Another alteration of the IKEA Dandelion Light
I’ve tried a couple of different versions of the IKEA dandelion light over the past year and a half. I tried pink paper hearts a year ago but they only stayed up for a day. Not a fan. When I was in New York a couple of weeks ago, I was inspired by a light I saw in Anthropologie. It sort of looked like it was made of coffee filters stitched together.
Anthropologie Light
So I started tea dying coffee filters, crunching them up a bit after they were dry and then attaching them to the IKEA dandelion light. I used small coffee filters, and I’m not 100% happy with it. I’m wondering if I’d like it better with larger coffee filters. Think I still have some experimenting to do.
IKEA Dandelion Light Altered with Coffee Filters
Anthropologie also had some interesting lights hanging over the pay counter. They looked like little cages made of twist ties that had been glittered. I have bare bulb lights hanging down my hall that I’ve been looking for a way to finish. I would like to try this, but so far my hunt from white twist ties has been unsuccessful. I found green ones at the grocery store, red ones at a bulk foods store, and apparently you can’t buy garbage bags with twist ties anymore – they all have draw strings or plastic ties. I’ll keep looking! Here’s what the light looked like.
Anthropologie Twist Tie Light
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Hi Paula:
I wonder if you could Spray paint your twist ties white first and then use them? I love your Coffee Filter light, very creative.
Jennifer
Twist ties might be found on Ebay or even made. Basically they are 2 pieces of paper/plastic with wire glued inside. You could experiment with different papers and different widths to get the look you wanted. Something that doesn’t tear and might be interesting would be the stuff they use for priority mail. You know that fabric like stuff that doesn’t tear? It can be painted and glued and would make awesome twist ties.
Yikes! I don’t know if even I’m crazy enough to spray paint twist ties! Okay, I might be…I ended up making wire cages for the lights I was going to “twist tie,” but I think I’ll still keep my eyes open for white twist ties – in case I want to give it a try!
I would never have thought to actually make twist ties – but of course you could!!! And you could get creative with the paper. I think I might have to try it – don’t have time right now – but I think it would be really fun. Thanks for the idea! If you try it, send me some pictures. When I get around to trying it, I’ll post!