Hand Crocheted Lace Lamp Shade

I found an old lampshade shell at my favorite junk store in town a couple weeks ago.  I came home and placed it on a lamp stand in the living room.  My daughter, Katie asked "what is that?" with some indignation.  I told her it was a lampshade, with a smile on my face.  She should know by now that the odd things that I buy always have a future purpose.  I may not know for sure what that purpose is yet, but I have confidence in the end result.

So I started digging through several boxes of old lace scraps that I had collected and found another "future purpose" item I had bought in the past.  I found a roll of ecru, hand crocheted lace that would look just perfect on that lampshade.  As I held it in my hands I couldn't help but wonder about the person who had spent countless hours crocheting something so lovely. 

With a hot glue gun in hand, I proceeded to wrap the lace around the lampshade while gluing at key points on the shade.  I really liked the way it turned out.