Lights and other things

Quick update on the light/Mini Chandelier results....

 

When I heard IKEA had a minature doll house furniture with miniature replicas of their Vago and Klippan sofa, I knew I HAD to get a set. I went once and they were all SOld Out! So on the next available shipment, I rushed to IKEA and bought 2 sets! HA HA!

Here's an example of someone's Blog I found who decorated her dollhouse using the HUSET dollhouse set! Super cuteness my Gawd! :)

Miniature Chandelier: Nearing completion...

There it is... swinging gracefully on the little holder.... It's far from perfect but am just glad it's done. My first Miniature Chandelier Protoype. I was up until 3am last night accompanied by 2 mugs of coffee and 2 cans of Beer, hung the last teardrop dangly Crystal, had a good long look. Okay, I'm happy with it and I can allow myself to go bed!

 

Trying to solder on the curly wurly arms was tears-inducing. It was just not going to work, so back up plans was to do a ring around the arms to stabilized it.

It sure does look prettier in the daylight.....

I popped in Ampang Point yesterday while leaving my Ol' Girl for service, and did some material shopping! There is a Crafts, Ribbons and accessories Shop on the 2nd floor next to Popular called Klim Craft. I found the teardrop-shaped beads that I wanted for the Chandelier, they were a tad bit pricey but I didn't see the point of going all the way down to Masjid India to the wholesale place so I bought 2 different sizes, each were about RM 3.90. I was a bit shocked that they were selling simple beads (the exact ones I got from Jalan Sultan) for RM 4.50 a packet!! I got my stash for RM 1 a packet. They were exactly the same beads!

The shop also had tulle, so I bought half a meter each of the shimmering ones to experiment. The price is ok; RM 4.80 a meter.

I had also planned to take up Embroidery soon, I had been looking around for hoops and to think I almost bought an over-priced one from Art Friends, The Curve selling for RM 17.90! Good thing I remembered to pop by Daiso and Hallelujah! they sell Embroidery hoops too! Wahahaha! Don't you just love Daiso!?

 

But I did find these gems from Art Friends and they were cheap! The little dressing table was only for RM 5.50  and the utensils for RM 10.

Mini-Chandelier Project: Almost there... just a little bit more!

The Creative Deities had been very kind.

After loafing the entire Saturday away, I told myself Switch off the damn TV and get cracking!

I had to make a Shade cover to hide the ugly green bulb holder... Beading these suckers was pretty exhausting and took longer than I expected....

Screwed in the tiny Bulb and hook on a cap ...

 

Probably gonna solder on the curly wurly arms tonight to make the shape more defined and it won't look so sloppy. It'll be a real pain... am gonna need extra hands tonight to hold everything in place!

 



Frankly, it still looks horrendous and unrefined. Still much to work on and may the future ones look waaaay nicer than this first Prototype!