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How to Make a Crystal Lamp Finial
This crystal project might just be my favorite project to come out of the faux crystal tutorial I shared a couple of weeks ago.

A crystal lamp finial.

You guys know that I’m a big details person and one of my favorite places to add those little wonderful pops of detail is with lamp finials.

It’s just damn glorious.

And no, I’m not being too dramatic.

Here’s how to make these little beauties…

How to Make a Crystal Lamp Finial

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- Faux Crystals – use this tutorial to make the crystals. You’ll need the same amount of crystals as however many finials you are making.
- Finial Base
- E6000 Glue
Step 1

After you’ve made your crystals, let them fully dry overnight before making the finials.

When the crystals are ready, apply a dollop of E6000 glue to the finial base, then carefully push the crystal onto the glue.

Step 2

Leave the finial upright and let it fully dry overnight. You can nestle the finial in a small bowl of uncooked rice to stabilize it and keep it from falling over while it’s drying.

The next day you can screw it onto your lamp top.

I’m completely smitten.

You could also use these crystals to just embellish plain lamp bases or lampshades if your lamp doesn’t allow you to use a finial. Just use the glue to attach them to the lamps or shades as you wish!

You might also want to see…

DIY Faux Crystal Knobs

How to Make Agate Slice Lamp Finials

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March 14, 2017
DIY Agate Slice Lamp Finials
Y’all.

I’m kinda of really super duper especially excited about this project.

It was one of those where I cooked it up in my head and I was like OMG. THAT IS AN AWESOME IDEA, JENNA.

And then I was like. Wait. Will it really work?

And then I tried it.

And I was like OH. MY. STARS. IT REALLY DID WORK. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.

I really hope you can sense all this excitement I am feeling by my overuse of bolded capital letters.

You can also picture me with this face:

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So in the whole realm of things, this is like a really small (literally) and simple project and I’m probably just over-reacting about it.

It’s the little things in life, y’all. Literally.

I made these.

DIY Agate Slice Lamp Finials

Well, not the agate itself, but I made them into finials. I think I would have to be God to make agates.

And the icing on the cake is that this is part of Stacy at Not Just a Housewife’s Styled X3 series. Stacy sent myself and Allison from Two-Thirty-Five Designs the same agate slices and she got some for herself as well. Today, all three of us are showing how we styled them. Cool concept, no?

Here’s how I made my agate slices into lamp finials…

Supplies:

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- - Small Agate Slices
- - Lamp Final Bases
- - E6000 Glue
- - Gold Acrylic Paint
- - Small Paintbrush
- - Small Bowl of Rice
- Mini Clamps (Super helpful, but not necessary)
Step 1:

Choose which agate slices to use. You want to try and use smaller-ish ones with either a pointed end somewhere or a narrow end – those work best. With the small paintbrush, carefully paint the edges of your agate slices gold and let them dry.

Carefully open up the prongs of the finial bases as shown in the image above.

Step 2:

Place a small amount of E6000 glue into the base of the lamp finial just within the prongs. Place one end of the agate slice into the finial where the glue is and push the prongs around the agate slice. Firmly hold / push the prongs onto the agate slice with your fingers.

A small amount of glue may squish out. That’s ok. When it dries, you should be able to easily scrape it off.

Step 3:

This is when those mini clamps come in handy. At this point, you can either go turn on your favorite television show and watch it while you are still firmly holding the prongs against the agate slice or you can clamp the prongs onto the agate slice. I highly recommend the clamp method.

Just clamp right where the prongs are, then rest the finials in a bowl of rice to steady them.

I let my finials dry for a full 48 hours before putting them to use.

I’m kind of smitten.

And also, I now want one in every single color.

Don’t forget to go see what Not Just a Housewife and Two Thirty Five Designs did with their agate slices!

You are probably going to want to see these projects too…

How to Make a Crystal Lamp Finial

How to Make Lamp Tassels in Five Minutes

How to Make Your Own Lampshade and Finial

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December 9, 2015