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Apr 14, 20227 min read

Soft Shade Making Series - How to Make a Pattern

With the preparations for making a traditional soft shade covered in our Soft Shade Making Series, it’s time to talk patterns! Making an...

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Apr 12, 20229 min read

Meet the Maker - Candid Owl

Candid Owl's mission is to provide customers with unique, standout lampshades and lamps and they definitely don’t disappoint! With her...

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Apr 6, 20224 min read

Lampshade Style Guide - Pleated shades

A lampshade style that’s hit the limelight in recent years, or should that be the spotlight, is the ‘hard’ pleated lampshade, defined by...

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Mar 29, 20224 min read

Lampshade Kit Hack #9 - Using Vinyl as a Lampshade Inner

Want to make a shade that stands out from the crowd? How about using colourful vinyl on the inside of your shade? Easy to apply and...

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Mar 24, 20226 min read

BEAM – Taking on Bespoke Lampshade Commissions

Packaging your skills in a way that gives the customer choice, can be a valuable way of increasing profit margins and effectively using...

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Mar 18, 20223 min read

#memadeshade February Winner

Pops of colour are much needed as we finally start to leave the winter behind and this month's #memadeshade winner does not disappoint!...

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Mar 16, 20225 min read

Soft Shade Making Series - How to bind a lampshade frame

Our third post in our Soft Shade Making Series is about laying the foundations for the lampshade ahead, namely binding your lampshade...

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Mar 10, 20225 min read

Meet the Makers - Gola

Gola is a creative collaboration of talent, skill and creative ideas of mother and son team, Mari and Ifan, whose stunning lampshades...

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Mar 8, 20224 min read

Lampshade Style Guide - Empire Lampshades

Welcome to our new Lampshade Style Guide! In our new monthly series, we’ll be looking at one particular style of lampshade and each month...

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Mar 2, 20224 min read

DIY Tutorial - Parchment Fluted Lampshade

Making your own lampshades means the sky is your limit in terms of the materials, design and shape you opt for and today's Parchment...

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Feb 24, 20224 min read

#memadeshade January 2022 winner

Entering her first hard lampshade into our #memadeshade competition, January's winner, Amie of @tea_and _the _radio chose a vibrant...

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Feb 22, 20224 min read

BEAM - Pricing your lampshades to sell

Loving lampshade making shade is one thing, but making enough money to run a sustainable business is quite another. In this BEAM blog...

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Feb 16, 20225 min read

Meet the Maker - Romor Designs

Far from ordinary, each of Romor Designs' lampshades has a wonderful, creative and individual story, very much like Romor Designs'...

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Feb 10, 20224 min read

Soft Shade Making Series: Binding Tape

In our second post of our new Soft Shade Making Series, today we're talking about binding tapes and how they are an essential part of...

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Jan 31, 20222 min read

Share the Shade Love - Celebrate your Favourite Lampshade Maker

Valentine, Galentines or Palentines is just around the corner and regardless of which one you celebrate, we’ll be helping you share a...

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Jan 27, 20223 min read

DIY Tutorial - Macrame Lampshade Fringe

As we're now stocking a fabulous range of Macrame cords we couldn't resist, combining this on-trend craft with our Lampshade Making Kits,...

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Jan 25, 202211 min read

BEAM Meet the Entrepreneur - Light Owl

Discovering a niche gap in the interiors market, that happily coincided with his passion for creativity, Rab Moghal of Light Owl made it...

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Jan 18, 20224 min read

Soft Shade Making Series: Traditional Lampshade Frames

Lampshade making comes in many forms and although making ‘hard shades’ is a popular and easy way to achieve a stunning new lampshade, our...

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Jan 5, 20224 min read

BEAM – 5 ways to grow your lampshade making business

Happy 2022! With a new year ahead and after a couple of weeks of essential rest and relaxation, now is a great time to reassess where...

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Dec 23, 20213 min read

Blog highlights and Top Posts of 2021

It’s been a busy year on the Dannells blog and with many people trying their hand at lampshade making in the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021,...

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