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Ugly Lamp Winner!

Congratulations are in order for the first annual Ugly Lamp Contest winner! Please give it up for Transgendered Alien Matador! You might be terrified to learn that this lamp is actually part of a set. That’s right, there are two of these in existence. 
 Christine submitted this treasure and will receive a $70 gift certificate to CSNstores.com. A hearty thank you to every one who voted, and to all the participants, we had a really great collection of really, really ugly lamps. (I had a personal fondness for cowboy face, I giggled out loud every time I looked at him). 
 So be on the lookout for ugly lamps, next year’s winner could be you!


August 10, 2010 By
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Ugly Lamp Contest, Final Round!!!

Thank you all so much for your votes in the Ugly Lamp Contest! We have narrowed down the field to the top six. 
 The winner in this round receives a $70 gift certificate to CSNstores.com! (Not to be pushy, but I might spend that $$ on a new lamp). 
 Please cast your vote for your favorite (or least favorite) at the poll over on the right. 
 Here’s a look at the final contenders:


#5 – cowboy face
Cowboy face dominated his bracket and looks like he went on a bender to celebrate.

#7 – hypno swirl

Hypno swirl was a close second in the first bracket, although I personally don’t think it’s ugly at all. Oh wait, that’s because I had my eyes closed.


#12 – stately saguaro
Stately saguaro managed a respectable second place victory in the second bracket, up against a crowd favorite…



#15 – alien matador
Not much more can be said about the wonder and glory of alien matador, and I can’t look any longer for fear of my eyes falling out.


#16 – knight and dragon

This brave knight and his courageous steed did battle against a ferocious dragon and the competition, breezing through the competition in the third bracket.


#20 – mason jar
It was a race for second place for creepy mason jar, who squeaked out a victory over the brokeback cowboys from bracket three.
August 9, 2010 By
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Console Me

While we’re on the topic of … of … of … word has totally slipped my mind. Refurbishing? Reinventing? Making something different out of something? You know? ?? ??? 
 Ok, I just consulted thesaurus.com and everything. I know there is a word for it. I really can’t think of it. Gah. 
 Anyway, this old table used to be a coffee table, but Bette got her hands on it and now it’s a console table! Tada! Pretty brilliant, I think. She simply had Home Depot cut a piece of wood sized to fit, glued it to the original legs and added another set of legs. She makes it look easy! 
 Check it out on her blog Frugal Mom x 3. Thanks Bette!


August 9, 2010 By
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Ugly Lamp Contenders, Part 3

Here comes the final round of Ugly Lamp contestants! Don’t forget to cast your vote for the ugliest lamps in round one and round two! 
 Select the entrant you think is the ugliest lamp you’ve ever laid eyes upon over there at the polls on the right-hand side of the blog. 
 The top two winners of each bracket will then go head-to-head in a final vote-off for the grand prize of one $70 gift certificate to CSNstores.com and the proud title of “Ugliest Lamp Ever!”
 Seven more ugly lamps comin’atcha. It’s ok to be afraid.



Don’t worry m’lady! You are safe in my arms! My heavily armoured horse and I will free you from the fiery keep of the horned dragon! Hmmm, perhaps it would be prudent to throw some armour on you while we’re at it, what do you think? M’lady? Crap.
from Sunny @ Life in Rehab

There is a time for every season, yes. And sooner or later it comes time to turn away from the immature and reckless things of youth and become a responsible adult. A responsible, recycling adult.
from Gaby

Hoo boy! If this lamp could talk! The stories it could tell! Yeah, it would probably just tell you about room #219 at the Springfield Extended Stay Suites. And then it would weep softly. The yellow stain is a story for another day.
from Bonnie

Yeah, yuk it up doll thing! You ain’t such a looker yourself, you know. Keep messing with me, and I will BURN this place to the GROUND! Or … just passive-aggressively melt my shade a little bit. Again.
Sigh.
from Jennae




Dear, I think it’s time to have the talk with Stevie. About the birds and the bees. And his habit of capturing birds and bees in mason jars and feeding them handfuls of dried flowers and grass and then turning the whole mess into a shoddy light fixture when they inevitably die. It’s just weird.
from Ann Marie @ White House, Black Shutters

“This lamp would be perfect in my little boy’s room!”
“Oh, he’s into cowboys, huh?”
“Nope, chainsmoking and moonshine.”
from Cara @ Whimsy Smitten

And that, children, is when the lights went out in the game room for good, never to be lit again. We leave it hanging here as a grim reminder of what happens when you don’t let grandpa win at canasta.

from Cara @ Whimsy Smitten

August 7, 2010 By
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Ugly Lamp Contenders, Part 2

Are you ready for round two of the Ugly Lamp contestants? Remember to also vote for the ugliest lamps from round one! Did you have ugly lamp nightmares last night? I’m sorry. 
 Please cast your vote for the entrant you think is the ugliest lamp you’ve ever laid eyes upon over there at the polls on the right-hand side of the blog. 
 The top two winners of each bracket will then go head-to-head in a final vote-off for the grand prize of one $70 gift certificate to CSNstores.com and the proud title of “Ugliest Lamp Ever!”
 

Ok, deep breaths. Steel yourself. Here we go.



No friends, I haven’t gone blind. You may think this is nothing more than a dust-blanketed ceiling fan, but lurking behind those orange flowers (which oddly, don’t match the yellow flowers, even though they are on on the SAME FAN) are three nightlight sized lightbulbs. Ugly and worthless!
from Laree



As she excitedly flipped on her new lamps for the first time, it quickly dawned on Mrs. Johnson why they were on clearance. Mr. Johnson insisted they were fine.
from Adriana @ Mrs. Faz



Did you get the latest issue of Prison Cell Chic?
Yes, and I just fell in love with those wall sconces on page 32!
Me too! I’m going to order a pair just as soon as I can decide on a color, Interrogation Gray or Suicide Sage!

from Clare

You know when you’re walking down the street… and you see one of those couples? You know, where the girl is like, pretty hot, and the guy is … well … and you just kinda wonder, like how did they…? What does she see in…? Anyway. You know?
from Katy @ Sort Creative



Earl! Hurry! Grab the saguaro lamp! Hurry Earl, that man wearing the blue shirt is headed this way with determination in his eye and I couldn’t live with myself if I let this one slip through my fingers! Just think how nicely it will complement our beavertail cactus lamp back home!


I rubbed this lamp and dreamed of Jeannie, but all that popped out was a change of address card from 1974. Maybe I should get a new lamp. Or re-paper the living room. Eh, screw it.
from Denise @ Thrifty by Design



Sure, the new vaccine eradicated mumps in the late 40’s, but that doesn’t mean we can’t honor their memory.
from Cara @ Whimsy Smitten



“Welcome to Lamps R Us, can I help you?”
“You know, I have been looking EVERYWHERE for a transgendered alien matador lamp.”
“Then today is your lucky day!”
from Catherine

August 6, 2010 By
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