DIY French Script Lampshade Copycat

By now you know I have a penchant for long post titles.

And this isn't among the longest.

Furthermore, that has NOTHING to do with this post at all.

Anyway...

You may ~ or may not ~ remember this

lamp from our little sojourn to Paris.

It is most decidedly in need of some help.

The lamp came from a thrift store and the shade is

some inexpensive one from somewhere.

It's been sitting neglected and naked for quite some time now.

I waffled some about what I would do with it.

I considered burlap, other fabric.  Covered with rolled fabric roses.

Fabric that already had script on it.

Wait...back up.

Fabric with script?

Get outta town.

I said, "Self, did you see what Jeannine at the

Concrete Cottage did to her lamp shade?!?"

"Hey...why don't you do that?"

To which I replied, "OK."

{BTW, I told her I might be her very own blog-stalker. I love everything she does!}

SO...I scoured the interwebs for images

of Frenchy writing and other fun things.

The Graphics Fairy has tons,

well, not literally...

they don't weigh much...

Just search for French postcards or French writing...or something.

Once I printed them out I taped them to the inside of the shade.

It does help to have the light on.

You're welcome.

I used a fine tip paint pen to trace the parts of the print outs I wanted.

You can use a fine tip Sharpie, too.

Have it your way.

There was a little bleeding since this shade has a pseudo fabric whatever on it.

I learned to use that to my advantage and worked my way all around.

Now, when it was all finished...I liked it so much

I didn't want it to go back to the guest bedroom.

I wouldn't get to see it as much...or brag about it.

So I replaced the red shade on this lamp in the living room...and...

It's FABULOUS!

Okay, so I had to have a chandelier, too.

I'm such a copier.

But I added a fleur de lis.

So there.

and a crown.

I had some cold coffee in the fridge.

You know, just hangin' out.

In case I needed an iced mocha valium vodka latte.

Just kidding.

Moving on.

I poured it on the fabric kinda stuff and

let it dry then did it again.

Mmmmm. Not quite parchment-y enough just yet.

I'm going to go with the old stand-by next, brewed tea.

But let's be honest here...

who knows how long it will take me to get around to that.

Until then, it will just look a little faded.

Like me.

What have you been working on?

Doing any copy catting?

À bientôt!

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