I love it Too Much! I have been trying to figure out ways to avoid drilling too. As much stained glass work as I do, I can't believe I didn't think of this idea before! I am so glad that you shared this! Soldering like this is easy guys! You have to get a soldering iron and the lead. You just have to hold the soldering iron to the lead and hold the lead solder to the iron until it heats up enough to melt it...Oh don't forget to put a little flux on before you do it...and it will do the rest for you...the rings you can make yourself by wrapping the tinned wire...get it the same place you get your lead came, solder and soldering iron...at a stained glass supplier. Wrap the wire around something that is round and the size you want your rings as many times as the number of rings you want. Then cut with wire cutters and you will have rings. Put the open place on the ring where you are soldering it to the plate and it will close the ring up so nothing can slip through the little slot. Sorry for jumping in to answer the questions for you Too Much. I just wanted everyone to have as much fun as we have doing things like this....and save them the drilling too!

I should be a little more clear: Use tungston carbide twist drill bits, not carbide masonry bits. Sorry. dcarch

I've never seen them shaped like mushrooms,sounds interesting. I tried to click the DIY link and kept getting "timed out", I'd love to see and get some more ideas. Here are some I've made from silver-plated utensils and trays, beading wire,old glass prisms and glass beads.

Looks like it will be lovely! The metal plate is very attractive the way you have painted it & looks like added buttons for centers! Very creative but won't it have to hang in the shade as I think plastic will fade(spoons)? Jan