And the award for best DIY lamp shade EVER goes to....
Allison Patrick of Zipper 8 Lightning. A recent graduate from architecture school, Allison decided that she would "start a design firm making cool stuff". The result is a whole collection of amazing lighting like the Artichoke Mixed Book Page Pendant Light shown above. All of her lamps use commonplace materials like book pages, plastic bags, straws etc but with amazing results. I say we all reward Allison for being awesome and buy something from her store. It's all incredibly affordable and beautiful.

Artichoke Mixed Book Page Pendant Light $30