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Lastly, I need to make a little ruffled bit to put around the top of the parasol spike, then glue on the fancy finial (unless I can find a suitable piece o’ plastic sushi for the finial ;-). Still not sure what to do w\/the handle — could leave it as-is, which is boring & screams “hey this is that cheap repro that you see all over.” Could cut it off & glue on the ball handle provided at the workshop. Must look around hardware & craft stores for interesting turned wood bits to use. I purposefully didn’t cut it off at the workshop, tho’, just in case I can’t find anything else.<\/p>\n
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