Look what I made, shabby chic lights!

This is one of the projects that I have seen done so many times in the blogosphere & I have been wanting to do.

Now I have done it & I want to make a whole heap more!

It is a string of battery operated LED lights, some plastic disposable cups, fabric scarps, trim, double sided tape & glue.

All I did was cut 1 cup open so that I had a template like this.

I used a string of 20 lights so I needed 20 cups. I then made 20 covers out of scrap fabric using the template that I made from the plastic cup.

I then put a strip of double sided tape along each cup like this…

This was used to hold the fabric in place as I covered each cup.

Roll the fabric around the cup & glue it securely. If you are going to use hot glue, be careful not to melt the plastic cup.

{yes, I found that out the hard way!}

I then glued the trims on to the opening end of the cups.

Poked a hole through the bottom of the cup & poked the LED lights through.

And there you have it! One unique set of shabby chic lights!