Last shade to share

This is the last shade I have made.  I plan to do one more, but I think you get the idea.  When I get started on another, larger shade, I will share that, too.

I covered the sections with lace trim, netting, and tulle.  This is a vintage flower spray tied with rayon ribbon.  The crystals are from a string of old crystals.

Here you can see some of the laces and tulle.

I got the tutorial from Karen Valentine's blog My Desert Cottage.  The tutorial is an earlier blog and you can find it here.  Karen has good pictures and instructions for you in the tutorial.  I love to read her blog and see all the wonderful things she creates and how she decorates her home.  Be sure to visit!!

For some other blog to visit, check out these!

Recycled Rita -- she hunts for the same type of stuff I like!

Primrose Design -- I think she is still snowed in!  But she does offer a nice variety of things for you.

Country Wings in Phoenix -- glitz I wish I knew how to get my hands on as well as lovely creations.

A new project. . .

During the One World One Heart giveaway this month, I discovered a lot of new blogs.  One in particular gave a tutorial on decorating a wire lampshade, you know, the wire frame that is left after the fabric is removed.  This tutorial set off a project which I started today.

I found three small lampshades at the thrift store.  They were all covered with various materials -- fabric, paper and some plastic.

I stripped them all down to the wire frame . . .

And then I wrapped the wire with white floral tape because there was some glue residue on the frames.  Tonight I will finish wrapping all the frames while I watch TV.  Tomorrow I hope to get one decorated to share with you.  Be sure to come back for a visit to see what I did.

While reading the blog Dollybelle's Peepshow today, I saw her fabulous fabric finds at her local thrift store.  If you sew, decorate or use fabric in your artwork, check out her mother lode of a find!  How lucky can you get?

More blogs you might enjoy visiting.  I discovered these through Etsy Cottage Style blog.

Some Place in Thyme

For Heart and Home

Idyll Hours