I bought a pink lamp at the thrift store to repurpose for a little girl’s room.  I wanted it to match the new comforter, sheets, rug and curtains she’s getting.  The lamp was a dusty pink as was the shade.  The paint on the lamp was damaged so I repainted it and then tried to coat it with Mod Podge to seal it.  Weirdly enough, I chose a paint brush that put more hairs on the lamp than paint.  What to do?  I decided since the paint was dry, I could run water over it to get rid of the hair and the wet Mod Podge.  I am definitely NOT MacGyver.  All of the paint bubbled up and fell into the sink leaving me with a clear glass lamp.  If I had known how easy that was, I would have never painted it to begin with.  I mean, a little water and the whole thing was sparkly like, well, glass.  So, plan B.  No more paint.  This is a job for the ribbon girl.  Yes, I am the ribbon girl.  Well lady, or whatever.  I really got to bling that lamp and shade, it’s never seen so much color.  If this was for anyone other than a small kid, I’d be embarrassed by the amount of bling on it, but kids like shiny things, at least I think they do.  I sure hope she does.  I’m crossing my fingers that she doesn’t scream and run away from it like kids do when they seen clowns.  Yikes, this could damage her for life.  Wait, it’s only a lamp after all, how much damage can it do?  I guess we’ll wait and see.  The video on it should be up tomorrow.  It kind of reminds me of something you’d see if you went to a fortune teller, or a really colorful (another word for tacky) individual’s boudoir.  I still think it’s fun, for a little girl.

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