I am going to preface this diy with a little story. It is still within the subject of dresses so I think workable in this blog post. My sister’s roommate from college was celebrating her birthday and decided to go to Las Vegas. Of course, my sister felt the need to make the journey and my other sister and I decided to tag along. To the Land of T&A, our little gaggle of females decided to descend. We made the necessary stop at the liquor store before checking into the hotel. And I think we were all more excited about there being a California Pizza Kitchen downstairs in the casino instead of all the various gaming machines and tables.

My sister decided to wear one of her various outfits that she had acquired while visiting Algeria. The outfit included a longer tunic top that dropped to about the knee with an embellished neckline and a pair of harem pants. Well, Las Vegas having its effect on her, my sister decided to dare to bare and wore the top only with a pair of boots and tights. Let me once again stress that the top alone reached to her knees and was long-sleeved.

So after dinner at a steakhouse, my sister, in her embellished tunic, and myself decided to visit one of the dance clubs in the casino. And no, that is not a euphemism for a strip club, we actually decided to go to a dance club. So there we stand, at the side of the dance floor, watching ladies in furry boots reaching to the knees, with white hotpants, gyrating on various elevated tables. And these were fellow guests of the dance club, not paid dancers.

My sister turns to me and goes, “What do you think?”

I respond, in a dazed voice, “I like all the bright lights.”

To which she responds, “I feel like I am wearing a bedazzled potato sack.”

At which point, the country mice decided to return to their hotel room.

The dress used in this diy is not the same dress, a.k.a. the bedazzled potato sack but the dress belonged to the same sister.

My sister tried to sell this dress at a garage sale and when there were no takers, I decided I would abscond with it. I love peacock feathers and felt it could possibly add something to my bedroom lamps.

I had purchased two of these lamps at Ross at a total cost of about $20. I cut and hotglued the material to the lamp shade.

I hotglued single-fold bias tape in the color of espresso to both sides of the lamp.

So, my sister is obviously not getting this dress back.

Sincerely,

Lynne with an Embellished Lampshade