Lamps For The Doll House!

Greetings Doll Friends!! 

I've had lamps for the Doll House for a while now... But the cords were too short to reach the outlets in my doll room. Then on our Black Friday Adventure I found some at the Dollar Tree! Score!

So I came home and put my lamps in the living room of the Doll House!! Aren't they pretty?!

I played around with how to take photos with them. This one (above) is with just the lamps and so a bit dark...

But this one with other lights is a bit 'bright'...

I also played around with where in the room to put them...

I think they make the room look much more 'real' and love how they hightlight Jesus' picture on the wall above. Beautiful! What do you think? I am sure I'll get better at figuring out how to make the light work with photos but all in all I love them!

Better run!
Till next time!
XXOO
 Heather

Thrift Store Find and American Girl Working light Doll Lamp Tutorial

So today I set out to my favorite local thrift store to find items to upcycle into clothing for dolls and hoping to find something that looked like a doll lamp. I found quite a few promising things for upcycled doll clothes but wasn't finding a 'lamp'. Then I rounded the corner to the half off section (yes even Thrift Stores have clearance! Ha!) and saw this!! 

I actually did a happy dance! It has a real clock that plugs in even!! It was a bit dusty but otherwise perfect!! It was only $3.50!! Score of the week!!

Happily, in same half off section I found components to make a lamp. They had like six of these little lamp shades on sale for $1.99 (yes local readers all but one is still at HandMeUps!) but I was stumped on a lamp part. Then I saw the vintage candle holder and it was perfect! 

Except... How to keep the lamp shade on the candle holder? Old fashioned art clay worked perfect! Just take a bit ball of it, stuff in hole and push the little feet of the lampshade into it. Presto! Instant 18" doll lamp! 

Even cooler? Remember those little lights I used to make the fireplace glow? Well the package contained two of the orange color and one clear... 

The clear one makes a great 'lightbulb' for the lamp!! 

So it totally works even!!

Not a bad day for thrifting! Go out to your local thrift store with an open mind and you never know what you might find!

Thanks for visiting! See you next time I hope!