New dining room light and painted china cabinet

Here is my reinvented light and painted china cabinet. I like the results, the cabinet is much better dark (for now at least)...LOL :) For the lampshade Goodwill find, we used an OLD hanging light fixture, took it apart, sprayed it with mat black paint, rewired it...then attached the lampshade and hung it over my dinning room table.

Hostess gift that kept on giving...

I gave a friend vintage earrings as a hostess gift because she makes her own jewelry, and incorporates vintage beads in her work. Here is an image of earrings that look similar to the ones I bought her... When we arrived at her home, she was very pleased with her gift, she held them up, and said that they were beautiful and were exactly what she loves to work with...We had a wonderful time and had a great meal...

To my surprise...at our annual Christmas party, my friend put a little box in front of me....she had created new jewelry with all the beads from the two pairs of earrings I had previously given her. What a beautiful gesture :) ...Thank you, I just love the new pieces....

old lampshade

Rummaging through things at the Goodwill Store is so much fun. I found an old lamp, with a lampshade (still in it's original plastic wrap) that was calling my name. Bought both for 7$.

I held the lampshade over my little dining room table, looked nice, so I started another project, this one I'm sure my husband will love to help me with this one.