Look! Plastic Cup Hanging Lamp

Spotted at a campsite in west Texas: these DIY plastic cup hanging lamps with (Christmas) lights woven in and around. This would be a fun project and addition to any outdoor space -- yards, decks, patios, communal gardens, etc. Full shot of this outdoor space below:

Here's a similar idea and step-by-step how-to: Dixie Cup Spherical Dodecahedron via Instructables

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These are called sparkleballs... weve always used them as Christmas decorations... here are the instructions...

http://www.sparkleball.com/howto.htm

posted by JoniRae on March 25th 2009 at 10:45am
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Tacky as all get out, but I like them just the same!

posted by madsarah on March 25th 2009 at 11:32am
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my grandpa's been making these for at least fifteen years-- really stunning when you but twenty of 'em in a tree at Christmas. really fun.

posted by melanie8 on March 25th 2009 at 11:34am
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Are you going to start that project before or after you finish crocheting the beer can hats?

posted by LBhirise on March 25th 2009 at 11:40am
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Come on, where's your sense of childlike wonder at the beauty of simple things??? I think this is great.

posted by Zhahira on March 25th 2009 at 2:10pm
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would love to see it all lit up! They look so whimsical!

posted by jrstar45 on March 25th 2009 at 7:04pm
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I think this was also in an early issue of Readymade, that had a whole article on making different lamps. I never made the logical left turn that these would work so well OUTSIDE. Awesome. (Holding this idea for when I have a yard someday!)

posted by Loosetooth on March 29th 2009 at 11:17am
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