Flora-Glo internally illuminated floral lamp

A method of making an attractive lamp, comprising the steps of:

• Forming a hole in an at least translucent container,
• drying and pressed flowers and/or foliage,
• applying the flowers and/or foliage using a matte finish adhesive,
• covering the at least translucent container with an additional coat of matte finish adhesive,
• coating the at least translucent container with at least one coat of a latex gloss finish,
• inserting a string of Christmas lights through the hole, one by one, until the entire string is within the at least translucent container,
• using a hook to pull a portion of the Christmas lights through the neck of the at least translucent container,
• bunching together a portion of the Christmas lights, and
• pressing the bunched portion of Christmas lights into the neck of the at least translucent container to form a proto-bulb.

A lamp comprising:

• a glass bottle having a neck opening formed at a top end thereof and a hole, formed near a bottom base portion of the glass bottle;
• a string of miniature light bulbs, the string of miniature light bulbs comprising:
• a first substantial portion of the string of miniature light bulbs located within the glass bottle,
• a second portion of the string of miniature lights gathered together in bunch to form a proto-bulb at the neck of the glass bottle, and
• a power cord, coupled to the first and second portions of the string of miniature light bulbs, extending through the hole formed near a bottom base portion of the glass bottle;
• dried flowers applied to the surface of the glass bottle in an applique fashion;
• a lamp shade for shading the proto-bulb;
• and
• a lamp shade fixture, coupled to the glass bottle to support the lamp shade;
• wherein the first substantial portion of the string of miniature lights within the glass bottle produce an ambient lighting effect so as to allow light to pass through the glass bottle and dried flowers producing an enhanced lighting effect and pleasant coloration, while the second portion of the string of miniature lights gathered together in bunch to form a proto-bulb at opening of the glass bottle produces limited task lighting.