Had a great time at meghans and the twins birthday party

New tv show idea... Hordes on the go!!!:-)

So i just downloaded the phone app. Maybe i will become better at posting all the fun stuff my sisters and i get into...... We'll  see :-)

Homemade Candelabra

Saw this project online at Sawdustandpaperscraps.com and had to share.  Now this is a Halloween project but you could also use this for a wedding or special event and save money just use different color spray paint.  However it probably would look better staying black or white and use the beads & candles for added color.

I looked at the store one when I was getting married but they went from $80 to $150 each.  I wish I had found this before.

What you will need is :

2- Old lamps (Goodwill - $3.99 and $1.99) Try to get one with a heavy weighted bottom

1-celing chandelier (Thrift Store - $10)

1- 10 ft piece of 1″ PVC ($2.39)

1- 10 ft 3/8″ threaded rod (electrical department at Home Depot for $5.97)

1-Bag of 3/8″ nuts ($0.98)

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Now what You ask....

Take apart the lamps by cutting the cords and removing the nuts and threaded rods.

The chandelier comes apart in layers. Remove the light bulb sockets but you wanted to use the bottom plates for candles.

You will needed this nut to hold the bottom plate in place. I just bent it back and forth until it broke off!

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Then start unscrewing and cutting wires…

Until you have a table covered with parts.  Try to remember how to all came apart so you remember how to put it back together.  Depending on the make and brand they are all a little different.

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Cut the threaded rod in half with a hack saw and spray painted everything black.

used the base from the lamps that was the heavy weight in bottom

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layer the lamps with the larger one on the bottom and then played with the length of the PVC in order to get it to just the right length.

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Put another nut on top and tighten it down! More paint and it’s starting to look like something.

Re-attached the candle plates.

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add a larger “plate” in the middle.

This larger plate you can sit flowers on or another candle on,  Throw some candles on the other smaller plates and you could be done……..

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However if you wannt to “bling” it up a bit!

At the thrift store you can normally fine cheat beads… doesn’t matter the color because we will fix it later.

 hung them on a dowel and spray painted them with a gloss spray paint. Any color is okay just make sure it’s a gloss base color..

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hang and drape and swag them all over the candelabra. Some of them can be cut or hot glued around the outside edges so the beads can be well disbursed.

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And that’s how you can make a Homemade Candelabra for $27.32.

Alright, so it’s not a $5 project but it’s better than $80-150.00!

Plus, I you will have another 5′ piece of threaded rod and PVC to make another something or other.

(  End Product : Pictures 11)

Make your own Braided Belt

Step 1 Take four strands of cord, string, yarn, or these things which are the "self ties" out of old yoga pants.

Step 2 While the purpose of this instructable is how to braid, you will need something to start on Such like a belt buckle, or ring

Step 3 Stabilize the belt buckle so you can tug on it a little bit. I tied a cord on the belt buckle, then tied the cord around a chair leg. Depending on the size of the chair, tug all you want.

Step 4 Starting with the belt buckle upside down, take the first cord, fold in half and make a loop.
Feed the loop under the belt buckle end. Fold the loop down over the cord ends. Bring the cord ends up through the loop.  Pull tight. In the knotting world, this is lark's head.

Step 5 Do the same with each of your cords doubling the cords and ending up with 8 cords to braid.
In the image from left to right, there are 2 blacks, 2 blues, 2 grays and 2 blacks.

Step 6  Always count from left to right, 1 through 8. Starting with the 5th cord (gray) from the left, put it over the 4th cord (blue.)  The colors are now black, black, blue, gray, blue, gray, black, black.

Step 7 Take the 3rd cord (blue) and put it over the 2nd cord (black.)  Then continue that same black cord over the 5th gray one.  The colors are now black, blue, gray, black, blue, gray, black, black.

Step 8 Take the 7th cord (black) and put it over the 6th cord (gray), then under the 5th cord (blue) then over the 4th cord (black.)
The colors are now black, blue, gray, black, black, blue, gray, black.

Step 9 Take the 1st cord and put it over the 2nd, under the 3rd, over the 4th.
The colors are now blue, gray, black, black, black, blue, gray, black.

Step 10 Take the 8th cord and put it under the 7th, over the 6th, under the 5th and over the 4th.
Now the colors are blue, gray, black, black, black, black, blue, gray.
The whole thing is rather loosely braided at this point.

Step 11 Time to tighten it all up a little. Tug a little on each cord and pushing the braided parts closer together.

Step 12 Take the 1st cord (the blue one in this case)and put it over the 2nd, under the 3rd and over the 4th. Take the 8th cord (gray) and put it under the 7th, over the 6th, under the 5th and over 4th.
The colors are now gray, black, black, gray, blue, black, black, blue.

Step 13 Looking at another way, take the left most cord (gray) and put it over, under and over.
Take the right most cord (blue) and put it under, over, under, over over the gray.
The colors are now black, black, gray, blue, gray, blue, black, black.

Step 14 Always take the left most cord first and put it over, under, over.
Then take the right most cord and put it under, over, under and over.
The colors are now black, gray, blue black, black, gray, blue, black.
Step 15    Left cord: over, under, over. - Right cord: under, over, under, over. - Tighten. Repeat.

Step 16 To end it, tack down the ends either straight across or in a "V" shape. Third image is machine sewn in the "V" shape. Select a thread color to either match or contrast your braided colors and using a tight zigzag stitch, machine sew following your previous stitches. Trim the ends. Done.

 



Great New pattern I found