When I seen this Craft I immediately had to try it. It looked so easy and I had everything on hand. The link even had a printable template to make my shade. I grabbed my scrapbook paper, printed and cut out my template, found a wine glass and got to work.
Instead of tracing my template onto my paper, I just rolled a piece of tape to make double sided tape and stuck it on.
After I cut it out , I wrapped my paper around the glass to see where the two ends of the shade would meet, then I taped them together. You could put some glue too at this point if you didn't want to see tape on the outside. I took the extra step of gold leafing the bottom of my glass. I just put tape where I wanted my gold to stop and painted it on. I then lit my tea light and placed it in and put my shade on top. Wow so pretty!
I got a little worried with the fire and paper combination, so I bought a two pack of fake tea lights (the battery powered ones) at the dollar tree and they flicker like real candles.
I love this project and will be placing them all over tables at my next party! Wedding season is almost here and I think this project would be so pretty as table decor! Use paper different patterns in your wedding colors. The best part is you can just make a new shade in a different color after, you already have the template. Or just use the wine glass for their original purpose to have a drink after your event. This one is a keeper!
It glows really pretty too!
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