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Tumbleweed Chandelier

Tumbleweed Chandelier
Did you know chandeliers occur in nature? Thanks to the Fibonacci sequence you can easily find dead twigs and tumbleweeds with graduated tiers resembling a chandelier. With a little love and some tweaking you can easily have a sexy centerpiece to grace your dining room. Layer on some string LEDs and you've got a low energy light source as well!
 
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Step 1Tumbleweed Shopping

Tumbleweed Shopping
The best places I've found to go tumbleweed shopping are desolate fields such as the dairy land near my folks' house pictured below.
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Apr 12, 2011. 9:54 AMkirnex says:
That's great. Question, though: had you considered wiring from the base of the branch down, and hanging the branch upside down? That would have looked great too!
Jul 4, 2010. 11:50 PMwild_hemlock says:
Very inspiring. I will be attempting this in the near future :)
Jun 25, 2010. 5:02 AMporcupinemamma says:
I'm revisiting your Instructable-have you hard wired the chandelier into the socket in the ceiling? If not, how do you turn it off and on?
May 10, 2010. 8:01 AMAsmodeous says:
Nice work!
May 9, 2010. 9:54 PMPillsHere says:
nice job, well done :D
Feb 7, 2010. 12:37 PMdadaa says:
you can also paint it in white and make it stand in a vase with lights on.
Jan 29, 2010. 9:14 PMporcupinemamma says:
Hey! Most importantly.  Your chandelier is fabulous!
Aug 6, 2009. 3:28 AMporcupinemamma says:
Just thinking...I wonder if there might be brown tape that you could wrap the green wires in so that it blended with the wood?
Jan 29, 2010. 6:12 PMarttechmommy says:
 In crafty stores that sell country type things, they sell brown wired string lights.  I just bought some recently!
Jan 29, 2010. 9:14 PMporcupinemamma says:
Wow!  I live in a small town; the nearest craft store is an hour away, but I haven't seen them.  Do you think I might find them at a larger store in a city?
Jun 4, 2009. 2:59 PMscmtngirl says:
Very cool idea. I like it a lot!
May 28, 2009. 2:23 AMMeggz says:
I have a lot of kool stuff I have made like this! I used mistletoe to make lamps & lights + table centrepieces & briar forest style hangers for crystals and coloured glass decorations. Even a tabletop Christmas tree for myself & for family. Thanks for your instructable. It is awesome!!
May 27, 2009. 7:23 AMimakeit says:
Super fun creation, excellent work and post ;)
Apr 22, 2009. 11:05 AMJBizzle says:
oh wow! you are so cool. If i had a huge house with a very tall ceiling (like maybe perhaps near stairs) i'd do this on a larger scale with a crape myrtle! they're beautiful trees.
Apr 22, 2009. 2:07 AMporcupinemamma says:
Lovely
Apr 21, 2009. 3:51 PMcherishedpotato says:
very nice :)
Apr 20, 2009. 3:57 PMbowmaster says:
FIRST!!! This idea is awesome.

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