQkkLGeANF-lgaUYKQx24gaASg1ka22QQCOeLWcKJv0XIo23bfvmuxNxmazYMufK4721xqSY5XSiY4wcRl_kgRWTtxuMZ-M7IQio5DAhE/s1600-h/my+desk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHm5ncWQKNCnjx1ouUECUHaPyQ4K32vf4ZziQkkLGeANF-lgaUYKQx24gaASg1ka22QQCOeLWcKJv0XIo23bfvmuxNxmazYMufK4721xqSY5XSiY4wcRl_kgRWTtxuMZ-M7IQio5DAhE/s400/my+desk.jpg" width="400" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(note to self, get better lighting or a better camera and paint those walls white...but which white??)...where was I? Oh yes, I'm here either working on my real work when I can manage to work from home, or blogging, or devouring other people's blogs (which I'm afraid to say is bordering on the obsessive!)...so when I saw these babies in the Canberra Centre's version of the two dollar shop yesterday...I'm sorry...they had to come home with me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuVJZ_IkU8gmt_UB8kTIyL9fAZhYRAhgBX8h262Oi_CBnpS8ilfm-AVP5SGiYib2d7aMljdgqm3HWAnJwTJKsqKI6KBYGTUh9wEFHcC55PrKHepI4ys3WSbjGy6eRcF4iNDRMawGXRx4/s1600-h/desk+021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuVJZ_IkU8gmt_UB8kTIyL9fAZhYRAhgBX8h262Oi_CBnpS8ilfm-AVP5SGiYib2d7aMljdgqm3HWAnJwTJKsqKI6KBYGTUh9wEFHcC55PrKHepI4ys3WSbjGy6eRcF4iNDRMawGXRx4/s400/desk+021.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So call the design police (although I'd rather you called a lighting specialist)...I don't care. I love them, and you know what...they make me smile...and when you're working, what could be better than that!</span></div>

warning ~ there is kitsch in this post!

Yesterday, I blogged about a beautiful house in West Sussex in the UK. One of the things I loved in that house was this... I thought that p...

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simple things ~ a decanter

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been an awfully long time since this decanter has seen any alcohol...not because I don't drink mind you...just because decanting isn't really my thing...I'm a from the bottle straight to the glass kind of girl. But I love its shape so much I had to have it on display.  I quite like feathers too...and had these lying around...so decanter plus feathers equals...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojEOuQPi70M6xTXPDMa3vaOP1okcurGRsq_uKXdQY3xNRlFYX3JyoEIkfutvxiK_INHdETj35klB_UFi7LN_t_QQ7bglBVGj6yT7AKdIQtaAAA6H4c9W2ssFi3P4HBWl5DxOh-lIEXhA/s1600-h/feathers+in+decanter_picnik.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojEOuQPi70M6xTXPDMa3vaOP1okcurGRsq_uKXdQY3xNRlFYX3JyoEIkfutvxiK_INHdETj35klB_UFi7LN_t_QQ7bglBVGj6yT7AKdIQtaAAA6H4c9W2ssFi3P4HBWl5DxOh-lIEXhA/s400/feathers+in+decanter_picnik.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Think I might try peacock feathers though...when I work out how to get these ones out that is!!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">image by me</span></span>

simple things ~ a decanter

It's been an awfully long time since this decanter has seen any alcohol...not because I don't drink mind you...just because decantin...

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