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Did you know there is a ONE OF A KIND section at Altered Pages?  A great place to peruse for those hard to find items that you are looking for to add the finishing touches to your altered projects.  Here are a few of the ONE OF A KIND items available! Hardware   Transit Tokens   Bingo Cards     Postcards   Vintage Hankies   One of a Kind Jewelry Packs   Maps   Mini Tart Tins     One of a kind Game Piece Packets   Vintage Advertising Light Bulb Pins   Stop by this month and see inspiration from the design team    

Hi everyone! It's me  Tonya  and I am here to share a lamp shade I altered with MD Hobby and Craft Chicken Wire and  Maps  I turned into flowers to add a vintage charm to the shade. I started with this old and tired lamp shade that use to hang in my dining room until I replaced with another light fixture. I had held onto this thinking that I might be able to use it for something later on. I am so glad I did!!! After removing the fabric this was left with a metal frame. The chicken wire comes folded in half and rolled up. I had my husband help by holding while I cut with wire cutter in the fold and with determining how much to cut off the roll. Also it might be a good idea that if you don't have a "holder" to help  wear gloves because the wires do have sharp edges. I know...ouch! First make sure you have long enough wire that will wrap around the frame on all sides. Now begin wrapping each wire to the frame with needle nose plier...