This lamp is so modest and fully clothed in the glorious and alluring item: The Tassel.


Here are a few quick and simple ideas of how to stop the embarrassment of having an unadorned lamp.

1. Embellish an Existing Tassel:


This tassel right up there is and embellished tassel. That means it’s not made from scratch. It started out as a pathetic, anorexic tassel and I nursed it back to health with the help of my glue gun, full fringe, ribbon and a neat little metal thing I had laying around. Maybe you have a tassel that’s a little skinny. All you have to do is wrap a few layers of fringe around it…Extreme Makeover: Tassel Edition.


2. Substitute with an Ornament

You can also hang a favorite ornament from that pokey out switch on your lamp. I got this bird a few Christmases ago. It has never seen the likes of a Christmas tree.


A friend sent me this cross a few weeks ago. I hung it on the lamp in the kitchen in lieu of a tassel.

3. Use Your Imagination:


I found this bag while out junking this weekend. It’s entirely too small for an actual real woman to use but it did have one good quality…


Those big furry pom poms look great wrapped around that lamp switch thing. Won’t this be charming in the winter?

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Last Wednesday’s Tassel Sale was a success thanks to all you rabid tassel fans. After only 21 minutes over half the 100 tassels had sold. Once we hit the hour mark, there were only 14 tassels left. And shortly thereafter there was one solitary and lonely Baby’s First Christmas tassel left and I had to take him out of his misery.


My plan is to open up the shop again later in the summer. I’m experimenting with the best way to keep from wanting to burn down my craft room and sealing the door shut with hot glue… taking good breaks seems like the obvious choice. My plans are subject to change based on what kind of mood I’m in.


Some of you didn’t get the tassel that you wanted –I’m so sorry. I had no idea how quickly these little gems would sell out and I promise, if I ever do this sale again I’ll open later in the day to accommodate you west coasties.

Now, back to our topic:

What do you hang on your lamps? Or is your lamp a nudist?