~Tea Cup Lite How To~

Good day girls, I have had a few emails asking me about how to make these sweet little tea cup night lites so I thought I would show you once again...

These really are so easy and make such GREAT gifts...Gather up your supplies, you can use a tea cup. gravy boat wherever you like for these...I even made a little vanity lamp for a gal from her wedding shoe and used dried flowers from wedding and lace from her dress for the shade...Just let your imagination work on these...

Now this is a piece of lace that I cut to fit the bottom of the little lamp shade...

just glue the lace all the way around the bottom of the shade..You don't really have to do this I just like to give each shade a special little look...one of a kind thing..

I just love these little shades... the satin ribbon and satin bow with the tassel ...just darling...I got these shades at Jo-Ann fabric store like 5 years ago...I think I bought 30 of them..differ colors I have a home based business making Victorian Lamp shades and lamps that's why so many shades...

Now take some foam..this you can get at the Dollar store....cut it with a knife to fit the tea cup... then take your Glue gun and glue the foam inside the cup...

Next take your light and press it into the foam...I twist this around so I can get the imprint I need in the foam...

Now here you can see the imprint I made in the foam...

Then I take my knife again and cut out the imprint and made the hole deep enough to hold my light...Now for those that can't find the light's like I have...You also can get the candle lights at Dollar store and use them...if you use the ones with the brass stand on them you don't need to do the foam part...just hot glue the brass stand in the bottom of the cup...then add your moss around it...if you use a deep cup I suggest adding a small piece of foam at the bottom of the cup to bring the light up abit with...I have used both lights but these are my favorite ones to work with...

Then glue the light into the hole...Glue the saucer to the cup...Now see what you have so far...its starting to look like a little lamp

Then to cover up all the green foam...I take moss and glue it on top of foam...then I give it a hair cut to get rid of the moss hanging over the edge...put your light bulb in..

Now the next time I do is add some sweet little birds, flowers, eggs etc what ever you want you can add or just leave it with just the moss around the cup....I love to add a little spoon this also is hot glued right onto the saucer...

Now this is the finished tea cup lamp...these are so sweet as night lights in a bedroom or bathroom...I have one in Blue Willow in my kitchen that I leave on at night...

Here's what it looks like all lit up...isn't it cute ....of course it is ha ha!!
I Hope all of you have a GREAT day remember to take the time each day to say a kind word to someone or send them a smile it just might be the line life that person needs....
I try to remember each day that " Life is like a roll of toilet paper the closer to the end it gets the faster it goes"
Until next time from my mountain to yours,
Hugs and smiles Gloria