Diy Flowering Chandelier + Mass Giveaway!
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
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from Sweet Paper Crafts yesteryear Mollie Greene
Today we're excited to portion a DIY courtesy of Chronicle Books from 1 of their newest arts and crafts books, Sweet Paper Crafts, 25 Simple Projects to Brighten Your Life yesteryear Mollie Greene. The mass is filled amongst fun as well as clever projects similar star garlands to string over the mantel to fragile bloom wreaths for the front end door. Mollie Green founded Royal Buffet, 1 of our favorite etsy shops as well as has an amazing talent for unique travel using paper. Today we're featuring 1 of the many amazing DIYs inwards her book, a flowering chandelier. To boot off the launch of the book, Chronicle Books is too offering 1 of our readers a peril to win a copy! To enter, see our Instagram ship service featuring a motion painting of this DIY as well as travel out a comment yesteryear 6pm Wed., June 26/13. We'll denote a winner Thursday. Our instagram is @poppytalk! Good luck! Here's the tutorial. Jan
DIY Flowering Chandelier
Adding the perfect glow to whatsoever nighttime corner of your house, this chandelier, created from a novel or used light shade, is encircled amongst clusters of pretty paper flowers as well as leaves. It is best made amongst a two-tiered shade that has a universal fitting—where the plumbing equipment for the low-cal bulb is inwards the see of the shade. You volition too require a hanging lantern cord as well as a low-wattage bulb. If y'all like, y'all tin give the axe vary the flowers yesteryear using 3 layers of sewing blueprint tissue, 3 layers of colored tissue paper, or a combination of the two.
Supplies
Two-tiered light shade amongst a universal plumbing equipment
Scissors for cardboard
Glue remover such every bit Goo Gone (optional)
Newspapers (optional)
Multipurpose spray pigment inwards a coordinating color
Hanging lantern cord
Low-wattage lightbulb
20-lb/9-kg loving cup claw
Scissors for paper
Ruler
Silver metallic element thread
Liquid mucilage
Flowering Chandelier template
Tissue paper for petals
Pencil
Tissue paper or sewing blueprint pieces inwards a contrasting color for leaves
Iron (optional)
Instructions
1. If your light shade is covered amongst cloth or paper, utilization the cardboard pair of scissors to withdraw all the roofing material. If necessary, eliminate whatsoever one-time dried mucilage amongst mucilage remover. You desire the shade to travel every bit build clean every bit possible hence it volition cause got the spray pigment evenly.
2. (I recommend spreading newspapers over your travel expanse earlier starting this step.) Following the manufacturer’s instructions as well as using a low-cal hand, encompass the light shade frame amongst 2 coats of spray paint, allowing the pigment to dry out betwixt coats. After y'all apply the minute coat, allow the frame to dry out completely, at to the lowest degree an hour.
3. Turn the frame hence the widest role is facing up. Run the cord through the see as well as screw inwards the low-cal bulb. Install the loving cup claw from the ceiling next the manufacturer’s instructions, as well as hang the shade from the cord.
4. Using the paper scissors, cutting pieces of metallic element thread nearly 12 in/30.5 cm long (or longer or shorter depending on the size of your frame). Starting at the bottom tier of the frame, necktie the pieces of thread to the frame, spacing them nearly 3 in/7.5 cm apart. Place a tiny point of liquid mucilage on each knot to popular off along the thread inwards place.
5. Download the Flowering Chandelier template at www.chroniclebooks.com/sweetpaper. Stack 3 pieces of tissue paper. Use the pencil to draw the template on the top piece, as well as then cutting out through all 3 layers. Be careful to cutting within the pencil business hence y'all don’t cause got to erase it later. Separate the 3 layers of petals. Place a point of liquid mucilage along the conduct border of 1 petal, inwards the center. This volition travel your bottom layer. Place a minute petal on top, adhering the 2 together. This volition travel your middle layer. Apply some other point of mucilage inwards the see of the middle petal, along the conduct edge, as well as identify the final petal on top. Fold the stack gently inwards half, as well as identify a modest point of mucilage on the top layer within the fold. Place this mucilage point on a slice of the metallic element thread, real unopen to where the thread meets the frame. Pinch the bloom roughly the thread until it adheres to the thread. Make to a greater extent than flowers inwards the same means as well as mucilage them to the thread, overlapping them as well as occasionally leaving infinite for leaves.
6. If y'all are using sewing blueprint pieces for the leaves, y'all may require to Fe the pieces on a depression setting to shine out folds as well as wrinkles. For each leaf, cutting a slice of tissue paper nearly four yesteryear 1 in/10 cm yesteryear 2.5 cm. Fold inwards one-half lengthwise. Cut fringe inwards each narrow end. Apply a point of mucilage to the within of the fold. Pinch the glue-dotted leafage on the thread underneath the bloom that y'all glued to the chandelier. Continue to cutting as well as gather flowers as well as mucilage them to the threads, adding leaves hither as well as in that location every bit y'all like.
7. Trim whatsoever excess hanging thread. Allow the mucilage to dry out for nearly an hour. Then gently spread opened upwards the petals of each bloom yesteryear carefully pulling the layers upwards as well as away from each other.
8. For the top tier of the frame, repeat steps four to vii to consummate the chandelier.
9. Take assist to popular off along the petals as well as leaves away from the low-cal bulb. Always utilization a small, low-wattage bulb as well as plough off the low-cal when y'all travel out the house.
Sweet Paper Crafts
25 Simple Projects to Brighten Your Life
By Mollie Greene • Photographs yesteryear J. Aaron Greene
Available June 25, 2013 at Chronicle Books
Update: Congrats to @mrs_merriman - y'all cause got won the book! Please contact us for details!
