I was very impressed with the thoroughness that Lindsey has gone to to demonstrate how she created this interesting paper bird chandelier with apparently 250 paper birds suspended on ribbons.
It’s a great and detailed article with many pics at the different stages of its build. She details what you need to buy – various metal rings and assorted tools and stationary – mostly the sort of stuff you’re likely to have and the rest is easy to get from a crafts store.
Thanks Lindsey
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Again while browsing today I came across this interesting online shopping arcade full of home-made products by artisans. Not exactly a new idea about it is an interesting site.
The first boutique that caught my eye was Sheri’s Crystal Designs. Now that I’ve been browsing it for several minutes, I just had to bookmark it and felt almost sad to (ctrl + W) – say goodbye!
It seems full of very elegant mini crystal chandeliers and generally within the antique French genre. She describes it as reborn antique.
Antique French mini crystal chandelier
Crystal Wind Chime with Beautiful Purple and Turquoise Gems
She has created a crystal wind chime which again looks a very attractive little piece. Knowing its handmade makes all the difference and if you’re at all into the theory and practice of feng shui, you will realise and appreciate the value of this.
You can apparently place it in the garden but I think I would rather have it in a bedroom that catches the sunlight, and preferably the morning light. A very innovative creation – thank you Sheri! as she says, this is the perfect little Mother’s Day present – in fact a present for all occasions – particularly if you feel the need for some online shopping therapy.
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I came across this cute Cow Over the Moon mini chandelier for a baby’s room which I thought was worth a closer look. You can actually have the chandelier personalised to include the child’s names and date of birth, at no extra cost. Of course if you plan to have several children, you may prefer to leave the name and date off.
There are two different product designs, one with three arms (or branches, as they are sometimes called) and one with five – the one in the picture has five branches. You have various options to choose from for further customising it and they will cost more:
- If you want to add hanging crystals to it (which you can see in the picture), you actually choose between different qualities of crystal at different prices.
- You can add chandelier lamp shades to the lights.
There is some flexibility with changing the shade design to one of your preference though there may be a charge for this. For instance they give you options of having - Lampshades covered in that Tinkerbell fairy dust. Alternatively you could choose between some
- Ostrich boa which will be hand tinted. They even have
- Local artists whom they employ to produce a completely unique design pattern
In fact, if you choose to go with the hand painted chandelier shades option and make it a completely unique shade, that would be also adding more interest to it as a possible future family heirloom.
As I explored further, I noticed they have at least 10 different designs with the same customisability and here is a photo of their Safari Walk about 3- arm Chandelier. In my opinion the cow over the moon is actually the cutest.
For those who are into creating a theme around this, you can even get matching lamps and all sconces.
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