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BEAM - Setting up an online shop
Have you ever wanted to create your own online shop? Whether you're new to selling lampshades or are already selling via other online...
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- May 10, 2022
- 6 min
Lampshade Style Guide: Velvet Shades
Velvet, it seems, is never out of fashion. Its opulent qualities lend a touch of luxury to our interiors and for lampshades, it’s no...
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- May 4, 2022
- 6 min
BEAM – Offering Returns and Refunds
Although we imagine your lampshades are amazing, there may be some circumstances when a customer wants to return their shade. Dealing...
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- Apr 12, 2022
- 9 min
Meet the Maker - Candid Owl
Candid Owl's mission is to provide customers with unique, standout lampshades and lamps and they definitely don’t disappoint! With her...
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- Apr 6, 2022
- 4 min
Lampshade Style Guide - Pleated shades
A lampshade style that’s hit the limelight in recent years, or should that be the spotlight, is the ‘hard’ pleated lampshade, defined by...
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- Mar 24, 2022
- 6 min
BEAM – Taking on Bespoke Lampshade Commissions
Packaging your skills in a way that gives the customer choice, can be a valuable way of increasing profit margins and effectively using...
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- Mar 10, 2022
- 5 min
Meet the Makers - Gola
Gola is a creative collaboration of talent, skill and creative ideas of mother and son team, Mari and Ifan, whose stunning lampshades...
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- Mar 8, 2022
- 4 min
Lampshade Style Guide - Empire Lampshades
Welcome to our new Lampshade Style Guide! In our new monthly series, we’ll be looking at one particular style of lampshade and each month...
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- Feb 22, 2022
- 4 min
BEAM - Pricing your lampshades to sell
Loving lampshade making shade is one thing, but making enough money to run a sustainable business is quite another. In this BEAM blog...
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- Feb 16, 2022
- 5 min
Meet the Maker - Romor Designs
Far from ordinary, each of Romor Designs' lampshades has a wonderful, creative and individual story, very much like Romor Designs'...
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- Jan 5, 2022
- 4 min
BEAM – 5 ways to grow your lampshade making business
Happy 2022! With a new year ahead and after a couple of weeks of essential rest and relaxation, now is a great time to reassess where...
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- Dec 23, 2021
- 3 min
Blog highlights and Top Posts of 2021
It’s been a busy year on the Dannells blog and with many people trying their hand at lampshade making in the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021,...
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- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
Lampshade Inspiration - Different Shade Shapes
As fond as we are of the super versatile drum lampshades, that are seen everywhere from our homes to hotels to the high street,...
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- Dec 8, 2021
- 3 min
Lampshade Inspiration – Stick It Metallic Lampshade Making PVC
Make your next lampshade a metallic one! Easier than you think to achieve, try making a glowing, sumptuous and expensive shade inner...
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- Nov 25, 2021
- 5 min
Meet the Maker - Detola and Geek
This month's Meet the Maker, Detola of Detola & Geek came to lampshade making later in life, using her passion for African textiles as...
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- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
Behind the Scenes of Needcraft You Tube Video Shoot
Filming our You Tube lampshade videos is easily one of our favourite days of the year and our recent filming in September was no...
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- Oct 29, 2021
- 6 min
Meet the Maker - Silversoles Felted Textiles
A master of felt making, Emma of Silversoles uses her talents to make unquestionably beautiful and tactile lampshades, that bring both...
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- Oct 26, 2021
- 3 min
New Product - Dannells US Lampshade Making Kit Range
As our Needcraft Lampshade Making Kits hit American shores, to say we’re excited is an understatement! Already hugely popular in the UK...
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- Oct 15, 2021
- 4 min
Lampshade Inspiration - Tiered Lampshade Making System
Contrary to popular belief, tiered lampshades are not just the staple of luxury hotel lobbies and high-end restaurants. They can look...
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- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
New Product – Metallic Profile Lampshade trims + how to apply them
Adding extra shine to your lampshades has just got that bit easier with our TWO new and exciting metallic trims! Choose between our...
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