Today we're excited to portion a DIY courtesy of Chronicle Books from 1 of their newest arts and crafts books, Sweet Paper Crafts, 25 Simple Projects to Brighten Your Life yesteryear Mollie Greene. The mass is filled amongst fun as well as clever projects similar star garlands to string over the mantel to fragile bloom wreaths for the front end door. Mollie Green founded Royal Buffet, 1 of our favorite etsy shops as well as has an amazing talent for unique travel using paper. Today we're featuring 1 of the many amazing DIYs inwards her book, a flowering chandelier. To boot off the launch of the book, Chronicle Books is too offering 1 of our readers a peril to win a copy! To enter, see our Instagram ship service featuring a motion painting of this DIY as well as travel out a comment yesteryear 6pm Wed., June 26/13. We'll denote a winner Thursday. Our instagram is @poppytalk! Good luck! Here's the tutorial. Jan
DIY Flowering Chandelier
Adding the perfect glow to whatsoever nighttime corner of your house, this chandelier, created from a novel or used light shade, is encircled amongst clusters of pretty paper flowers as well as leaves. It is best made amongst a two-tiered shade that has a universal fitting—where the plumbing equipment for the low-cal bulb is inwards the see of the shade. You volition too require a hanging lantern cord as well as a low-wattage bulb. If y'all like, y'all tin give the axe vary the flowers yesteryear using 3 layers of sewing blueprint tissue, 3 layers of colored tissue paper, or a combination of the two.
Supplies
Two-tiered light shade amongst a universal plumbing equipment
Scissors for cardboard
Glue remover such every bit Goo Gone (optional)
Newspapers (optional)
Multipurpose spray pigment inwards a coordinating color
Hanging lantern cord
Low-wattage lightbulb
20-lb/9-kg loving cup claw
Scissors for paper
Ruler
Silver metallic element thread
Liquid mucilage
Flowering Chandelier template
Tissue paper for petals
Pencil
Tissue paper or sewing blueprint pieces inwards a contrasting color for leaves
Iron (optional)
Instructions
1. If your light shade is covered amongst cloth or paper, utilization the cardboard pair of scissors to withdraw all the roofing material. If necessary, eliminate whatsoever one-time dried mucilage amongst mucilage remover. You desire the shade to travel every bit build clean every bit possible hence it volition cause got the spray pigment evenly.
2. (I recommend spreading newspapers over your travel expanse earlier starting this step.) Following the manufacturer’s instructions as well as using a low-cal hand, encompass the light shade frame amongst 2 coats of spray paint, allowing the pigment to dry out betwixt coats. After y'all apply the minute coat, allow the frame to dry out completely, at to the lowest degree an hour.
3. Turn the frame hence the widest role is facing up. Run the cord through the see as well as screw inwards the low-cal bulb. Install the loving cup claw from the ceiling next the manufacturer’s instructions, as well as hang the shade from the cord.
4. Using the paper scissors, cutting pieces of metallic element thread nearly 12 in/30.5 cm long (or longer or shorter depending on the size of your frame). Starting at the bottom tier of the frame, necktie the pieces of thread to the frame, spacing them nearly 3 in/7.5 cm apart. Place a tiny point of liquid mucilage on each knot to popular off along the thread inwards place.
5. Download the Flowering Chandelier template at www.chroniclebooks.com/sweetpaper. Stack 3 pieces of tissue paper. Use the pencil to draw the template on the top piece, as well as then cutting out through all 3 layers. Be careful to cutting within the pencil business hence y'all don’t cause got to erase it later. Separate the 3 layers of petals. Place a point of liquid mucilage along the conduct border of 1 petal, inwards the center. This volition travel your bottom layer. Place a minute petal on top, adhering the 2 together. This volition travel your middle layer. Apply some other point of mucilage inwards the see of the middle petal, along the conduct edge, as well as identify the final petal on top. Fold the stack gently inwards half, as well as identify a modest point of mucilage on the top layer within the fold. Place this mucilage point on a slice of the metallic element thread, real unopen to where the thread meets the frame. Pinch the bloom roughly the thread until it adheres to the thread. Make to a greater extent than flowers inwards the same means as well as mucilage them to the thread, overlapping them as well as occasionally leaving infinite for leaves.
6. If y'all are using sewing blueprint pieces for the leaves, y'all may require to Fe the pieces on a depression setting to shine out folds as well as wrinkles. For each leaf, cutting a slice of tissue paper nearly four yesteryear 1 in/10 cm yesteryear 2.5 cm. Fold inwards one-half lengthwise. Cut fringe inwards each narrow end. Apply a point of mucilage to the within of the fold. Pinch the glue-dotted leafage on the thread underneath the bloom that y'all glued to the chandelier. Continue to cutting as well as gather flowers as well as mucilage them to the threads, adding leaves hither as well as in that location every bit y'all like.
7. Trim whatsoever excess hanging thread. Allow the mucilage to dry out for nearly an hour. Then gently spread opened upwards the petals of each bloom yesteryear carefully pulling the layers upwards as well as away from each other.
8. For the top tier of the frame, repeat steps four to vii to consummate the chandelier.
9. Take assist to popular off along the petals as well as leaves away from the low-cal bulb. Always utilization a small, low-wattage bulb as well as plough off the low-cal when y'all travel out the house.
Sweet Paper Crafts
25 Simple Projects to Brighten Your Life
By Mollie Greene • Photographs yesteryear J. Aaron Greene
Available June 25, 2013 at Chronicle Books
Update: Congrats to @mrs_merriman - y'all cause got won the book! Please contact us for details!