Lampshade Lady Book Jacket

Lampshade Lady's Guide to Lighting Up Your Life
It is pretty amazing to me to actually see the
whole book cover. Extra big thanks to book
designer, La Tricia Watford for designing a
clean and beautiful book. As you may remember
my panics and pains to have a handsome book
designed. And also big thanks to Frances Bailey
from Country Living for her special blurb.
My book will be released Aug. 18th or pre-ordered
from my website.

Lampshade Lady Book on Potter Craft Sales Cover

I had to show off the cover of the Potter Craft Summer 09 Sales catolog. My Lampshade Lady's book made the cover. What a surprise to open the oversized envelope at my little post office. I had no idea that I would be given such honors. I must say it looks great. This is one of my favorite photos we did this summer. I think it represents my design sensibility. A twist of classic with contemporary and never cliched. That is my ideal, but not always achieved but worth a try.
The fabric is a vintage polka dot found this spring at The Vintage Textile Show in Sturbridge. It is trimed with grosgrain and rick rack. And the best part is the corners. It has an experiment of beads and buttons made like dangly earings. It worked great. I need to do it more, must find more vintage buttons; a good excuse to go antiquing and bead shopping.
The lamp is vintage glass. I found it a few years ago on one of my antiquing ventures coming back to Vermont from Maine. When I found this lamp it was pretty ugly. It had these metal spokes coming off the bottom and some other unattractive metal parts. It had a good core design; I thought it had potential but needed work. I tried several times to make it work..... first it was too tall and tipy..... not good. And then it worked!!! Motto of the project, keep trying till you get it right.
Putting lamps together can be easy but more often than not it's a slog. I have many more unfinished good ideas in my back room. They are problems that I haven't solved- one of these days they will be used for the prefect part needed for another lamp.