Welcome Spring With a Chain of Hearts Garden Mobile

by Michelle Leslie
(IC: blogger)
$7
2 Hours
Easy
Re-Purpose an old lamp shade into a mobile and add some heart felt charm and serenity to your garden.
All you need is an old lamp shade (you only need the frame), aluminium tape, card stock, fishing gut and scissors.
Cover the card stock on both sides with the aluminium tape. I love using self-adhesive aluminium tape, it's much cheaper than pewter and it sticks like crazy. One roll goes a loooooooong way and it's waterproof. If you have a Cuttlebug you can add some texture and patterns for a little extra oomph.
Make a small hole at the top and bottom of each heart and string the hearts together using the fishing gut. Leave a 20 cm piece of gut to tie the strings to the lamp shape.
Add as many strings as you like until you're happy and then hang the mobile under a shade tree or outside your bedroom window and watch the hearts dance gently in the wind.
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Published March 8th, 2016 8:08 AM
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