Is it easy to make on your own a hanging light ? Has anyone done it?

I want to make a Japanese-stle hanging light, with cloth around. It is for my living room, and must have plenty of light. Has anyone done a hanging light lantern-style? Something like that a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_4808408_japanese-hanging-lamp.html" rel="nofollow"http://www.ehow.com/how_4808408_japanese…/a