I found this candle holder years ago!
I loved the flowers curving up the stem.
But, I could NOT find a shade for it.
Then I saw this doilie...hmm.
You can see the candle holder here. It was a
quick thought, just for the room reveal,
to drop the doilie over the holder.
The doilie looked like a flower!
I had seen this cute lampshade idea and I
was saving several doilies to make
one for myself.
I decided to try and make this doilie into a proper shade.
I grabbed my copper wire and started tinkering.
After an attempt to create a lampshade
shape with the wire and somehow attach
the doilie to it, I had an "AHA!" moment.
I simply wove a circle of wire into the doilie.
This will be the underside.
Here is the new shade on the candle holder.
(It does look like a flower)
AND....
Here it is lit with an electric votive candle!
I love it!
NEXT
Shea and Crissy needed a second bed.
The girls only had one bed and a chair!
I looked through my doll stuff and found a bed.
As you can see this bed is a little small,
but I think I can make it work. I removed
the small headboard.
I decided that a larger headboard might help
hide the size of the smaller bed.
I had no blue satin left, but I did have this lavender!
I traced the blue headboard to make a matching size.
I cut out a piece of the lavender satin.
I glued poly-fil all over the cardboard.
Starting at the middle top, I start hot-gluing the fabric
to the cardboard. Then I glue the bottom middle.
I keep going from side to side, then corner
to corner until the fabric is tight all around.
I always cover a second piece of cardboard with
thin batting. This covers the back and adds strength.
I finish by gluing the backer piece in place.
VOILA! Finished headboard.
I found an extra mattress and laid it on top of
this bed. NOW it's not looking so small. At
some point, I will make this a whole bed.
Luckily, I already had a quilt that I made in
the past and it has some of the same fabrics!
BEFORE the new bed, There was only a chair!
Not too comfy for sleeping.
AND....
AFTER, with the new bed in place!
But who gets the new bed?
Looks like Shea will get the new bed!
I like it! SO Groovy!
All for now!
Hugs
Brenda
