DIY: Rose Lampshade

Why spend $$ on a new lamp shade when you can just DIY it yourself? Today's Tutorial will be based on how I revamped our old Bedside Lampshades on a budget, into something romantic, sheik and fricken adorable.

Inspired: Recently I've been motivated to redecorate our master bedroom, why? Modern (our previous bedroom theme) is just not me. Our master bedroom palette is now based on pastels, romance, vintage items, you know... the things that make me smile. One thing that I wanted to throw out was our horrid lamps we got on sale at Kmart 2 years ago, it was cheap and functional (what we were going for when we were just starting out). After window shopping around, I noticed any decent Lampshades out there were way over budget - thus, I DIY'd. 
Verdict: I love it! And I'm really glad to say, Mr Pham (whom has no interest in how our master bedroom is decorated) is even impressed and loves it too.

The Before Shot 
Our Lampshades before the refurbishment.
They were out of place in our master bedroom and
needed a make over.

What You Will Need:

• Tissue Paper - Dollar Store
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Hot Glue Gun
• Your Lampshade

Step One
On your tissue paper, draw your strips 1.5" in width and 13" in length. 
Keep in mind the longer your length is, the more volume and larger your rose will be. 

Step Two
Cut your strips using your scissors. 











Step Three
Individually scrunch your strips into balls. 

Step Four
Unscrunch your strips - it is now time to form your roses. 

Roll your strip up about 1/3 of the strips length - as indicated in the picture. 

Step Five
Squeezing one end of the rolled part of the strip, start gathering and twisting the strip around the roll. 

From the top view, the strip should start to form into a rose - as indicated in the picture.

Step Six
When you are about 1" from the end of the strip, twist the end around - it should look similar to the picture. 

Step Seven
Wrap the twisted end around the rose and use your glue gun to glue it down. 

You should be left with something similar to this. 

Step Eight 
Using your scissors, cut the extra stem off - Make sure not to cut off where you have glued, or else the whole rose will fall apart. 

Step Nine
Using your hot glue gun, apply some glue to the base of the rose and glue it to the lampshade. 
The direction I glued my roses was horizontal, but you can glue it in any direction you would like. 

And there you have it! Your DIY'd rose lamp - romantic, vintage and sheik. Bravo!

Decorating. 

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