DIY - Wine Glass Lamp

So I kept seeing these wine glass candle lamps on Pinterest and I just had to make some. I thought they were so charming. Here is how to make one for yourself.

What you need:

Pretty Paper

Wine Glasses

Hot Glue Gun

I started by making a template because I did not want to waste my pretty paper and I was making multiples to give as gifts. I used my template to cut the shade for the lamps.

Glue the ends together with hot glue.

Place a lit tea light in the wine glass and put the shade on top. I thought they were darling when lit. They reminded me of the little lamps that use to be in the center of all the restaurant tables in the 50's and 60's. I wish restaurants would still have little lamps on them.

Easiest DIY Project Ever! Swizzle Sticks!

I have a ton of extra ribbon that I acquired from my mom's insane collection of ribbon and I finally found something to do with it all. PRETTY SWIZZLE STICKS FOR COCKTAILS! 

All you need is:

Ribbon

Any sticks- wood or plastic- found mine at the dollar store

Hot glue gun

Directions:

I cut my ribbon into 3 inch pieces.You can cut your ribbon pieces longer if you want. Then you glue the ribbons onto the sticks.

VOILA!

Now you and I have some awesome swizzle sticks for our next cocktail party!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Even though Halloween was 3 days ago. I just wanted to share our pumpkins with you guys. Check em out.

My boyfriend carved Thor in his pumpkin and I carved the Cheshire Cat in mine

A Fabulous Steal!

I was recently at the Midway Antique Mall located at 5130 Madison Ave., Sacramento, CA 95841 and I was mesmerized by how big this antique mall was. I was in there for 2 hours and that's because I was skimming through the mall quickly before I had to go to work. There was TONS to look at! I strongly recommend this antique mall to anyone who likes antiques! So I stumbled upon a vendor inside the mall who had a HUGE selection of the vintage 1950's bar ware. It was so hard to choose what I wanted and then I find out that the vendor was aslo giving an additional 20% off all items. This is what I ended up choosing:

Set of 4 Culver tumblers- $12

Set of 6 Culver Florentine Fruit Lowball Glasses- $24

Pimm's Cocktail

So this recipe is my own version of a Pimm's cup. I hope you like it!

Pimm's Cup:
3 oz (2 shots) Pimm's No. 1 liquor
1 Tbsp of Lime juice
Lime or Lemon slices
Lemon Lime soda

In a glass filled ice, combine Pimm's No. 1 liquor, lime juice, 2 slices of lime or lemon and mix. Fill the rest of your glass with the lemon lime soda and enjoy! Pimm's No. 1 liquor is a little on the sweet side so all the citrus in this cocktail really balances the sweetness perfectly.

Meet My Baby!

This is my baby and his name is Derrick. He is a year and a half old ferret and a bundle of joy.

Derrick lets us place random object in his hands.

Derrick in his favorite bed.

And he needs glasses for his poor vision.

My New/Old Bar Cart!

I went to an estate sale this past Friday looking for more vintage glassware and I found this old and rusted bar cart for $3! What a steal!

I washed, sanded and gave it a fresh coat of gold paint.

Here it is after I dolled it up a bit.

Complete with a little glittered Halloween flair.