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"Second Cup is on the House" -CoffeeTime Lamp

CleverThinker, member | January 7th, 20108 comments

Everybody loves a free second cup!! This one is made of multi colored cups and saucers ( note the different cup handle silhouettes) with an old Maxwell House 1 lb tin as the...

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'Coffee With Dick and Jane" CoffeeTime Lamp

CleverThinker, member | January 7th, 201014 comments

This one was a custom piece for my friend Audrey's mother. When I asked her to tell me about her, she said that she had been in child care for over 10 years, and also very...

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"Coffee And My Secret Ingredient" -CoffeeTime Lamp

CleverThinker, member | January 6th, 201011 comments

This lamp is built on an inverted peanut-shaped plate as the base, with a mismatched cup and saucer in the front (perfect for spare keys, change or loose diamonds). There are two cookbooks, a...

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Watch the Birdie...."6th Hole" Golfbag Lamp

CleverThinker, member | January 4th, 20104 comments

I found this little golf bag lamp in two tone brown and beige...it had a cheap, rust spotted brass base that didn't look very good- so I covered it with astro turf. and then added...

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Game Table

Clickart, member | January 3rd, 20103 comments

We ran across this very cool, old child's baby bed/playpen (anyone know what it is?) at one of our first visits to Antiques'n'Uniques, where we have our booth. We had to have it! It was...

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"One Cup, with Cream and Sugar" CoffeeTime Lamp

CleverThinker, member | January 2nd, 20102 comments

This little lamp title says it all-!! In a box of melmac, I had these extra parts...so I flipped over one cup as the base, added the saucer, then mixed up the cream n sugar colors. The stove...

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"One Legged Flamingo" Mini Lamp

CleverThinker, member | January 2nd, 20103 comments

So I found this lonely little lamp base in a second hand store...uses a nite light bulb. It was metal, black and boring....and no shade. I took it home and started digging- found the flamingo...

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"Early Bird" CoffeeTime Lamp for a yard sale affectionado

CleverThinker, member | January 2nd, 20107 comments

This was custom made for a yard sale and coffee fanatic (Happy Birthday, Jolene)! Her hubby, Matt, asked me if I could do one just for her. I asked a few questions- what does she like...

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"Mambo Console" Bongo Drum Style Console Lamps

CleverThinker, member | December 30th, 20095 comments

I found these two wire frames with serious tacky beaded edges at a yard sale for $3- each...one was damaged, I was gonna only buy one, but the person selling told me he wanted to get rid of them both...

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"Coffee With Jackie"- a Tribute to Jackie Kennedy

CleverThinker, member | December 30th, 20097 comments

The stack of mismatched cups (note the different silouette in the handle shapes) and saucers are fixed to the lower book. The light bulb is at the top of the found percolator, underneath...

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Country Pump Lamp

CleverThinker, member | December 30th, 20096 comments

A funky old found cast iron water pump is the base for this lamp. It's wired with a dimmer socket at the top, then the 3-panel shade edged in a rope colored trim is mounted on a...

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"Poppy Coffee"- Wizard of Oz theme

CleverThinker, member | December 29th, 20098 comments

This lamp is for all of the Wizard of Oz fans. The fabric on the 3-panel shade is a light green background with one liners from the Wizard ("Stuff a matress outta me will ya?", "I'm Dorothy...

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"Box O Flamingos"- (no birds were injured in the making of this lamp)

CleverThinker, member | December 29th, 20095 comments

I bought this frame from "Out of the Closet"- a non profit thrit store that raises money for people affected with HIV and AIDS- I think I paid $6 for it. It was 'Boring Beige' when found, with...

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Coffee With The Lovely Ladies-Raffle fundraiser donation for Cancer Clinics in Antelope Valley, CA

CleverThinker, member | December 29th, 200910 comments

This is a lamp I made and donated for a fundraiser for the Cancer Clinics in Antelope Valley November 20th, 2009 at the golfcourse in Palmdale, CA. It's a tribute to all those affected by...

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Gift tags

oldnews, member | December 22nd, 20095 comments

Scrabble tiles and some jewelry wire and you have some really cute gift tags that won't get tossed in the trash!

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From nut sweeper (!?) to wreath!

oldnews, member | December 20th, 20099 comments

My son's in-laws have walnut and almond orchards and apparently these huge brushes are used to sweep the nuts on the ground out of the way so that the farm equiptment doesn't drive over and destroy...

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THE FINALE!!!!!!!!!!! maybe

alicemom, member | December 12th, 20099 comments

Today is my birthday! I have been working hard to finish b-4 my party. I thought I was finished but this morning I decided I needed my angels flying high. I will have more vignettes posted on my...

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Art with Architecture

Lanette Lorsung, contributor | December 12th, 200918 comments

I LOVE architectural pieces. Can I stress LOVE! Whether it be corbels, pillars, molding, doesn't matter. I guess I'm an architectural addict. LOL!

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TOOOOOOOOOOO MANY CLOCHES!!!!!

alicemom, member | December 8th, 200917 comments

Christmas mantle and more.

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Extreme Tree Trimming

Prior, member | December 6th, 200914 comments

I wanted a cool, whimsical display tree for our show without spending money... so I took an old 6 foot Dollar Store tree I've had 4-ever and trimmed all the pine needles down to the nubs, ran lights...

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