mama needs some craft therapy

so y'all remember my $7 chandy?

well i randomly decided i wanted to change out the shades.
the shades i had on it were fine.
didn't love them, didn't hate them. they were cheap.

sooooooo, i wanted to make them over.
i love the look of lamp shades with natural materials i've been seeing.

here are some of my inspriations....

{lettered cottage}

{pink & polka dot ~ it's making me want to spray mine white}

{ballard designs}

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{creative little daisy}

on a whim, i grabbed a spool of twine from the hardware section while i was grocery shopping on tuesday.

here are the chandy shades before.

they looked a little rough for the wear after a year of hanging. 

see that little black spot?

yeah, that's a dead fly.  appetizing, no?

in cutting off all those stringy things, the plastic shade underneath cracked so i had to take it off too.

not ideal.  it would have been much easier and kept the shape better if i'd had a shade to glue the jute twine to.

but i would not be deterred.

i just wrapped and hot glued and wrapped and hot glued that jute all around the shade. 

and let me tell you this took for-ev-er. 

i worked on it during the boys' nap time & bed time & while they were playing in the yard. 

but honestly, it was mindless and actually kind of fun, so i really didn't mind it.

and now i lovey love love my shades.

i like the casual, laid back look to them.

i also like that they're not perfect. 

i think it gives a more "found object" appeal to them.

i like how the light streams through them. 

total cost for this project: 

$1.47!  (just the cost of the jute twine. . . which i will no doubt use for other projects as well)

plus a blister on my trigger finger from all the glue gunning. 

a small price to pay for new chandy shades, i say.

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