Fourth of July

moon flares

moon flares

Kootenai Wildlife Refuge

lamp before & after

I found this lamp for $5 dollars at the local Habitat for Humanity Restore Store.

It definitely needed some help but I was looking for a clear glass lamp 

so it had potential.

I used some Champagne Mist spray paint because I wanted a gold that looked less "cheap." I used some jute & pink masonry string from Home Depot that I had left over from this hanging succulent project

& a hot glue gun. 

I took everything apart in order to spray paint & get the terrible

Christmas cellophane out of the inside.

I originally tried to leave the interior lining but I could not get the edges 

clean or hidden by using the jute. 

I spray painted all of the metal with a couple of layers of spray paint.

It worked best to pick a pole that was going to be the back & use that 

to adhere my string to. To attach the initial string I tied it around the pole 

& glued it to the next few strings.

After some experimenting it worked best to add a glob of glue for every 

time the string passed the back pole to hold it in position. The glue will 

spread & not dry immediately so you usually need to only place 

the glue every other pass.

first day of summer!

hemp cord coasters

I am working on painting some wood coasters but in the meantime I got 

these fun bark rings that popped off when we made the wood cookies for 

the actual coaster. I decided to try making coasters out of them too & these hemp cord + bark coasters are working surprisingly well. 

I just used Tacky Glue to start the string on the interior of the bark & let it sit for a few minutes until it was secure. Then just keep wrapping the cord around until it feels sturdy before using the glue to adhere it to the interior again.

I tried using wire but it seemed to be too stiff so the glass sat uneven. The flexibility of the cord seems to cradle the glasses.