Shades of a different color

I have a friend who has a wonderful chandelier that she has decorated with several different styles and prints of mini shades.  I've kept this idea in the back of my mind to try in my home and I've been on the lookout for shades as I travel to my local thrift shops but without any luck.

 As of last week my quest was complete and here is the results.

 While I was visiting another friend in Arkansas a few weeks ago I happen upon four country print red shades in a little shop.  All four of them were only $6 and they were in perfect condition so I picked them up as the start to my chandelier shade quest.

Then last week when I returned to Michigan I stopped at Tuesday Morning and boom there were a new shipment of mini shades just sitting there waiting for me.  I was so excited and the pricing was fabulous at $3.99 per shade.

The rooster shade just made my heart go pitter patter.  I love the washed out look and he looks perfect in my kitchen eat in area.  There were four of these available so I grabbed all four and really didn't feel guilty at all that I was depriving anyone else of these little gems.

Next to the rooster shades on the shelf were four of these french writing shades, at least I assume its french writing.  Anyway....the four red country shades plus the four rooster shades and these four french writing shades gave me the twelve shades I needed to complete my eclectic looking chandelier and I went skipping out of Tuesday Morning knowing these were looking to look great in my kitchen.

Because of the pop of red the chandelier looks great both during the day and also in the evening. This picture looks washed out but the patterns on the shades comes through clearly in person. 

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