{"id":1011,"date":"2011-04-12T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T17:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2011-04-12T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T17:45:10","slug":"diy-pendant-lamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/diy-pendant-lamp\/","title":{"rendered":"{DIY} pendant lamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Just-Design-Nurseries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1012\" title=\"Just Design Nurseries\" src=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Just-Design-Nurseries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Just-Design-Nurseries.jpg 600w, http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Just-Design-Nurseries-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Notice anything similar about the two rooms above (via <a title=\"Just Design\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/38807277@N03\/5182717704\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\">Just Design<\/a>)? Aside from the darling elephant rocker (which I am now obsessed with!) I love the\u00a0<a title=\"moooi pendant lamp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.olighting.com\/moooimolra.html\" target=\"_blank\">moooi pendant lamp<\/a>. However &#8211; depending on the size you want &#8211; you could be looking at a lighting bill of $500 &#8211; $2000.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re feeling crafty and would love to <strong>get the look for a whole lot less<\/strong>, I wanted to share a <strong>DIY project<\/strong> with you from <a title=\"Made by Girl\" href=\"http:\/\/madebygirl.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/my-finished-diy-pendant-light-via-made.html\" target=\"_blank\">Made by Girl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.21.25-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1013\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-04-12 at 10.21.25 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.21.25-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.21.25-AM.png 470w, http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.21.25-AM-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.21.41-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1014\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-04-12 at 10.21.41 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.21.41-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.21.41-AM.png 492w, http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.21.41-AM-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><strong>How to make the ball:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>blow up the exercise ball<\/li>\n<li>mark a 6-7 inch circle off-center (this is so there is a place for you to change the bulb)<\/li>\n<li>plastic on the floor (<em>for the mess<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>wear gloves\u00a0<em>(again, for the mess!<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>rub Vaseline all over the exercise ball (this prevents the yarn from sticking to the surface once glue is applied)<\/li>\n<li>put wallpaper paste into a large bowl<\/li>\n<li>unravel the ball of yarn (<em>about 300 yards for a 31&#8243; ball<\/em>) dip it into the paste &amp; saturate it completely<\/li>\n<li>begin wrapping the saturated yarn around the ball randomly covering as much of the open space as possible without covering the drawn circle<\/li>\n<li>once the ball is all wrapped in yarn, let it dry about 24 hours (<em>you may want to place it on top of a cardboard box for stability<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>once dry, deflate ball carefully &amp; pull it through the circle opening (<em>the same opening used to change the bulb<\/em>) very carefully.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The finished project:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.25.20-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1015\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-04-12 at 10.25.20 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.25.20-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.25.20-AM.png 493w, http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Screen-shot-2011-04-12-at-10.25.20-AM-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I absolutely love how this turned out and definitely plan to give it a whirl the next time I have a new space to decorate. Thanks to the <a title=\"Spearmint Baby\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spearmintbaby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spearmint Baby<\/a> blog where I first saw this great DIY!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>On a side note<\/strong> &#8211; I just realized that this is my <strong>100th post on the blog<\/strong>!!! A bit of a milestone, but it completely snuck up on me. I just have to take a minute to say <strong>thank you<\/strong> to all of our wonderful readers. I love hearing all of the comments and feedback and just hope to make the next hundred posts even better. 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However &#8211; depending on the size you want &#8211; you could be &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/diy-pendant-lamp\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,88,20],"tags":[219,47,118],"class_list":["post-1011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy","category-nursery-inspiration","category-real-rooms","tag-diy","tag-nursery","tag-nursery-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bellabambinidesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}