It’s March 17th, St. Patrick's Day and we have so many things to prepare ahead of today’s party. This is the day green is the main color choice for people in many parts of the world. In fact, this holiday is so popular that it’s the only day when wearing a green wig means you’ll actually be blending with the crowd. Everybody goes big on St. Patrick’s Day, from massive parties, to festivals and block parties. Don’t believe us?
Last year, more than 240 sites around the world took part in the Global Greening project, where popular places (or rivers) are turned green for the holiday. Check out this video from last year, when the Chicago River was turned emerald green using 45 pounds of vegetable dye ahead of St. Patrick's Day annual parade.
St. Patrick’s Day is not only an excuse to drink cold pints of Guinness with a green wig on. It’s a fun time to bring your friends together for a massive party. And while we’re sure you’ve already covered most of your green-themed party decorations, we thought it would be a good idea to share with you a list of 7 easy DIY tutorials to put a little bit of green cheer on your lamps too. Sit back, take notes and start crafting. Here we go:
We love fast tutorials and this idea also makes for one of the easiest ways to make a DIY St. Patrick’s Day lamp to dazzle your party guests. All you need is fabric, adhesive styrene and a lampshade ring set. Read our tutorial on how to make a drum shade, right here.
Your Tools to Make a Fabric Drum Shade:
1 Spider/Washer Fitter Lampshade Ring Set
Your Favorite Fabric
If you want to make a new lamp from top to bottom, or rewire an old lamp, you can use our wiring kits. Shop here and see the tutorial to learn how to wire a lamp.
Fabric ideas (left to right):
1. Shamrock Fabric Design by Jo Berry Fabrics
2. Different shades of green wool from T Does Wool
3. Emerald Green Velvet Upholstery Fabric from PopDecorFabrics
Whether you’re planning to use an existing lamp or make a new one, this idea is so simple and cute, it’s really hard not to pin it to your must-make DIY projects. There are basically two ways to make your St. Patrick’s Day using paint. Either paint your shade and even table base in a beautiful shade of emerald green, or use a cutout to make it even more fun. Cut a shamrock, the words “Lucky You”, or even a pot of gold. Apply the cutout to your shade and paint the area outside it.
Here are some examples of tutorials to help you create your new shade design.
Shamrocks or clovers are a symbol of Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day and they are said to be a good luck charm, particularly if you’re blessed to find the famous four-leaf clover. Even if you can’t find one with a fourth leaf (apparently 1 in 10,000 clovers will be four-leaf), it is believed that each leaf of a clover represents something: faith, hope and love. All in all, shamrocks are good fortune symbols to have around the home for your St. Patrick’s Day party. One way to enjoy clovers when you can’t find them close to your house, is to make your own and we’ve found these fun DIY tutorials to make shamrock appliques which you can add to your lamps:
From left to right:
You know those old T-shirts from college that you just can’t decide to give or throw away? We bet they’ve seen the best of your partying days (and nights). Although these T-shirts surely have some emotional value, they’re not exactly what you’d be seen wearing these days. So, why not recycle those into a new shade? The tutorial where Kiri explains how easy and fun it is to make a new shade using an old T-shirt is one of our most popular posts ever! Follow the step-by-step tutorial to make your own T-shirt lamp, here.
Well, this one is going to be fun. Just take an empty bottle, use a bottle wiring kit, adhesive styrene and a ring set to make a lamp with a fun story to tell. Maybe it’s the beer brand you loved having in college, or yesterday’s cold one you had while crafting, or maybe it’s his favorite brand of beer. Bottom line: making a cool lamp using a beer bottle is super easy.
Your Tools to Make a Beer Bottle Lampshade:
1 Bottle Wiring Kit 1 Adhesive Styrene
1 Spider/Washer Fitter Lampshade Ring Set
1 Tacky Lampshade Glue Kit
Your Favorite Fabric
Before you take on this DIY project, make sure you read our bottle lamp tutorial here. And here’s some ideas to get you inspired:
From left to right, top row first, bottom row second:
For those die hard DIY fans, St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect excuse to craft all through the week ahead, and on top of the project list, is often the leprechaun hat. Thing is, this can be applied to a lampshade too.
If you already have the base and shade, all you have to do is craft the hat around the shade. We recommend using thin paper for your hat to allow the light to pass through and give a soft light.
If you have the base, but don’t have the shade, you can make one using adhesive styrene, a ring set and a glue kit. Then either stick the paper directly to the adhesive styrene (note this will make your leprechaun hat lampshade permanent) or do as above, crafting the hat around the shade, to make it easy to remove after St. Patrick’s Day.
