A shabby chandy

This beaded chandy was only hung in my living room a few months ago..

I spotted it in an Etsy shop and fell in love with all the beading and crystals.

Somehow it just didn't seem to do the trick for me in this room~

so I put it for sale back on my Etsy shop.

A blogger bought it!! A blogger I "know" bought it, 

and it will be going to his place soon enough.

So in the meantime I will replace it with a chandy

 I was already working on for my Etsy shop.

This was the Etsy listing for a brass vintage chandy that I purchased.

For those of you who don't know what Etsy is,

 it is a kind of selling place like eBay,

 however everything has to be old or handmade. 

Lots of bloggers have their own little Etsy shops like I do

 and you can usually browse through their stores from a link from their blog.

I got it home and gave it a good cleaning. 

My intention was to add crystals to the 46 holes 

and to paint it white for that light and shabby look.

I purchased 40 crystals and gave them a good soaking in vinegar and hot water.

One of the candle covers was damaged and
 I have ordered 6 new ones, so they match.

I order my parts like that from a place called chandelierparts.com. 

I get my crystals from antique vendors or etsy shops as

 I want the old crystals, not the new formed or plastic ones.

I have to sit down with my reading glasses on and 

use a pair of needle nose pliers and add the crystal drops.

 So here is the chandy all shabbied up~

with lots of sparkling crystals.

Soon to be starring in my living room, 

until the next great chandy comes along...!