Stenciled Lamp Shade Using A Sharpie Marker

I recently created a stenciled lamp shade using a sharpie marker.  It may be a new thing around here...stenciling with sharpies, that is.  Seriously!   You can take a sharpie marker, trace just about anything, and make it absolutely gorgeous!

It's summer, which means I am obsessed with all things sand and sea.  I've spotted some really cute lamp shades with seashell and coral shapes on them lately, but shew...are they expensive or what?  I spied a lamp shade with a coral design on it not too long ago and had a really hard time leaving it in the store.  Well, I decided to try to make my own, and am so glad I did.  This is seriously one of the easiest things I have ever done!  Let me show you what I did...

I started with this plain old drum shade from Lowe's.  It was less than $10.  

I used my Silhouette to design my stencil, but if you don't have one, no worries.  You can totally make your own!

I was planning on using the stencil and painting the inside, but once I pulled the coral cutouts from the mat, a new idea hit me.

I took the coral cutout and smoothed it onto the lamp shade, and traced it with a sharpie marker.

I have to be honest, I was a little scared, but it turned out perfectly!

I pulled the coral shape off the lamp shade and was instantly in love.

I also spray painted a lamp base so the shade would really pop!

It works perfectly in my little corner of the living room!

What do you think?  Would you draw on a lampshade with a sharpie marker?

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