One of the wonderful things about vintage pieces is that
they can get your creative juices flowing. Not so much because vintage objects
are usually made well, often have interesting parts to them, or are beautifully
designed, but because so many of the original uses for the piece are no longer
common. Just because it's not something I would use the way it was intended
doesn't mean that it's not an awesome piece. This is when I begin to think up a
new use.
Take for instance, these beautiful lamp globes. Originally,
during all those years before electricity, people used oil lamps, candles or
gas for light. During the Victorian era, when these were most likely made,
these lamp covers would have been on a gorgeous lamp, probably very ornate and
possibly gas. Somehow these lamp globes got separated from their base. Too bad
for the lamp but the cherub faces and delicate design make them irresistible to
me.
So, I washed them, took a candle that you can buy in a glass
jar and placed the jar in the inside of the lamp cover.
The glow is beautiful, and these unique candle covers look
wonderful anywhere in the house and can double as light for a breezy outside
party. I doubt they would blow out!
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