How to Make Pom Poms

     Some of you have been asking when I am going to post photos of the baby's room.  I promise to have photos up VERY VERY SOON!  Part of the delay has been my search for something special to place over the baby's crib.   I am not a huge fan of the popular plastic mobiles that most baby stores sell.  Rather, I want something eye catching and whimsical, but also budget friendly. 

     So one day, while doing a search on the web, I came across the idea of pom poms.  You know, those fabulous tissue paper flowers we all learned to make in the 80s.  Well, they are back in style and are a very popular decoration at weddings, baby showers, and now nurseries. 

     I love this idea!  Not to mention they are super cheap to make.  '

     Since I am making them for the baby's room, I chose tissue paper in bright pink, pastel pink and white. 

     You will need 8  (20 x 20) or (20 x 26) inch pieces of tissues paper per pom pom, scissors, and 18 inch floral wire.  Lay your tissue paper out flat and begin folding the paper in 1 1/2 inch accordion style folds.  Just like this....

     Next, take a piece of your floral wire and fold it at the half way mark on your folded paper.  Twist the remaining wire to keep it from slipping.  Just like you see here....

     Then trim the edges of your tissue paper with either a rounded or pointed edge.  I chose a round edge as seen here....

      "GENTLY" pull each piece of tissue paper apart and fluff.  The tissue paper is very delicate so go slow or you could easily rip the paper. 

     When you are done it should look something like this....



     So far I have hung three.  I may choose to add a couple more.  Although, sometimes less is more.  I chose to hang the pom poms with clear fishing wire, to give the illusion of being suspended in mid air.

      Looking forward to sharing with you the final room reveal!  Happy Decorating!!!!!

Lamp Shade Makeover

     I hope all my fellow Marylanders stayed warm during our first snow of the season!  Despite the weather I had a pretty busy weekend, and unfortunately very little time for decorating.  Booo!!!!  With time being an issue, I decided a quick project was in order. 

     If you are like me, you probably have some items in your home that you would like to re-purpose for another room.  In my case, I wanted to re-purpose a lamp that I had in my foyer.  I always liked this lamp, but it was a tad too small for the table it was sitting on.  Basically, it needed a new home and I had just the place for it.

     Here is the lamp before I got my hands on her....

     As you can see, the lamp shade is a bit BLAH!  But I figured with a little ribbon, some decorative accents, and my handy glue gun I could transform this boring baby into something more interesting!        .

     Here is what I came up with....

     Now that's more like it.  Can you guess what room this little lady is going in?

     I think the best part is when the lamp is lit; the butterflies actually glow! 

     This was definitely a quick and easy project.  Once I got started it took all of thirty minutes.  I hope this inspires you to re-purpose an item in your home and give it new life. 

     Happy Decorating and until next time.....

                                                                                                   Molly