Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Catalog Inspiration

A few weeks ago I received the latest Crate & Barrel catalog and this caught my eye.....an ornament chandelier....
Nice,  but for $40 I thought it was a bit pricey for what you got and I knew my crafty self could come up with something..... 


Metal floral motif regularly $30 but it was 1/2 at Hobby Lobby....


Picked up some double jump rings for $3 and the rest (wire, fishing line, wire cutters and pliers) I had on hand.

I hung the metal floral motif directly off of the light above the table using 4 hooks I fashioned out of wire. 


then came the stringing of the ornaments.  I tied a knot in each end of each piece of fishing line and secured a double jump ring over it, added a hook to the top and the bottom and ta da....


It is one of those things one could futz with for hours to get a nice grouping of the ornaments and I still think I could use a few more but overall I am thrilled how it turned out.

 

2 comments:

Debbie S. said...

Looks great to me, good job.

Willow Lake Stitches said...

AWESOME !

How fun to find something YOU like, and then be able to make your own. A gal after my own heart !

Beth