Breakfast @ Tiffany's Nursery Theme

I'm sure many of you have seen this lamp and thought "oh how lovely", well at least I have. I've been looking for a great light to put in mini-me's room, and for the life of me, I can't find anything that I love.

As much as I love this lamp $99.00 for a lamp in nursery just ain't it. Plus, I fear I might get tired of looking at it before the baby even comes.

So I decided to recreate my own version. Something I knew I would like. And if the time came where mini-me didn't love it, I could just steal it and put it somewhere else. Or take off the shade and recover another one. The possibilities are truly endless!



So do you want to know how to take turn this:

Into this:

Once again please excuse the horrible pictures. Camera phones aren't the best!!! 

Alright so here my really simple instructions.

Step 1. Lay out a piece of paper (or your fabric if you're brave like me) and lay the lampshade down. Place an 'x' at the top and bottom to mark your starting points. And roll the lamp shade along until you come to the end. Use a ruled to connect the 'x' at both ends. 

Here you can see I used a pencil to mark on the fabric (the side that would not be facing out of course).

2.) After cutting out the template (paper or fabric your choice) wrap it around your lampshade to ensure a perfect fit. Adjust if necessary for a precise fit. 

If you traced an outline on paper first, use pins and tack the paper to the fabric then cut it out.

3.) To apply the fabric to the lampshade I used a spray adhesive. If you use this method, please read the instructions carefully to make sure you don't mess up anything (trust me I should know). 

4.) While letting this sit for 2 hours I began making my fabric rosettes. A process, that I am not too fond of by the way. But I did it and it's done. I searched nearly 100 blogs/tutorials to find the perfect rosette and in the end I did not find what I was looking for, so I just made something up. My rosettes have the frayed strands, but I will tidy those up before mini-me gets here.

I applied the rosettes to the shade with hot glue (next I will use fabric glue). I still have more trim and adornments to add to the rosettes, but until then, this is what I have starting off. I'm pretty proud of myself--It's only my second time making rosettes, and my first time doing something on this scale. 

I've seen other lamp hacks that have added different color ribbon and what not. I'm searching for something perfect so when I find it, I will surely share. 

What do you think? Any suggestions on what I should add?