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  This is the lamp in the computer room

  This is the door window to the back porch. You can peek out the eyes to see into the garden.

We are now working on several of the other boring lamps in the house:

In the kitchen we are taking this ugly fixture and using the colors of the plates we have decorating the room as well as the pattern from the lace curtains we are making matching designs to "goose" the lamp and the edges of windows:   First we lay out leading on plastic Then we fill the pattern with color.   then we lay the pattern on the glass and fill in the blank spots. On the small shades we apply leading directly to the shade and then fill in with color once it is dried.   To do the simple geometric edges o the windows we put leading in rows and curves on plastic.     Then peel it and stick it to the window in patterns, before we put in the color.

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  Finished Kitchen lamp seen above in progress.  (Note the lamp is excessively bright, however I have altered the exposure so you can see the colors).

  Kitchen/Living room window in progress

Macintosh Roses being squiggled out on plastic sheets, prior to getting colored and going on another lamp.

  This home made map lamp shade (garage sale $5 find) is inspiring us to make one of the plain round lights into a globe.