Fillable lamps are one of our favorite light designs here at I Like That Lamp. They’re so easy to make and the end result is always, but always, impressive. Since St. Patrick’s Day’s most popular symbol is the shamrock, take this opportunity to transform your table lamp into a terrarium.
To make the shade:
If you’re using a tall vase or a glass jar as base:
If you’re using a bottle as a base:
Some inspiration to get you started:
From left to right:
Now that you have so many great ideas to pimp your home for St. Patrick’s Day, we’re off to go find our own pots of gold! If you have questions about using our DIY lamp making supplies, contact us here. We’d love to hear from you.
I just want the whole world to know about this spell caster I met two weeks ago,I cannot say everything he has done for me and my family I was going through online when I meant this wonderful man’s testimony online how he won a lottery through the help of dr Ose I decided to just give it a try and my life is back to me now after i lost my job due to covid he gave me a winning numbers to play lottery and i won 5000usd for my first play since then i have been working with him and he has been giving me numbers to play my lottery i can not write everything he has done for me if you need a lottery spell today contact him on oseremenspelltemple@gmail.com www.facebook.com/Dr-odion-spell-temple-110513923938220
whatsapp +2348136482342
Amazing Love Spell To Get Back With your Partner and Fix Your Broken Relationship WhatsApp him on +2349161779461
My wife broke up with me 3 months ago, and forced me to sign the divorce papers, and I was completely heartbroken. And I could not get back into any shape emotionally. I Thank God for this astonishing and brilliant spell caster that came to my rescue. Wow! This spell caster has helped me so much. Dr Jakuta guaranteed me an urgent 24hrs spell casting, of which I accepted it. Shockingly! this month my wife called me back with lots of apologies after 48hrs which he assured me, and he did everything possible to withdraw the divorce papers which was previously ongoing with the power of this miracle working spell caster. Some people testified that he brought their Ex lover back, some testified that he restores womb, cure cancer, herpes simplex virus and other sickness, Thank you so so so much Lord for your powerful spells. expressions are not sufficient to say thank you. Email doctorjakutaspellcaster24@gmail. com. You can also WhatsApp him on +2349161779461
(1) If you want your ex back.
(2) if you always have bad dream
(3) You want to be promoted in your office.
(4) You want women/men to run after you.
(5) If you want a child.
(6) You want to be rich.
(7) You want to tie your husband/wife to be yours forever.
(8) If you need financial assistance.
(9) HIV/AIDS CURE
(10) is the only answer to that your problem of winning the lottery
Contact him today on oseremenspelltemple@gmail.com
BE SMART AND BECOME RICH IN LESS THAN 3DAYS….It all depends on how fast
you can be to get the new PROGRAMMED blank ATM card that is capable of
hacking into any ATM machine,anywhere in the world. I got to know about
this BLANK ATM CARD when I was searching for job online about a month
ago..It has really changed my life for good and now I can say I’m rich and
I can never be poor again. The least money I get in a day with it is about
$50,000.(fifty thousand USD) Every now and then I keeping pumping money
into my account. Though is illegal,there is no risk of being caught
,because it has been programmed in such a way that it is not traceable,it
also has a technique that makes it impossible for the CCTVs to detect
you..For details on how to get yours today, email the hackers on : (
atmmachinehackers1@gmail.com < Tell your
loved once too, and start to live large. That’s the simple testimony of how
my life changed for good…Love you all .
Hailey Garcia
December 02, 2024
My name is Hailey Garcia and I am from New Jersey. My herpes virus turned to war after 2 years of living with it. I have tried different medical procedures to cure my herpes but to no avail. Most people think herpes is only a minor skin irritation of which herpes has long term effects on health and passes through the bloodstream and can be easily contracted through sexual intercourse. I knew I had herpes from the first day I started feeling itchy in my pubic area and the pain was very unbearable. I couldn’t stand it anymore. After 2 years of trying other means to get rid of it, I had to contact Doctor Odunga to help me with a permanent cure. I saw his email and whats-app number from a testimony I read online from a lady who was also helped by him in curing infertility problems, I had faith and contacted him. He assured me of his work and I ordered his herbal medicine. Within 5 days, I didn’t feel any pain anymore and within 2 weeks, my skin was all cleared and smooth. I am very grateful to you sir and I write this testimony as others have done to bring those having faith to you sir. If you have herpes or other similar disease and you want it cured, kindly contact Doctor Odunga, Whats-App (wa.me/+2348167159012) OR Email odungaspelltemple@gmail.com