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Make a Fabulous Paper Clip Chandelier

7 June 2010 42,288 views 13 Comments

by heather

Paper clips have to be one of the seven wonders of DIY world. MacGuyver never went anywhere without one! These fabulous chandeliers are made from paper clips - amazing, aren't they? I found out about the paper clip chandelier thanks to a Craftster dollar store crafting swap I'm currently participating in. Craftster user skullseamstress created the lamp entirely from dollar store materials, using a tutorial she purchased from Re:Design Technologies on Etsy. Skullseamstress posted a nice flickr set of her paper clip chandelier including making it and packing it to ship to her swap partner. [click here for the paperclip chandelier gallery]

As for the tutorial for making this fabulous chandelier, check out the Re:Design Technologies Etsy shop. You can get all the instructions for four different chandelier designs for less than $15 (as of my typing this - but they're having a sale a the moment), or choose one design for $6.50. You can also check out the Re:Design blog.

Here are skullmistress's supplies for the chandelier.

Project Estimate:

3 Picture hanging kits, $3
6 boxes of paper clips, $6

Total: $9 (plus the cost of the instructions, if needed)

13 Comments »

Elle Sees said:

This.is.fab.

# 7 June 2010 at 6:08 am

Kathy V. said:

Amazing.

# 7 June 2010 at 10:52 am

Care said:

incredible!!

# 7 June 2010 at 10:55 am

Jessica said:

I would love to see this with colored paper clips, may cost more, but this is VERY inspiring!!!!

# 7 June 2010 at 1:31 pm

Lorie said:

That is crazy! And I really want one!

# 7 June 2010 at 2:11 pm

Zakka Life said:

Wow! I had to do a double take.

# 8 June 2010 at 8:44 pm

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# 11 June 2010 at 6:05 am

pam said:

I just knew someone would come up with a second life for paper clips!

I use them for hanging wet projects while they dry! But these – these lamps are amazing!

# 12 June 2010 at 10:13 am

sydney @ memorableminutes said:

oh my goodness. WOW!

# 16 June 2010 at 3:07 pm

Maddy said:

$9.00 craft? Are you sure? I think I just saw a fixture at a high end stor the other day that was like $50.00! No doubt about it, i’m makeing one! Great idea!

# 20 December 2010 at 10:17 pm

Chelsea said:

I’m starting this today with colored paper clips. :) I was the kid who liked to put the Legos together without the instructions, so I didn’t buy the instructions for this. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!

# 9 July 2011 at 11:04 am

Chelsea said:

Here’s how my smaller, color-clip version came out:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150237996590748&set=a.164977140747.120606.515545747&type=1&theater

Thinking about adding some bling to it, but I like how it turned out!

# 9 July 2011 at 5:22 pm

meg said:

This is great, i saw skullseamstress’s post on craftstr awhile ago & have been wanting to do it ever since. If you wanted to it a different color then the color clips are I’m sure you could spray paint it. I’d make mine gold :)

# 10 July 2011 at 3:22 pm