Glow and Behold. We first saw this sparkling lightscape last year in the now-defunct Blueprint. It's a lovely neutral and crystalline color palette. Click below for details on how to do this project using Christmas lights and canvas...
Glow and Behold. We first saw this sparkling lightscape last year in the now-defunct Blueprint. It's a lovely neutral and crystalline color palette. Click below for details on how to do this project using Christmas lights and canvas...
• Paint a stretched canvas from an art-supply store in your desired color.
• Plot out your design in pencil on the back, keeping dots a half-inch apart.
• Gently press an awl through each dot in your design to make a hole slightly smaller than the diameter of the bulb.
• Press a bulb into each hole; secure each with craft clue.
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(Edited from a post originally published 11.21.07)
just an FYI link to blueprint doesn't work
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The hardware on that credenza is gorgeous.
view bepsf's profile
So nice.
view OliviaV's profile
I dont totally understand. Where does the light actually come from? And are the "bulbs" attached to anything-- or are they just the glass bit? Are these christmas light bulbs?
view spiralcma's profile
oh -- i see. Christmas lights. Derp.
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I saw a project like this a few years ago, though I can't remember where -- it would make a great headboard with built-in reading lights.
view palindrome's profile
i miss Blueprint.
view jenny!'s profile
Brilliant!
view modernguy's profile
Love it!
view KetchupFiend's profile
Aren't these links supposed to lead somewhere?
view southwick's profile
I miss Blueprint, but I don't miss anything that involves Christmas lights.
What's a "crystalline color palette" ?
view Palmetto's profile
Did you all already post about this with instructions on how to "make your own?"
view cricketchirp's profile
I found it...similiar..but not the same
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/at-europe/at-europe-paris-valerie-boy-at-salon-maison-et-objet-032062
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This was posted over a year ago, at least. I saved the photo in my inspiration folders. I never made one, though.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b284/thelionsof/room011.jpg
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Actually, AT, I apologize...that was from the ourbedrooms community over in livejournal land. It was over a year ago, though.
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ooh Lite Brite-ish. haha.
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I've done the same with wood
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oliviatokyo/2760898402/
Had to take it down because it wouldn't stay up!
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This would be cute in a nursery - you could paint the canvas midnight blue (or something) and then use different sized and colored lights to create a mini-cosmos.
My husband is a huge space/science buff and I'm a big literature buff and if we have a son I can see this being a great way to merge Le Petit Prince and NASA :-)
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Fabulous! Can we get a zoomed-in picture to see more construction detail?
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Love the effect, very impressive with matching background design too.
frosted window film
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