About Me

I'll start by saying that I've had a thing for lamps for as long as I can remember.  In fact, my very first memory at 2 or 3 is tryng to see inside the stained glass windows of a little plastic church lamp that our babysitter/landlady (whose name was Jean) had adorned a small table with in her parlor.  She told me there were little people inside and I was sure I could hear them singing hymns.  My brother, Doug, remembers this little church lamp very well also - he tells me we were locked inside that parlor for hours on end!  Nevertheless, Jean was an angel; my favourite person who ever lived and remained so for many years---until I had children.  As luck would have it, I found the exact same lamp at a thrift store a couple of years ago and of course bought it.  I stuck the little church up on my fridge and NOW IT IS IN STORAGE because it scared the shiiit out of me.

 

One morning, I got up and turned left into my hallway, immediately turning my head toward the kitchen.  I saw the light was on, thinking 'weird... I'm so positive I unplugged that lamp yesterday.'   I walked slowly down the hall, and just as I reached the kitchen--it saw me coming--the lamp went dark.  Glancing down at the counter confirmed I was right, the plug was lazing on the counter, nowhere near the socket.   Thinking there had to be some 'electrical reason', I took the lamp to the hardware store and conferred with the guy in the lighting department.  "What possible reason could there be for this lamp turning on when it is unplugged?" I asked him.  He told me there was absolutely no way it could have turned on wtihout being plugged in.  At first, I thought this was pretty cool - my first and only paranormal experience!   Took me a couple of weeks to admit I had developed a pretty good case of the willies.  I'll bring it back out one day when I'm feeling brave.

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I have way, way too many lamps as it is.  

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I've been collecting vintage lamps forever.  I've spent a good chunk of my life looking for great lamps, not always with tremendous success due to my budget, thinking I should just open a lamp store myself...!   To be honest, what got me started creating lampshades were some beauties I spied on Etsy.   My first was the lampshade I call French Lacy.  I spent 6 months creating it, though not full-time.  Cost me a small fortune to put together, with 120 strands of expensive crystals and french lace from Europe.  lt's gorgeous though, I think.   As an artist and designer by nature, I've dabbled in a great many mediums with delicious abandon and joy.  Nothing, however, is more fun than creating lamps!  It's all I ever want to do since finishing that first one---not try to sell them nor work on my website, oh no, just make them!  

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 Friends have suggested I include the cost of materials in each creation as well as detailing the process involved in creating each, do videos even.  Ugh.  I might, if someone really wants to know.  Well generally, I start by finding a cool shade (usually get a vision right away); then I strip it down to the wire frame-- which is sometimes easy, sometimes next to impossible.  Then I wrap all the spines.  I have collected alot of fabric and notions, so after I decide on a colour, I go to my fabric shelf for that particular colour and select a number of fabrics as well as a selection of suitable liners.  From there, I go to fringes and trims and see if I can find a few good complements.  More often than not, I end up ordering more trim and/or dying things to match.  Next step is to play around with my clips, draping and mocking up combinations to bring my vision to life.  I don't create the beaded fringes until the lampshade is done and I refinish the lampstand last.  

 

Note that ​​​​​​​​I will do custom shades.  Just reach out and let me know the colour and style you're looking for.  

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Thanks for visiting my site!​

Lynne Alexander

778-870-4448

lynnealexander888@gmail.com​

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