LEGO Lamp Shade wip

Lamp has been re-done to make the base more stable.  I also go to use up more Legos!

My attempt at melting small pieces for the shade.  Hubby didn't like the 'smell' so these came out of the oven early,  For some reason I like them better wonky!  Now to work on the frame and see if my idea will work before I melt the rest,

Took an old lamp shade and striped it.  Then sewed wire mesh to make a new base.  Look all over for my box of bias binding to use as an accent,  Even Connie did not know where I had put it for safe keeping.

On my hunt for binding I came across a pom-pom trim.  Wouldn't you know half of it already has the balls cut off.

Time to make another batch.

Trim is on and I used clothes pins to hold it tight at the top and bottom.  Jumped ahead and started gluing on the Lego globs  So far, so good.

Yes I will most likely add the pom-poms to the bottom and maybe even the top.!  I have always wondered why I have the red trim in my stash--lol

A little creative-s from this week

Mosaic 15" scrap glass.  

LEGO lamp, I have always wanted to make one of these.  I might take it apart and stagger the base different.

mini blinds in the kids room, didn't really make a dent in the small toys at my house-lol

3 kiddos and misc lamp parts

To make a short story long..... I needed a shorter rod to 'fix' a lamp I was working on.  It is cheaper to purchase a lamp from the thrift shop than to buy the part I needed.
Then the question is what do you do with the extra lamp parts?

Make Yard ART!!  

Lane, Derik and Karlee helped me level and stack the glass.  We hammered a metal rod into the ground so this beauty doesn't tip over.  We also used up a tube of clear caulking to weather proof it.

I can see a couple of more spring/summer Yard ART projects in our future--lol

The lamp shade is a damaged piece that I salvaged from my Craig's List purchase.  I am looking for a smaller base to put it on but for now it has a place on this lamp.  The scale is still off even after I shortened the lamp base.

 I hope that I don't start collecting lamps now- lol  (wait too late!)

I made the rooster as an adapter but changed my mind and went with a shorter shaft.

I will keep an eye out for a shorter lamp base to balance the shade better.  But for now I am happy to get to save this glass from the trash pile.