Sunday, November 06, 2005

Light Up My Life

I spend a little too much time thinking about and searching out lanterns and other arty things to hang in my dining room. Looking forward to my next ceiling installment, I bought this cool hanging thing (the one I bought is three-tiered) from IKEA, with blue, green and such crystal hangie-thingies. The colors match the plate I will use during Christmas holidays.

You really want to see these - Art competition of Japanese lanterns from five-blossoms here and here.

Table Lamp with Ramie Jogakbo Shade - "Harmony""Summer"; "Autumn", all from Antique Alive.

Make your own double-layer Chinese Lantern or Box-shape Chinese Lanterns. More paper lantern instructions here.

Paper Parasols

Various photos I ran across searching lanterns. They inspire me! The first photo is from swisstoni's Fickr! photostream





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4 comments:

  1. Balwearie4:24 AM

    Oh how I love lanterns. I really like the square ones in the second picture. Now that's something I could make.

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  2. liz elayne lamoreux2:21 PM

    So much fun! I love these posts that take me to fun new sites. And maybe I will take this inspiration I feel and finally put up some kind of lantern/hanging thing above the dining room table.

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  3. kiki6:40 PM

    wow these are great pictures

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  4. "Maggie & Kevin"7:16 PM

    These are so beautiful and festive. Lanterns add a magical quality to an event.

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