Well, with a new snow storm blowing into town....and my office was closed for the day....I decided to start the day off with a cup of coffee and some blogs. My intention was to finally stop avoiding my art room and get in there and clean it up. I stumbled across a blog Artsy Crafty Babe. She is the most amazing seamstress..makes the cutest purses and can knit like nobody I've ever seen before. I saw a beautiful pottery barn chandelier that she recently purchased. I was instantly in LOVE. I was also instantly inspired to make one on a smaller scale myself. The ideas started swirling and I started hunting down my supplies.
How beautiful is this?! I wanted one...and I wanted it NOW. How lucky that Artsy Crafty Babe has the REAL DEAL....so I did what any thrifty person would do... So what if we are in the middle of a blinding blizzard...I was going to FIND a way!
I remembered I'd bought this last summer..
I gathered up all the clips I could scrounge up from the junk drawer. If it hadn't been snowing I would have rushed out to buy the permanent type clips in the pottery barn picture above. But I had to make do with what I could find. If I were to ever make another....I'd definitely buy the spring loaded clips and glue them to the frame.
I had a very very special bag of vintage ephemera that Beth sent to me last year..."just because".....I've been hoarding this stuff forever...and have not wanted to use it on just any old project....but this one was WORTHY!
I hung it upside down from the ceiling fan in my art room. I had it at shoulder level so I could attach all the bits and pieces.
I made a pretty good dent in the bag that Beth sent me. I also gathered bits and pieces of things I already had. I also added some chandelier crystals that I bought last summer at a thrift store but had no idea what to do with.
I wired it right to the small white globe hanging in the hall. The globe doesn't get hot enough to be a fire hazard to the papers hanging here. I wanted to remove the whole globe and have the light bulb bare but the papers were too close to the bulb.
It's really hard to get a picture in a dark hallway...on a day when it's grey and blizzarding outside...and the light is off.
How fun this is to have hanging in my hall now!
I left the inspiration photo from Pottery Barn up on the computer all day...just so my family wouldn't think that cabin fever had finally gone to my brain- and that I REALLY was making something! After an entire day of NO COMMENTS from my 16 year old...just eye brow raising....she finally walked into the hall and yelled "hey! your little lamp thingy is cute" (not that I NEEDED THAT confirmation!)
Check out some other great transformations at The Shabby Chic Cottage!
Tomorrow is another day home...sigh.....using up all my vacation time on this darn snow!
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Posted by: Michelle L. | July 25, 2010 at 07:00 PM
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Posted by: LORRAINE BELL | June 04, 2010 at 11:45 PM
Hey when ever my teen daughter thinks something that I made is cute it is a winner!!! I think that yours is way better than Pottery Barn.
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Posted by: Karla Nathan | February 12, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Love it, Robin! You did a great job! If you have to be snowbound, it sure is fun to come up with fantastic projects!
xo
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Posted by: Claudia | February 12, 2010 at 08:56 AM
that is PERFECT! I am stealing this idea...eventually and will post a link to you when I finally get it done and posted!
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Posted by: Kathleen Grace | February 11, 2010 at 06:06 PM
Im inspired!! I have a wire lamp shade sitting there that I just put a bulb in that I was going to decorate and hang. I have small clips that I bought at christmas time that wiould work great around the bottom. I just love all your thrifted and repurposed things.
Robin
Posted by: Robin | February 11, 2010 at 05:45 PM
Heyyyy your little lamp thingy is SO SO SO CUTE!!! eeek,,, Robin it is beautiful! So refreshing to see something new and different out and about in blogville. I love it so much and it is perfect for your room.
Hey, are you surviving that blizzard?? I have gotten NO crafting done during my snow days. SIGH. TOmorrow my Mom is going to come over to make jewelry so it will force me out of my slump. I hope you stay warm and safe!! I have thought of you often and wondered how you all are doing over there in the east. ;)
xoxo Heather
Posted by: Heather ~ Pretty Petals | February 11, 2010 at 02:58 PM
When I heard the weather report on tv, I thought of you as I was pretty sure you lived in the DC area. My goodness you are getting a deluge of snow. You sure are making good use of your time stuck indoors. What a fabulous chandelier. Love it.
Thanks so much for your recent comments. I truly appreciated hearing from you.
Posted by: Kim | February 11, 2010 at 02:24 PM
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Posted by: Angie @ The Country Chic Cottage | February 11, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Love it! But aren't you afraid the paper will burn??
Posted by: TwoBarkingDogs | February 11, 2010 at 11:38 AM
WOW! I am super impressed. Even more impressed that you had all that stuff already on hand. :) Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Jessi @ Yankee Belle Home | February 11, 2010 at 11:03 AM
That is gorgeous Robin! I love it! I have one of those wire shades (somewhere?)you have inspired me to find it and make one too!
Posted by: Leslie | February 11, 2010 at 09:49 AM
OHMYGOSH!!!!!!!! i saw that in pottery barn too and just loved it...yours is waaaaaaay better Robin...i absolutely love it...the addition of the crystals is ooh lah lah...fantastique!!!
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