Lampshade Redo

This fabulous lampshade is one of my favorite redo's so far!

It's just so bright and refreshing!

This is the lamp that used to sit on my desk.  It has served it's purpose for many years, but to be honest, I was just tired of looking at it.  Plus, it just didn't fit in with all of the bright ribbon, fabric, and paper in my craft nook.  So, I decided to experiment, and I am so glad I did...

I took a seem ripper (you can totally use scissors), and ripped the top layer of fabric off of the shade frame.  I decided to keep the second layer on just in case it didn't turn out well...it also gave my fabric something to stick to.

Next, I traced the shade on some of my favorite fabric.

(I used this same fabric to recover a chair this week...post coming next week!)

I then used some Aleene's Tacky Spray to adhere the fabric to the existing frame and liner.  I swear, I use this stuff for everything!

It took some stretching, but I got the shade covered.  There is no need for perfection here, because there is much embellishing to come!

Now it's time to get really creative.  I went through my ribbon, and picked out some different colors/patterns.  I also found a long piece of belting to use, and just went crazy with my glue gun.  At the very end, I added a rolled fabric rosette (tutorial also coming next week).

So, what do you think?  I'm not crazy about the way the base turned out, but that's an easy fix.  Somehow the lamp ended up in Kate's room...guess I better make myself another one!