Friday, 29 June 2012

A bedside light & a hanging feature..

Projects 3 & 4 – A bedside light & A hanging feature

For the bedside light I brought a the VATE light from IKEA.  I also brought the MORUP light cover (like a rice paper ball) in purple for the hanging feature – it was a good day in IKEA!!
I had some smaller white rice paper ball left over from our engagement party (hanging in the big tree in my parents backyard) and used one of those as well.



The butterflies I cut out of Chinese rice paper and a range of other decorative papers that I have collected overtime.  I don’t suggest that you try this unless you have a bit of time up your sleeves! It is not hard but a little time consuming – I ended up doing mine in front of the TV each night for a week...




I attached the butterflies in a random pattern with just ordinary PVA glue that I had hanging around.  I added antennas with coloured thread and then added just a little ‘bling’ just because...



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