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Series 4 – The Candy Wrapper Chain #2

February 21, 2011 by Michele

Happy Family Day! It’s a teensy post today as I am spending this great little holiday with my family!
Welcome to Series 4 – Candy Wrapper Chain #2!
Yes, it is the 2nd installment in this series of simple crafts made with the lovely candy wrapper chains. In the 1st installment, I dressed up a gift with a few lengths of chain. Easy and effective too!
Today’s craft is a decorative lamp shade sleeve that can be slipped on or off your lamp shade whenever you wish to freshen up the look of any lamp.
To make the sleeve, I simply created a removable cone made from a large sheet of newsprint trimmed to fit the shade exactly. I then decorated it with lengths of candy wrapper chain! Find out how to make candy wrapper chains by checking out this great little video tutorial right here. I enlisted my whole family – including my sisters and brother-in-law who were visiting – to help make the chains! Weren’t they sweet to help? We made our chains out of the phone book, but they can be made from virtually any kind of paper.
And see? The sleeve slips off easily, so you can have fun creating a few different ones for a variety of looks and seasons!
Now you have yourself a fantastic day and I’ll see you again soon!
Linking to Today’s Creative Blog.

Filed Under: Candy Wrapper Chain, home and garden, paper crafts, reuse Tagged With: home decor, lamp shade, recycling

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  1. The Answer Is Chocolate says

    February 21, 2011 at 6:48 pm

    Outstanding! You are staring a whole trend here.

  2. Maja says

    February 21, 2011 at 6:49 pm

    that looks so great ☺

  3. Little Treasures says

    February 21, 2011 at 7:16 pm

    Gee!! This turned out fabulous! Like an intricate, vintage lace over the sleeve!!

  4. Saraccino says

    February 21, 2011 at 7:50 pm

    Oh, that's a cool look! Like it :)Have to do something like this *a new point on the neverending wanna-do-list*

  5. Jensters says

    February 21, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    Wow Michele your the best…..the most creative…love these x

  6. Anji* says

    February 21, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    Wow that looks really cool! so pretty with the light through it 🙂

  7. Poppyprint says

    February 22, 2011 at 3:09 am

    Crazy cool.

  8. Notjustnat says

    February 22, 2011 at 5:17 am

    Wow Michele, this is fantastic! It's more than just recycled stuff. This a piece of art – Hugs Nat

  9. CREATIVE MIND says

    February 22, 2011 at 11:07 am

    Lovely..Lovely…super cute..I think its perfect for scrap-book cover or any paper craft file cover..

  10. DM says

    February 22, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    JOOOli !!!! Bonnes vacances avec ta famille !

  11. Beckie says

    February 22, 2011 at 5:17 pm

    Michele…you are the winner of my Shabby Apple giveaway! Please leave me a comment with your email address so I can let you know of the other information I need! Congrats and thanks for following!

  12. Gwen @ Gwenny Penny says

    February 23, 2011 at 4:36 am

    Wow, Michele! This looks great. I was trying to figure out what you were using for the chains… thanks for clearing that up for me:) Love it!

  13. Chris says

    February 23, 2011 at 4:51 am

    Wow, those are lovely! The texture is fabulous. Congrats on the new dress, too!

  14. The Clip Cafe says

    February 23, 2011 at 5:29 am

    Oh how cool is that!!!

  15. nicolette says

    February 23, 2011 at 11:14 am

    Wow Michele, this goes beyond recycled ART!

  16. Amy says

    February 23, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    I just love, love, love these! I think that these are my favorite things yet! I made oodles of these during a gum chewing spell in junior high (well just the chains that is). They are so fun!

  17. KJ@letsgoflyakite says

    February 25, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    This is really amazing, you really should have a book deal. Your head is just full of so many ideas and you execute them so well.

    PS I will be there at the signing.

  18. Balbina says

    February 26, 2011 at 11:56 am

    super idea

  19. Michelle L. says

    February 27, 2011 at 6:02 pm

    Oooh, aaah. So elegant, I just love the architecture of it! A humble craft is elevated by Ms. Pacey once again!

  20. Kim says

    March 2, 2011 at 3:34 am

    Oh, I love this! This is one of my favorites of all your fantastic ideas!

  21. Marcie Lovett says

    December 11, 2012 at 11:41 pm

    What a great idea! I never knew what to do with those chains after making them.

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