A couple of things today

First things first - I was blog surfing and I came across a great giveaway from Prima, so of course I had to enter. Everyone who knows me, knows I am a flower-a-holic. I have to put flowers on everything, so when I saw Prima's new products I knew I had to have them, and what better way then to try and win them. Here is a quick peek of what they look like.Are they not amazing?? I love the new colors and flowers. There are ideas now popping into my head on what I could do with these amazing products.

Second, I have been very creative this week, I recently picked up a Graphic 45 paper pack to work on the vintage album I am doing for my Grandparents, and I stumbled on a project where you redo a lamp shade with paper and buttons. So I gave it a whirl and I am loving the result. Here are a couple of shots of the finished shade. I used the Graphic 45 Domestic Godess paper, I painted the paper with a glossy sealer and then adorned it with buttons.

I haven't quite decided what I will do with the lamp base yet but I am thinking I will paint it, maybe with a crackle finish.

And the other project I made with the scraps from the lamp shade was a fip recipe book. I thought it would be a great idea to add recipes that my Grandma taught me and ones my Mom taught me and maybe some of my favourite recipes. I haven't decided if I am going to keep it or give it to my Mom as a Christmas present. I sure hope she didn't bookmark my Blog otherwise it won't be a surprise. Here is a couple of pictures of the book minus the recipes.

Now I just need to type out all the recipes and put them in the book - one Christmas present down.