And The Winner Is...

Since I'm all about doilies right now,

I've been looking forward to sprucing this 

lampshade up for awhile.

As soon as I dabbed one little spot of paint on,

I knew it was headed for utter failure.

So, I moved on...

Stencil, of course...

"How hard can a stencil be??", 

I thought to myself.

Ugh! Gross.

HAHAHA!

So, putting all my creative powers to use...

this is what I ended up with!

Oh yes, you're seeing this right,

it's JUST painted.

No frills, no DOILIES, NO stencils,

just painted.

Okay, there's a little frill,

it is painted with metallic silver and gold.

And honestly,

I love it.

It shimmers.

It sparkles.

And it's just simple.

It was a good life lesson for me to remember.

A little shimmer;

a little sparkle;

and just plain simple

{almost} ALWAYS works.

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It will get you excited,

trust me.

Have a lovely weekend!