Buttons Buttons Buttons

During the makeover this week of our back office 

I decided I wanted to do a project that I saw on

 the internet...a Button Lamp!

"Recycled Lamp Shade"

Recently at an estate sale I came across

 a perfect lamp for the project, at a perfect price - $7.50.

Now all that I needed to find were buttons! I wanted to 

cover the whole lamp shade like the picture so I was going to

 need a lot! I searched on the internet and thought eBay would

 be my best bet to buy in bulk, but I was concerned about

 the colors I would end up getting. Then I remembered that my 

Aunt had made me a button bouquet (more to come 

on that project in a future post!), so I asked her where she came 

across all of her buttons. She told me that all of her's were from 

auctions and estate sales and that she had enough that I could see if I 

wanted ones from her collection. So I gathered up all of her 

buttons and started picking out ones that I liked for the lamp

Lulu helped me

I picked out colors to match the fabric panels I am making for the office also.

After I had picked out what I thought would be enough

 buttons it was time to get them onto the lamp shade. 

I decided to try using a hot glue gun to get them on. This 

plan worked very well (just be careful, I dropped a button 

on my leg....ouch!) I randomly glued the buttons all over the lamp

 shade. It is a good idea to do this step while watching

 TV, it is a looooonnnng step!

After I got the lamp shade finished, I painted the base

 red. I taped over the gold around the top and bottom of the 

greenish part that I wanted to paint, then I used Folk Art acrylic

 paint and then sprayed it with a sealer to protect it from 

chipping. Looking back, I think that spray paint would have been 

a  faster option.

After the paint dried, I had my finished product!!

I was so happy with how this project turned out.
I can't wait to get it into the office!

I think I might even have to make a
button frame too!!

~Supplies~

Lamp, buttons, paint (spray or acrylic),

 spray sealer, hot glue gun and glue

**Cost**

around $10

Based entirely on the lamp you get and 

if you have an AWESOME Aunt with lots of buttons!