From Lamp to Hair Bow Holder

Ok, first I have to tell you that I seriously love this project {patting myself on the back}. I was trying to come up with a way to display hair bows at the craft fairs that I'll be selling at soon (Funky Finds Spring Fling and Cowtown Indie Bazaar). I won't have any hanging space so I knew I would have to get creative.

That's when I had my creative epiphany (I'm sure in a sleep deprived moment) and here's what I came up with.


Is this not the cutest thing ever? I'm totally using this in my daughter's room after the craft fairs. And it was so easy and very affordable ($7 plus the ribbon which I already had).

I bought this adorable little lamp at Goodwill awhile ago for $6. It was a little more than I normally would've paid considering I had nowhere to put it and I was pretty sure it didn't work. But the sweetness of the hobnail detail just spoke to me so I had to buy it. And it sat on my dining room table until I had my epiphany.



Once I knew my plan, I went on the hunt for a lampshade that I could use. It had to be one that was held together with metal, not the plastic of the shade itself. It seems it's usually the bell shaped lampshades that you can use for this project. I got lucky and found 2 at Goodwill on 50% off day so they each only cost $1! Here's what they looked like before I got to work.



It took me about 5 minutes of cutting and pulling to get the fabric off. My son loved that part!



I cut the electrical on the lamp since it didn't work and I wasn't planning to use it as a lamp anyway. Then I took the lamp apart and spray painted the metal parts on it and the lampshade.



Then I cut 8 pieces of 2 different widths of ribbon and simply hot glued the ribbon around the lampshade.

It looks cute as is, but it looks even cuter with all those colorful, girly bows on it!


And that's it! I am totally going to have to make more of these because they are just too cute. After all, I still have one more lampshade ;) And I love the idea of having a hair bow display that sits out and looks pretty in its own right.

Anybody have an old lamp sitting around that you're now going to turn into a beautiful, girly, practical hair bow holder? Send me pics when you do!


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