I love beach rocks and pebbles, even hauled some home for my shelf Floor Lamp, and just recently made this lampshade from a photograph I took. It's easy. You print a photo onto inkjet fabric sheets, then adhere the sheets to a self adhesive lampshade, add ribbon to cover up the seems and decorate as you like.So my lampshade was the inspiration for the following posters..., and as always please click on images for more information and/or purchase.
Blue hues by Paul Sinclair...
... brown hues by Todd Gipstein...
... then beach rocks with green algae by Mark Chapman...
... a single rock by Norman Gibson...
... and beach rocks artfully stacked, a great panorama shot.Shared with Do It Yourself Day @ Kimba's A Soft Place to Land. My beach pebble lampshade made it into the top ten on Kimba's DIY Day Recab + Winner.
Also shared with Show + Tell @ My Romantic Home.
Photo Pics: Sailing Yachts -The Beauty of Wind, Sail and Sea
Beautiful Coastal Photography
Beaches that Rock
37 comments:
This is inspiring Maya, I honestly thought at first glance these were real rocks on the lampshade.
Visiting from Kimba's party! :) Very neat project! Those are some beautiful photos. I esp. like the one with the single rock. :)
What a very unique idea for a lampshade!! This is a PERFECT idea for someone like me who LOVES certain looks, but changes her mind all the time!
Thanks for visiting me and commenting! It's always nice to make new friends!
Maya, the lamp shade turned out nice! Maybe an inspiration will hit me for my bedside table lamps (something simple, since there are two). Love the stacked rocks photo.
great photos, I love pretty river/beach rocks, they remind me of the tranquility of the water.
I love stones like this. I live in Florida so I never get to see them. I keep day dreaming of beaches like these.
Love the lampshade...pebbles are gorgeous..but now the possibilities are endless!! Thanks for the awesome tip!!
What a great idea, I love the idea of decorating the lamp shade with photos. Lots of possibilities there!
That is such a great idea and so unique!
Fabulous idea!!
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Pretty photos, but the river rock brings back bad memories for me. I turned my ankle on year when I was walking across river rock. :-(
wow aren't you crafty. What a great idea. I also thought they were real rocks and was wondering how in the world did they do this!
Great project! Thanks so much for stopping by! I love Rhode Island by the way. Beautiful!
I love river rocks and the beaches in California were loaded with them. I don't find many rocks on my local beaches here, but we have tons of shells!
You did a great job on the lampshade. I always wondered how printing on that fabric would turn out. I'd love to do that with my shell pictures.
All your photos are such candy to my eyes!! I am a lover of all things coastal! Looks like you've got a wealth of tips here for decorating with the sand and sea in mind - love it!! Thanks for visiting my blog today - I'll be back to visit you here for sure!
love that lampshade. very cool! visit me sometime over at worldgazing.blogspot.com
Love these. I always collect them too. So pretty! Thank you.
This is great! I am visiting via ASPTL.
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Have a blessed weekend!
This is super unique, I love the idea. I just found your blog and I love it. I wanted to invite you to participate in my giveaway. It started yesterday and it will go on until Monday. Have a wonderful weekend!
Your pictures are so beautiful!
Thank you for your lovely comment…if you make a beach hut cushion I would love to see it.
Have a lovely weekend…love Lou xxx
I love your clever rock photo lampshade!
neat idea, I had a pic I took of shells would have made a beautiful shade
What a great idea for a lampshade! I love it! Your photos are great, too. Thank you for stopping over at my blog and commenting on my lake pictures. I appreciate it, please come back and check it out again sometime. I love comments!! Hugs ~cindy s~
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That is sooo cool, Maya! Love it!!
I have a collection of pretty beach pebbles from our Jersey shore. I'd like to use them to make a backsplash for my pedestal sink that has NO backsplash. Any ideas how to mount them? Seal them? Etc.?
Wow, I thought those rocks were real! That is so creative! Thanks for joining in on Show & Tell!
Beautiful pictures! I love your creative lamp shade....very cute. Thank you for sharing!
The lampshade is wonderful, but I really like the balenced beach rocks panorama. I want to show it to my children!
Uh oh! I can see that making lampshades out of pictures could become addictive! Shells, ocean, oh! seasonal lampshades! I'm in trouble....
What a clever, clever idea. To make a lampshade from a photo!!
My Show n Tell is another craft project I just finished this week. You can find it here at this link
Have a glorious weekend.
What a great idea - very pretty.
That is so creative!
Mama Bear
So creative and very nice! I really like it!
Lovin' the lampshade!!
Rhonda
Hi Maya...
What a fabulous idea! Thank you for sharing it with us...I had never thought to cover a lamp shade like this! You get such a fabulous designer look with little work and expense...love that!!! Love the pretty pebble photo that you chose to go on your shade...so artsy and really pretty!!!
Warmest wishes,
Chari @Happy To Design
Oh, I like this, Maya! Makes you really look twice, as it looks so three-dimensional. How creative of you to think this gem up!
Brenda
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