eye candy

i promised to show you a really fun project today.
i am so excited for you to see what i've been working on. 
i'm pretty sure this is going to be my favorite thing in the nursery. 


okay are you ready?

here it is!!

now tell me that is not the yummiest thing you've ever seen. 
oh my, i love it. 
it makes me so happy. 
i have to go in and stare at it every time i pass her room. 


so let's get down to the nitty gritty of how she came to be. 


so from the day i started dreaming up little miss's nursery, i knew i wanted a chandelier. 
also, if you know me, it had to be cheap. 
what's the fun in buying something straight off a store shelf anyway?


i was spoiled from my last chandelier redo and had my heart set on finding a fixture for 5 bucks. 
it was not looking good...i looked at every thrift store and perused craig's list, to no avail.
but alas, my waiting paid off. 
last satuday i stopped into potter's house thrift and found this beauty for $4.87.
i may have hugged it to my chest and ran {waddled} to the checkout.  

i personally believe Jesus just wanted to give me that chandelier so He had it there for me. 
He's sweet like that, you know?


anyhow it had white globes with it that i had the thrift store keep and the arms were facing down. 
i twisted the arms up and AJ tightened up all the screws for me. 
then he jimmy-rigged it up in the garage so i could spray paint it. 


if you follow me on instagram, you already saw this picture...but this was my little hint of things to come. 

a few coats of watermelon gloss later....

to get her all gussied up, i found some jewels & clear bead garland from hobby lobby. 
the jewels were half off in the wedding department and the garland was half off in the christmas section.
because of course, hobby lobby has christmas stuff out in july. 

because the fixture had globes, there were already holes for me to wire the garland and clear gems to. 
i just sat on the floor and played around with it until it was sufficiently gaudy. ;)
i also used some hot glue for the strands of garland that went from the top to down to the arms. 


my awesome husband took down this beast . . .

and with the help of a ligting assistant friend, installed this lovely piece of glam. . . 

should a light fixture make me this happy?
probably not. 
i just love how it sparkles and i love that rich bubble-gummy color. 
i also love how you can take an ugly, brassy light fixture, and make something so fun & happy out of it. 

and by the way i have never liked pink until now. 
baby girl is bringing something new out in me. :)

okay, so here's the progress on "project baby girl room" as of now:

i still have a ways to go...but it's coming together.
you can't see it, but there's a wardrobe in there that i'm working on right now. 
i need to add a coat of paint this afternoon and it should be ready to go. . .  can't wait to start hanging baby clothes in there!



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