As I said yesterday I actually made this and am impressed with the results. I follow Cath Kidston on twitter and saw that a company called LifeCraft were hosting a lampshade making course in their store for £30 (the course was £20 plus £10 for fabric). I decided to sign up ASAP (after checking that my husband would pay and look after the children!) and wasn't disappointed. It was such a nice afternoon spending time with some lovely ladies and feeling like I was actually doing something useful. My mum was really crafty and creative and I'd like to be more like that so this course seemed like a great way to be crafty with some help from experts. They helped me choose this bird print which we thought went with the curtains (I took a picture on my phone) and of course it's so pretty. It is quite grown up for my little girl but I think she can have this for years to come. It turned out that it was really easy to make the lampshade - but having help from the other ladies was invaluable!
When I took it home I put it up in her room and showed it to her and she loved it!! She kept saying "mummy, birds" and if my husband asked her who made it for her she would answer "mummy". It was (and is still) quite a proud feeling.
I also did a Christmas craft course with the Lifecraft ladies and made both the children stockings. This was one of my proudest parenting moments as they have lovely unique stockings now which I think look great! I'm hoping that this Christmas I can do another Christmas craft course. I'm also keeping an eye on their website for future courses as I know they do some day courses for making childrens clothes, although I'm not actually sure my skills on the sewing machine are quite good enough!
Do you like being creative and crafty? Would love to see / hear about your creations!!
NB - I paid for the course myself, it's not a sponsored post - just done out of love!!
Ive been thinking about doing seeing and crafting classes a lot recently ! Would love to have it as a hobby when my little ones have flown the nest to school! The lampshade looks great!!! #TriedTested
ReplyDeleteYes the craft class was really good as I'd never thought about it or would have known where to start otherwise! Thanks, I am rather proud of the lampshade!!
DeleteThat's awesome! I can't believe you made it - it looks so professional, and I bet your daughter loves having something you made for her to look at! Visiting from #triedandtested
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab idea, and the result is gorgeous! I am definitely going to look out for things like this in my area. Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested
ReplyDeleteThat is so pretty!! You're so talented....
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of doing a course like this and having something finished to show for it at the end. I'd love to do a few more courses like this.
ReplyDeleteIt looks fantastic, I love the bird print! #TriedTested
ReplyDeletethis is fantastic and it looks beautiful! xx #TriedTested
ReplyDeleteLove the print, it's really vintage and how clever to make your own! I decorate cakes but am not very crafty otherwise, it would never have occurred to me you could make a lampshade! x
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! All my courses are online but I love when I need some sewing help and my Gran or Mum give me little lessons in it :-) #triedandtested
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