Lightbringer

About Me

Happily married for 28 years. Piano teacher, lampshade maker. Love to laugh. Hi, my name is Cindy and I live in Western NY south of Buffalo in beautiful Chautauqua County. I started Shades ETC in 2005 after attending a lampshade making class at Fletcher Farms in VT. A friend who was doing craft shows encouraged me to do a craft show with her and make shades for welcome lamps. I jumped in. My first show was Peak n Peeks Fall Festival in 2005. After that I was hooked. Not that I made money, I just loved making the shades. After two years of doing craft shows at probably the worst time to start, I decided to launch a shopping cart on my website and maybe stay home more instead of doing so many craft shows.

In the dream where you show up to school naked, why do you never go swimming?

It's the middle of winter!

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Creating Handmade Lamps and Shades  
Cindy's Piano Studio