Sunday, April 22, 2012

Bath time





 Pink






These are very easy to make

I got the old lampshades
at garage sales
and antique stores

using the following


I screwed the nut all the way
up the screw
then added a plastic washer 
on the eye screw
so the nut won't scrape the glass
I  then inserted the 
eye screw the hole
and used the plastic cap
on the end


I then added
the hanging kit
a viola
it was complete


From one of our readers: 

I love the idea, however if your lampshade is too deep, 
small birds will actually drown in them, 
especially because the glass is so smooth.
 A simple and practical fix is to place
 some rounded rocks in the
 bottom of the fixture so that the 
water level is never more than 1"to 2" deep. 
And of course, 
the rocks are not too slick,
 so the birds have a
 secure place to stand 
and then take flight.  





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19 comments:

  1. Very nice! What a good idea. :)

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  2. I love them. That is just to neat. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. You always come up with some fun ideas, Jo! Are you going to be selling these? :-)

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  4. Oh my goodness, I just saw some of these shades today in an antiques shop, now I wish I had purchased one, these are adorable!!!
    Thanks for sharing, I love this idea!
    Terry

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  5. Love this! And I have an old light fixture just waiting to be reinvented as a bird bath. :)
    -Revi

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  6. That is super cute. I would love if you linked it up to my link party. Show Off Mondays

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    ~Taylor-Ann

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  7. What a creative repurposing idea! I'll have to remember this one next time I"m garage saleing :)

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  8. Great idea! Thanks for sharing.

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  9. So pretty! I've been thinking about making something like this but wasn't sure how to add the chains. Thanks for the tutorial! If you're looking for another place to share head on over to Etcetorize (http://etcetorize.blogspot.ca/2012/04/make-it-great-monday_22.html). Hope to see you there~

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  10. I simply LOVE this. Sweet, Retro, Creative. Bythewayjenngray.blogspot.com

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  11. I love this! Now I'm going to be on the lookout for lampshades like those. Very creative. I'm visiting from Someday Crafts link party.

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  12. I love the idea, however if your lampshade is too deep, small birds will actually drown in them, especially because the glass is so smooth. A simple and practical fix is to place some rounded rocks in the bottom of the fixture so that the water level is never more than 1"to 2" deep. And of course, the rocks are not too slick, so the birds have a secure place to stand and then take flight.

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  13. Please note: If you don't place some rocks in the bottom of this type of bird bath, small birds will actually drown. The sides are too slick for them to get back out or take flight. Use enough rocks to keep the water level around 1" to 2" deep, and to ensure that the birds have a safe enough footing to take flight when they are done bathing.

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  14. Love this project so much that I'll be featuring it at tonight's Make it Great party! I hope you'll stop by to grab a featured button from the sidebar and to link up again. Have a wonderful week!

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  15. Another clever idea from you. So pretty. Thanks so much for sharing this week on Be Colorful
    pam

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  16. Those are so gorgeous! I'm going to have to start looking for lamp shades. And I appreciate the advice to put rocks in and keep the water level low -- might not have realized that on my own.

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  17. This is so great! I would love to feature this on Reduce, Reuse, Upcycle. Feel free to stop by and grab a featured button. Thanks!

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  18. Birds at our place love a deep bath I have both deep and shallow available for them and they always go to the deep ones (I have 2). They dive right in and flap around in them.

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  19. The birds at my place love a deep bath I have both deep and shallow baths available for them and they always ignore the shallow one. They love to get right in and flap around in them (I have 2 deep ones).

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