With a little help from my friends...

Do you remember the TP roll challenge I gave you? Well, Chris from http://www.candidcanine.blogspot.com/

put up this picture on Myspace of some lamps she found, and we've been chatting about how to make one for the doll house.

I choose to make the one in the back, to the right. I used one tp roll to make all three discs. Also, you will need to cut some of the sides to get smaller circles....and glue them back together before you begin. You can see in the picture below what I mean.....see there are 3 different sizes. I've also cut some scrap book paper up to cover them with.Once covered, I went around the edges with a gold marker Now, it's time to attach them to each other. It took me all day staring at it to figure it out, and then the idea came to me. I could glue beads in between the 2 rolls to make them look suspended.

...and.......Ta-da!

I added some gold trim around the top and bottom. Then I added some around the middle. You see how it is hanging from what looks like a straw? That's another piece of paper, rolled up and glued. Eventually, it will get attached to a medallion, and hung above the dining room table.

And thanks to Casey from http://www.caseymini.blogspot.com/ this chandelier now has a tassel! She put up a tutorial on her page yesterday on how to make them! Thanks Casey!!!!

OK, I'm off to think about how to make a medallion! Maybe I'll drag the clay back out?

The Toilet Paper Roll Challenge

I read a blog, everyday, called Casey's Minis (http://www.caseymini.blogspot.com/). Yesterday, she posted a blog about a little footstool made out of a toilet paper roll. Well, it got me thinking about what else could be made out of tp-rolls......and then it came to me................A Kitty Condo! I used the following:

I cut the tp-roll in half. Then, you have to wiggle the tp-roll down onto the paper punch, but it will work. And don't worry about pushing to hard on the tp-roll, if it flattens out, it will come back to life later!
You see where this is going..... Now to decorate! I used scrapbook paper, ribbon and a gold pen (to outline the circle in the middle with). Look, Pocus has come to show you how cute the new Kitty Condo is!So, now I challenge you.....What can you make with a toilet paper roll???