{"id":3742,"date":"2010-01-27T05:13:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T12:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/?p=3742"},"modified":"2010-01-23T21:18:30","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T04:18:30","slug":"string-lamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/2010\/01\/string-lamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a String Lamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/stringlamp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4619\" title=\"stringlamp\" src=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/stringlamp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/stringlamp.jpg 313w, https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/stringlamp-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Use an old technique to make a cool new lamp! Use string, a balloon, and some kind of stiffener to make this cool string lampshade, found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickles.no\/whirl-it-lampshade\/2009\/6\/28\/whirl-it-lampshade.html\">Pickles<\/a>. You can pick up a pendant lamp kit at your local home improvement store or IKEA for ten bucks or less. Or, you could play around with using twinkle lights\u00a0 as illumination. Pickles used wallpaper paste to stiffen the string, but other\u00a0 makers had good luck with Elmer&#8217;s glue or other types of stiffeners. You can use a big punch-balloon (find at the party store if your dollar store doesn&#8217;t stock them) for the round form or an inflatable beach ball like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.x4duros.com\/2009\/04\/diy-lampara-de-hilos-tipo-random-light_22.html\">x4duros<\/a> did. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pickles.no\/whirl-it-lampshade\/2009\/6\/28\/whirl-it-lampshade.html\">click here for how to make a string lamp<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Project Estimate:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ball of string or yarn or two, $1 and up<\/li>\n<li>Elmer&#8217;s glue, 3 large desk bottles, about $1 each<\/li>\n<li>Inflatable beach ball or punch balloon, $1<\/li>\n<li>Vaseline, on hand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total: $5 and up<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=90f7ca96-e4bc-8cf6-91e2-170d2bc1081e\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use an old technique to make a cool new lamp! Use string, a balloon, and some kind of stiffener to make this cool string lampshade, found at Pickles. You can pick up a pendant lamp kit at your local home improvement store or IKEA for ten bucks or less. 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