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The Star Lamp

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my cute star lamp <3
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so...
i am so in love with this lamp!!
its sooooo cute :D
i made it with 2 wire.. a yellow thread and an old lamp
if anyone is interested I'll convert it into a how-to ^^
hope u like it as much as i do <3

ummm u need to enlarge the pictures because the thumbnails are shuffled!!
thats weird!

edit- sorry for the long how to.. but for me .. i like it more when some one explains it step by step..

if u have any questions I'd be more than happy to help u out

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    gather your stuff to start !

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    take the yellow thread and roll it a little on the wire.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    now once u rolled the threat a little.. now start rolling the wire

    i dont know if u got the idea..
    but ull figure it out when ur doing it.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    in the end you will get this :D
    don't forget to leave a little thread end about 6 cm long.


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    now put the two ends together like this.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    now roll the little thread end around the ends like this

    you can put some super glue on the two ends after doing this step just to make sure they will stay connected

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    if what u have ended up like this then ur doing it right =D

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    now shape a pentagon out of the circle..

  9. Step 9

    Step 9

    now locate the middle of each side

  10. Step 10

    Step 10

    and push it in.. like this!!

  11. Step 11

    Step 11

    now repeat on all sides

  12. Step 12

    Step 12

    make two!!

  13. Step 13

    Step 13

    now put each two heads together
    and tie them with a thread..
    again.. u can glue them together after u tie them just to make sure they stay connected

  14. Step 14

    Step 14

    you will have this!!!
    make sure they are not flat.. and that they have some space between them

  15. Step 15

    Step 15

    now take the thread and start rolling it randomly on the star u made .. but not too tight!!

  16. Step 16

    Step 16

    now ull have this

  17. Step 17

    Step 17

    few seconds later and it will look like this :D yaaaay

  18. Step 18

    Step 18

    take the old lamp and remove the cheesy old cover.. and ull have this :D

  19. Step 19

    Step 19

    now find away to push the blub into the star.. and glue it in away that it will stay on :D

  20. Step 20

    Step 20

    and thats it
    :D
    enjoy ur star lamp ^^

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Lilim

Lilim

03 Sep 15:02

Wow that's so cute. Sounds easy to make also... What kind of wire did you use?

conitch

conitch

03 Sep 16:22

any kind of wires work!!!!

Giorgia G.

Giorgia G.

04 Sep 08:26

WOW!! It's really cool! How do you do this!?? *_*

renji

renji

04 Sep 20:10

i'd love to see a how-to :)
it's so cute!

Melissa M.

Melissa M.

04 Sep 21:01

I'd like to see a how to on this :)
It's adorable.

Melissa M.

Melissa M.

06 Sep 19:27

Woohoo! I can't wait to try this out. Adorableee!!!

Shellasaurus Rex

Shellasaurus Rex

10 Sep 23:55

fire hazzard!

Ena E.

Ena E.

27 Mar 22:43

AMO LAS ESTRELLAS!!!!!!!!!!!

Que linda lampara!!!!!!!

carolina s.

carolina s.

19 May 22:55

es realmente genial!!!

poppers101

poppers101

29 Jun 19:54

Its REally awesome!!!
Cute too!
But what if you need to replace the light bulb...?
it would be sad if the awesome star stopped glowing...

♥ R.a.c.h.e.l. ♥

♥ R.a.c.h.e.l. ♥

17 Jul 00:56

really cute!!

violetta

violetta

20 Oct 09:52

This is soooo cute!If I can find another lamp at home to recycle Ill do it!

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September 03, 2008 14:28
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