The Flop

There is nothing like a great big flop to start off your blogging career, right?

I saw a fun looking image on pinterest a while back for a pendant light made of thrifted doilies.  Our local thrift shop has an abundance of doilies so I went to work collecting an assortment. 

Next, I pasted my doilies with the wall paper paste onto an over-sized balloon.

Letting it dry overnight... It's looking good so far. I was getting excited about the possibilities at this point!

and the big flop.... 

The balloon stuck to the doilies and collapsed the structure when I deflated it.  

Next time, I will let it dry a very long time- closer to a week, and maybe smear the balloon with some petroleum jelly.  If that doesn't work I have been reading about using liquid starch and stitching them together.  Try, try, again.