Getting Ready Another Custom Made Lampshade

New Lampshade Order

Started a new order! These lampshades are tall ovals. They will be recovered with a rice paper.  So far I've taken off the old shades.  The rings are rusted and need to be cleaned and painted with rust-o-leom....that's for tonight.

I'll post more pictures as I progress on this fun project.

Brass Lamp Finials

Brass Lamp Finial

2-3/8" high and 1/4" wide finial for topping off that beautiful lampshade. Finials are decorative ornaments for roof tops, the ends of curtain rods, bed posts, clocks as well as lampshades.  Finials can also hold a lampshade in place and cover the top screws. They add another decorative element to the room.  These are available at my eCrater store (http://shadesetc.ecrater.com) at a reduced price.

Handmade Treasure Box

Handmade Treasure Box

This treasure box could be filled with potpourri or jewelry or q-tips, or anything you want to keep covered in this handy handmade box.  It is practical and pretty.

Handcrafted from binder board and covered with flowers on beige fabric outside and green fabric inside. This treasure box measures 5" high and 2-1/2" wide and deep.

Binder board is used for book making.  

You can purchase this treasure box at http://shadesetc.ecrater.com for $7 plus shipping.  

An exquisite gift for a special person.

Rosemarie Green Victorian Lamp with handmade lampshade

Rosemarie Green Victorian Lamp

I just finished this lampshade yesterday.  My step-mom gave me the lamp base.  The lady and gentlemen on this base are dressed for dancing and courting.  They are wearing matching outfits in green and white and the lady has rose colored trim on her dress.

I used 100% off-white silk underneath the light green lace.  It is trimmed with rose gimp (this picture makes it look darker.  See the first picture for better color) and white fringe topped with a light green beaded flower fringe.

With the light on, it looks beautiful.  It is now ready for someone's special room.  Since it uses a 40-watt light bulb, it would be a good night light or task light.  It has a 6' white cord and the push through on/off switch is under the shade.

It will be for sale on my website for $45.00 plus shipping or at Exquisite Things Gift Shoppe in Bemus Point, NY in Chautauqua County this summer.

Custom Made Drum Lampshade

Another happy customer in Chautauqua County.  I just finished this custom made lampshade.  It is 14-1/2" across the top, 15" across the bottom and 17" high with a 4" drop.  We used cream colored shantung fabric on a hard plastic.  It turned out nicer than the picture is showing.  Someday I'll learn how to use Photoshop better!

For $65, it's an excellent buy and saves our dump from excess waste.  Her grandson gets a "new" lamp for a small amount of money.

It's not hard to recycle lampshades.  As long as I have the frame with a good pattern, I can do it in two weeks or less.

See more examples of repaired lampshades here.

Finials for Lampshades

This small brass lamp finial makes a nice topper for a smaller lampshade.  It is 5/8" high and gold colored brass.  These are not solid brass but brass/gold color.  The inside diameter is 1/4", which means they fit a 1/4" #28 fine thread pipe. 

Why not add a small change to your existing lamp with one of these finials available at my eCrater store.

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.