The Owl, the Wolf and the Hound

Milk bottle Bedside Lamp Loveliness

Another Firefly Lamp goes to a lucky someone :)

Blue Dolphin Night Lamp for Lexie

I recently made this lamp for a friend's daughter who needed a night lamp to scare away 'the bad man'. :) Hope blue dolphin kicks some bad man butt. he he

My Lovely Glass Jar Lamps

My love of lighting design as well as recycling/upcycling has brought me to create these lovely lamps out of glass jars. I had my designs sandblasted on which adds something unique and interesting.

My Lovely time at the Swapping Mall

I loved running a workshop and showing people how to create a lovely lamp out of milk bottle cuttings. It was nice to see how amazed they were at what you can do with a little creativity! I also created various milk bottle brooches and hair clips which were going fast! The whole event was a success and I'd do it again in a heartbeat! People got away with some rad stuff! A 13" mac book was up for swap for 6 tokens. I saw a disco ball go in seconds and some vintage clothing didn't last long on shelf either. We had 4 other experts running workshops, Up cycling furniture, clothing and jewelery. It was fun to get back to basics for a change. I hate spending money so this gave me such a lovely feeling!

This lamp was a new design i tried, not unlike the Firefly lamp with the glass jar though. I instead used a globe that my dad helped me attach to the lid of the glass jar together with the globe fitment. I then placed masking tape in stripes on the jar and sprayed it with Frosted Glass ( amazing invention BTW) :) These swapped like hotcakes!!

A Milk Bottle Lamp Tutorial for all those missing out on the Swapping Mall action this weekend :)

A sneak peak at the milk bottle lamps and goodies i will be showcasing/making at The Swapping Mall this weekend

So as you all know, this weekend is the Capitec Swapping Mall initiative (yay)! and I was asked to run a small workshop/ tutorial on how to create lamps out of plastic milk bottles. I will also throw in a few how-to's when it comes to hair accessories, broaches and rings :) 

Wanna Swap??

Capitec Bank has launched a fantastic initiative called, The Swapping Mall. The aim is to save money and not spend a cent. This is how it's going down: You put aside some of your items that you don't need but that are still in good nik. Bring 5 items or less to Atlas Studios in Braamfontein on the 30th and 31st of July and drop them off at the Swapper Drop Off. Your items will be graded and you will be given some tokens with which you can exchange other goods that are up for swapping! This way there will be no buyers remourse! What a fantastic idea!!! You can get more info by checking out their facebook page!

Anyway, i was asked to run a workshop at the event (yes, ME!!)  where i will be showcasing my milk bottle lamps and making some mini lamps and milk bottle goodies! There will be a few amazing workshops running like, upcycling jewelery which will be run by my good friend Indianna Harris, you can check out her stuff here!

Cant wait!!!

Firefly Lamp

This is a lamp design I've had in mind for quite some time but been working on it bit by bit due to my crazy busy life at the moment :) I created this for my friend Brett who is an awesome friend and fantastic photographer! If you don't believe me you can check out his stuff HERE! :) I am an avid recycler thats why i made this lamp with a glass jar and used fairy-lights which I painstakingly took apart and insulated each working globe to the other to form a circuit of 60 globes so that the globes (together) could hold the current. Brett is going to recieve this lamp this weekend, so i hope he doesnt check my blog before then! I was just too excited not to post it!  he he

I {heart} lamp

I made this lamp with love as a belated wedding gift to my twin Marija and her husband Andrew. It took longer than expected but well worth it.

Curly Sue

Curly textured lamp

Lovely Lovely

Another one of my lovely milk bottle lamps only this time it hangs from ze ceiling.

Milk and Honey

This is a lamp i made out of plastic milk bottles, some wire and chicken mesh. Your rubbish is my treasure :)