Comments on: Anthropologie Chandelier Fail http://craftfail.com/?p=710 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Carolina http://craftfail.com/?p=710&cpage=1#comment-1723 Carolina Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:54:14 +0000 http://craftfail.com/?p=710#comment-1723 I liked the pictures I saw from that store in England. Although I really like different things, the recicled light thing is not my favorite... And you could manage to make something quite better ^^ .-= Carolina´s last blog ..<a href="http://linhaslaseafins.blogspot.com/2010/03/ideias-por-favor.html" rel="nofollow">Idéias, por favor!</a> =-. I liked the pictures I saw from that store in England. Although I really like different things, the recicled light thing is not my favorite… And you could manage to make something quite better ^^
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]]> By: Adrian http://craftfail.com/?p=710&cpage=1#comment-1477 Adrian Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:49:10 +0000 http://craftfail.com/?p=710#comment-1477 Actually, I really like yours! Maybe just add some fabric so that you cant see all the way through? Actually, I really like yours! Maybe just add some fabric so that you cant see all the way through?

]]> By: Danielle http://craftfail.com/?p=710&cpage=1#comment-1378 Danielle Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:48:13 +0000 http://craftfail.com/?p=710#comment-1378 I also like yours better than the one at Anthropologie, though neither is to my taste. I personally think theirs is the bigger CraftFail, especially when you consider the major pricing difference. I also like yours better than the one at Anthropologie, though neither is to my taste. I personally think theirs is the bigger CraftFail, especially when you consider the major pricing difference.

]]> By: Dryerlintdog http://craftfail.com/?p=710&cpage=1#comment-1320 Dryerlintdog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:37:37 +0000 http://craftfail.com/?p=710#comment-1320 "way too much stuff lying around the house..." not any more...:-) “way too much stuff lying around the house…”
not any more…:-)

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden http://craftfail.com/?p=710&cpage=1#comment-1317 Teresa Nielsen Hayden Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:56:12 +0000 http://craftfail.com/?p=710#comment-1317 Sara's right about rejiggering the colors. The people in the collective that makes Magpie Chandeliers are making lots of chandeliers out of lots of recycled materials. Two implications: first, they've gotten a lot of practice at doing this. Second, they have a lot more materials on hand to choose from, and they know what's worked in the past, so it's easier for them to pick out coordinated colors and get the balance just right. I think the understructure of the chandelier shown at Anthropologie is done in very pale pastel shades of the same colors used in the garlands of artificial flowers. The color intensity in the garlands is tightly controlled and balanced -- all well-coordinated off-shades that never go darker than "medium." Forgive yourself. Cheer up. Anyone who could duplicate an effect like that using stuff they've got lying around the house has way, way too much stuff lying around the house. Sara’s right about rejiggering the colors.

The people in the collective that makes Magpie Chandeliers are making lots of chandeliers out of lots of recycled materials. Two implications: first, they’ve gotten a lot of practice at doing this. Second, they have a lot more materials on hand to choose from, and they know what’s worked in the past, so it’s easier for them to pick out coordinated colors and get the balance just right.

I think the understructure of the chandelier shown at Anthropologie is done in very pale pastel shades of the same colors used in the garlands of artificial flowers. The color intensity in the garlands is tightly controlled and balanced — all well-coordinated off-shades that never go darker than “medium.”

Forgive yourself. Cheer up. Anyone who could duplicate an effect like that using stuff they’ve got lying around the house has way, way too much stuff lying around the house.

]]> By: Sara http://craftfail.com/?p=710&cpage=1#comment-1300 Sara Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:26:50 +0000 http://craftfail.com/?p=710#comment-1300 Hi, I don't think it's a total throw away; looking at the original one from Antro, it looks like their main architectural element was a unified white base of beads, with some accents of colour and then the flashy rim that was holding all of the candle bulbs. If you rejigg your design so that there is one main colour forming the shape of your lamp and then embelish the top and the bottom it would come off a lot better. Maybe try a string of twinkle lights wrapped in tulle glued around the bottom of the lamp instead of a single bare bulb? Hi, I don’t think it’s a total throw away; looking at the original one from Antro, it looks like their main architectural element was a unified white base of beads, with some accents of colour and then the flashy rim that was holding all of the candle bulbs. If you rejigg your design so that there is one main colour forming the shape of your lamp and then embelish the top and the bottom it would come off a lot better. Maybe try a string of twinkle lights wrapped in tulle glued around the bottom of the lamp instead of a single bare bulb?

]]> By: JR Nuerge http://craftfail.com/?p=710&cpage=1#comment-1282 JR Nuerge Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:43:41 +0000 http://craftfail.com/?p=710#comment-1282 I like yours better than the one at Anthropologie! JR Nuerge I like yours better than the one at Anthropologie!
JR Nuerge

]]> By: fail http://craftfail.com/?p=710&cpage=1#comment-1273 fail Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:43:14 +0000 http://craftfail.com/?p=710#comment-1273 i thoguht it looked pretty cool actually! i thoguht it looked pretty cool actually!

]]> By: malmow http://craftfail.com/?p=710&cpage=1#comment-1270 malmow Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:21:08 +0000 http://craftfail.com/?p=710#comment-1270 I thought the first one was the inspiration picture, meaning: I like it! Very well done in my book. I wish I could achieve that kind of aesthetically pleasing organized chaos. I thought the first one was the inspiration picture, meaning: I like it! Very well done in my book. I wish I could achieve that kind of aesthetically pleasing organized chaos.

]]> By: marge, easy does it http://craftfail.com/?p=710&cpage=1#comment-1269 marge, easy does it Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:58:29 +0000 http://craftfail.com/?p=710#comment-1269 Love the humorous post. I', still giggling over the ending bit as a catchall reply. "It’s what you do while you are waiting for trick-or-treaters to ring the doorbell." May I use that line someday? It's class. And, by the way, I think the lampshades are quite fun. Seeing all the variety and color and shiny beads makes me want to go dig out my kaleidoscope pattern and hurry and make some. Thanks for the inspiration. Love the humorous post. I’, still giggling over the ending bit as a catchall reply. “It’s what you do while you are waiting for trick-or-treaters to ring the doorbell.” May I use that line someday? It’s class. And, by the way, I think the lampshades are quite fun. Seeing all the variety and color and shiny beads makes me want to go dig out my kaleidoscope pattern and hurry and make some. Thanks for the inspiration.

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