Lavender and Green Teacup Nightlight

I'm back at making my favorite creations.  I took a break so that I could teach piano and now that lessons are over until September, I have more time to create. This is the newest creation (July 2012) in my line of teacup night lights. It has a mauve-lavender teacup trimmed with gold in which I've added an electric candle light and silk flowers. The handmade lampshade is round. The hardbacked shade is made with fabric of lavender and pink flowers on a light green background and trimmed with the same fabric. The electric candle lamp has on/off switch on the six foot cord. It uses a 7-watt candelabra bulb. It measures 10-1/4" tall.

Making Teacup Lamps - Part 1

Cleaned Teacup Saucers and Cups

I'm in the process of making 23 more teacup lamps and lampshades.  The first step was cleaning them and getting the stickers off.

Gluing cup and saucer

Next comes gluing the teacup to the saucer.  It takes a while as the glue has to set overnight.  It is also very stinky.  But the E6000 gives a nice, tight hold on the ceramic.

Philipines teacup saucer. Made in 1983.

Some of the teacups come from interesting places like China, Japan, and this one from the Philipines.  It was made in 1983.

Handmade Maroon Teacup Accent Lamp

Handmade Maroon Teacup Accent Lamp.

Sweet is the first word I think of when I look at this teacup lamp that I just made.  The roses all over the ceramic teacup and saucer are accented by the pink silk flowers and white stem silk flowers that I've added to the teacup.  I handmade the hardbacked, maroon fabric shade to match the deeper colored roses in the teacup base.  It is clipped onto a 15-watt candelabra bulb on the electric candle that I also placed in the teacup.  It has an on/off switch on the 6' ivory cord.  Since it is only 10-3/4" tall, it will fit nicely under a cupboard in a kitchen.

It's available on my website at http://www.shades-etc.com/teapot.htm

What Are You Currently Working On?

I have a few things going in the craft room this week. I'm trying out sugar beading on glass ornaments. I found out that they are very fragile and will break easily. I only broke one so I still eight left. I have one more layer of decopage to add and then I'll probably just use them on my tree for a while before deciding if this is a product I want to make.

I'm making teacup lamps. The bases are ready. I'm waiting for my order of rings so I can make the shades. I'll post pictures once I get them made.

Setting Up Your Workspace

I'm always moving things around in my space to make room to work! I do have one area on the counter that I keep a piece of butcher paper on so when I'm gluing I don't mess up the nice counter. I try to keep things that I'm finished with in their proper places. I do have a lot of teacup lamps on the counter now as I've just finished glueing the cups to the saucers. My craft room is big enough to have several projects going at the same time; however, I get frustrated and distracted with too many in view at the same time! I would love to have an empty work space so I could keep it clean. Hmm....bigger room maybe?