Paper Lampshades

[Lille]

(I figured this belonged in the paper crafts section rather than the home section, but if I'm mistaken, feel free to move it)

The book I originally acquired for THIS project also had an awful lot of pages inside it, and I decided to put those to good use too, and what better way than to make them into lampshades? Especially since the lamp I already had was on loan from my parents and not really very interesting.

This is the finished product, made out of paper rolls, endless paper rolls, inspired by THIS awesome crafter. They're modelled over a mixing bowl to ensure that they're roughly the same shape. I haven't got a count for how many was used, but I used up roughly the first 600 pages of the book. I got the book for free and purchase a lampy-thingy for about 6$.
 


I made a pair to hang above my dining room table. My boyfriend thought I was slightly insane


They look pretty in the dark too!

[erdbeerblau]

Pretty 

Did you glue them together?

[HSG]

Crazy about these lamp shades. Also like your owl picture on the wall.

[Phizzychick]

Ooh, they look lovely! They look really pretty lit in the dark too

[jen0910]

Looks neat, it reminds me of a shell chandelier that I saw in a magazine.

[Lille]

Pretty 

Did you glue them together?

Yes. I lost count of how many sticks of hotglue was used, but it was a lot

Crazy about these lamp shades. Also like your owl picture on the wall.

The picture is actually from IKEA.

Phizzychick & jen0910; Thanks!

[rackycoo]

These are great! They look so pretty no matter if the lights are on or off!

[LimeRiot]

These are beautiful! They look like lace when the lights are on .

[mrraawwr]

I need this! All our lamps are so boring..

[Lille]

rackycoo & LimeRiot; Thanks! I agree they have a very lacy quality to them, that was also my intention, so it's good to know it worked out.

I need this! All our lamps are so boring..

You should make some! It's easy and inexpensive. All you need is a lot of paper and a lot of time