Semi- DIY Fillable Lamp

When I hear the term collector two words go through my mind- Louvre and hoarder, neither of which accurately describe me and my rocks and shells.  I think the basket’s and giant pickle jars’ worth I’ve gathered over years of beach weekends and vacations falls somewhere in the middle of the spectrum between curated and crazy.  

 I have a large, perfect, spiral shell that a friend found and gave to me on a winter beach walk when I was a teenager, fossils found with my kids, a rock from a small mountain I walked up at high altitude… you get the idea.  Natural artifacts are the best souvenirs.  (No, I do not collect rocks from national parks or Wonders of the World- just everywhere else.)

I have seen fillable lamps here and there and could have totally made the lamp base out of one of the aforementioned  pickle jars for a similar look.  But I didn’t since this base was on sale at Target and made a more  expensive DIY seem sort of silly.    

I used only rocks from Enchanted Rock (Okay, I said I don’t take rocks from state and national parks, but my children didn’t realize this and when we got home from that park, I found a few presents for Mommy in their stuff) and mostly shells from Sea Rim, my childhood beach.  

  

Fillables are easy- no finding the right drill bit for drilling through glass- just unscrew the top and fill with clean shells, rocks, pine cones, fossils, leaves, or whatever.  I topped mine with a parchment shade my brother gave me.

  

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