A Re-purposed Glass Votive Shade

I'm sure all of you have seen these glass votive shades while thrifting.  They are usually about a dollar each.

This one was pretty plain and pretty big, perfect for a cloche.  Some of these votive shades have etched patterns or scenes on them that don't work out well as cloches, because the scene will be upside down. 

I also had this rustic spool.  

So I had my husband enlarge the hole a bit on one end of the spool so the little glass nib on top of the votive shade fit snugly up inside the spool.  I thought that I would have to glue it,  but it fit so well and is not wobbly at all.  I can lift it up by the spool.  (But maybe not a good idea).

Here is my re-purposed votive shade/cloche with a vintage Sears Roebuck cloth tape measure that was my Grandma's.

Then I perched a small vintage sewing scissors in the hole on top.

I placed the homemade cloche in a vintage baking pan with a jar of crochet threads, two jars of buttons, and two more spools or bobbins.

I like the way the votive shade turned out.  It's perfect for sewing vignettes.

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