Prim as the way I love it!

As most of you know, I love to prim and do trash to treasures. If I'm not doing T2Ts, I'll be doing Prim. I think almost anything can be primmed up and DH teases me that he is afraid he'll wake up to find out I have primmed up our two cats! Heh heh!

I've done several creative ways to save money as prim can be costly if you want an authentic prim lamp or another prim shelf. I do try to cut corners being on a budget. I also try to use my creativity. If you saw from my other posts, I posted a T2T toilet roll lamp. I once saw a waxed toilet roll lamp, it required the toilet paper being dipped in warm wax. It was around 10 dollars and now I didn't have money for that but I had all the supplies and extras. Presto, I made the lamp and now my two sisters want them and it was the sister that gave me those supplies, heh heh!

This weekend and this week, I did several prims and T2Ts as well. I have to admit I am quite impressed with myself!

I had a gauzy looking peach mini lamp that I used in the kitchen during evenings when I need the extra light so I don't trip or slip. It's this particular lamp that stays in the kitchen because each time I turn the lamp on, the neck of the lamp just wobbles. This lamp has been dropped or toppled over too many times to the point where I tried to repair it but my hand can't fit through the small hole on the base.

I just had the brightest idea to do a T2T lamp makeover! I took a hammer and smashed the ceramic part of the lamp and no, the police did not come over! Heh heh! I saved the lamp plug part. I had been saving a huge pickle glass jar for the longest time because I wanted to do a T2T but wasn't sure how to apply the idea until this one came along!

I had to throw out the cap of the pickle jar because it smelled quite garlicky although I washed the pickle jar with vinegar, lemon and hot water. I used a salsa cover jar because it was black and what I wanted... a dark cover. (You can laugh, K. Heh heh!)

I glued prim fabric on the shade and it looks great. The plaid fabric is tan with mustard, burgundy and hunter green with a hint of navy blue.







A great suggestion for everyone to cut corners and to prim up your jars too. When you are burning your candles and are left with remaining wax. Don't throw out the remaining wax in the trash, cut them up and save them in a ziploc baggie until you have quite a bit to store in a mason jar. Call it chunkies or melties. I was able to save quite a bit of leftovers and store chunks in a mason jar. Part of a Christmas gift, I received a bath and body set. A wooden scoop was included in the bath salt kit so I used that in the prim mason jar. I just used ribbon to tie the wooden scoop to the mason jar to apply the melties idea together.



There is a particular brand of lights I love and it is called silicone lights. I always get my silicone lights from Prim Silicone Bulb Shoppe because Robin specialises in different colours, sizes and shapes. Robin also does scented bulbs.

I order my bulbs from Robin and I'm always satisfied with her bulbs. It's the texture and the colour.







DH and I had the poem "How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning framed and given out as wedding favours and there was a particular recycled paper I got for $4.00 because it was a big size and the colours were vibrant. This particular paper had so many interesting things between two sheets of paper and I wanted it behind the poem in the frame. The bright light picks it up so well. This makes excellent scrapping paper as well.



At Walmart, there's a section of odds and ends materials that I always raid each time I go to Walmart. You can find a lot of prim materials there because it's not a yard/metre but it's great to start off with as it's always less than 2 dollars. It's even good for small sewing craft ideas as well like this one. This only cost me 3 dollars and I have a lot of materials leftover.

This is a plastic bag holder and I have so much materials leftover that I plan to make more.





I'm going to show tidbits of our home.. enjoy!

















I had an old cheese grater that didn't grate well and rusted as well. I decided to grate an old candle tart that didn't scent well on it. I put some star ornies around it, raffia and a tag completed it. At night, I use a battery operated mini light and it looks cute in the kitchen.



This is a Martha Stewart basic drape that I have in the bedroom. I wasn't satisfied with the exact one in the kitchen. Just looked ho-hum. It needed some prim to it.



This is how I primmed up the drapes.. I love it!




Just wonder how Martha Stewart would react after one of her drapes being primmed up? ( Eh, K!)Ha ha!