Cute Find Alert

Thursday, September 30, 2010






I know you know how hard it is for me to find cute things in this lame-o town that hardly has any good stores. We're about 4 hours North of Toronto and even our chain stores only get the leftovers from stores down South. It's a bummer. It's also turned me into a Homesense stalker. I go in all.the.time. in search of anything cute. It doesn't help that I'm super duper picky (not in a good way) and rarely find things that are cute enough to come home with me.

I have been searching for lampshades for, oh, about 3 years. What have I found? Nothing. Nada. Zip. I saw a few neat ideas over the summer (all those link things I'm addicted to) and I've been contemplating painting, fabric-covering, or sewing ribbon onto a plain lampshade.

So after one of my exhausting rewarding days of teaching last week I wandered in to Homesense for a little pick-me-up. Sidenote: My class is a bit of a handful this year. Please help me find the patience to make it through this year. Please, please, please.

Anyway, I was walking along feeling all tired and sorry for myself when out of the corner of my eye I saw the cutest lampshade that ever lived. They had two sizes, I decided to purchase the smaller of the two to use on a floor lamp that had a bell-shape shade that kinda bugged me.

I'm not sure if I'm loving the blue and white shade in the yellow living room, but I do know that I love the shade and it may just look perfect in one of our other rooms.

Thank you Homesense. Just when I start to give up on you, you always seem to pull through.

13 comments:

  1. Now that is a super cute lampshade! Great find! The prayers for patience this year have gone up. :) Being a teacher is a hard job!

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  2. As a former 2nd grade teacher, I feel your pain. Hang in there, Christmas break will be here before you know it :0)

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  3. Omg, so stinkin cute!I thought you were going to say you made it! I would have snatched it up too. I'm not seeing blue and white though, it's looking tan on my pc. Cute whatever color it is :)

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  4. That is really cute!
    Too bad I don't have the skills to make one of my own.. Or the money to purchase the basic lampshade :P

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  5. That is a lovely lampshade. And the beadboard at the back of your cubby shelf made all the difference in its appearance. Isn't it great to get such inspiration from the blog world?? !!! Roary looks like he is an excellent supervisor. :) Your Fall wreath turned out so beautifully, too! Wishing you all the best -- I used to teach, and there were many days when the kids were out of hand and I felt like I had bees buzzing in my ears by the end of the day with all the noise. Now I am in administration at the kids school and love it! No more buzzing! :) Have a great weekend. Tammy

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  6. I love those lamps! Homesense is great you just got keep checking, they change stuff so quickly!

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  7. Hi. Thanks for visiting my blog. Love this lampshade!!! Love your stamp too! I may need to get one of those ~ how handy! I'll be posting pics of our New England trip over the next few weeks. It was so beautiful and we had such a fun time.
    ~ Julie

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  8. Love the shade... and we drive 3.5 hours south to shop in you lame-o city!!!

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  9. I am an hour northwest of Toronto, and find that any Homesense north of Vaughn stink!! Love your find. I went to college in North Bay, which is about 4 hours north of Toronto. That was in 1993 though, talk about lame-o shopping!!! God bless you for being an elementary school teacher. All the more so if you teach in the public school system, you deserve a pick me up!! :)

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  10. I think it's gorgeous..xx

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  11. I am a Special Education Teacher and I FEEL your PAIN!!! This is one of the toughest years i've had in a long time!!
    And the most challenging part is.....no one understands just how hard it is UNLESS they are a teacher too:)
    Hang in there and just keep on finding things that make you happy!!
    December will be here in no time:)

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  12. I am an hour northwest of Toronto, and find that any Homesense north of Vaughn stink!! Love your find. I went to college in North Bay, which is about 4 hours north of Toronto. That was in 1993 though, talk about lame-o shopping!!! God bless you for being an elementary school teacher. All the more so if you teach in the public school system, you deserve a pick me up!! :)

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  13. Love the shade... and we drive 3.5 hours south to shop in you lame-o city!!!

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