Glittered Christmas candle stand

As the holiday breeze has arrived, its time for some Chrishtmas crafts...I got a pair of glass candle holders from Ikea and they are good just as they are, but wanted to make them more sparkling and add a touch of Christmas for them. Here is what I did.I hope this time, the pictures will speak enough to understand what I did.

Candle stand/holder with Lemon juice bottle-Recycling craft

Whenever I see a plastic bottle of any kind I feel like either recycle it or doing some thing out of it. Lemon juice bottle, which I rarely use, is there in our fridge from so many days. I thought it crossed it's expiration date and I just emptied it. When I saw the bright color of that bottle and as Christmas is around, I could just think of a candle stand out of it. So i tried and outcome was wonderful.

Here is what I did....

Items Used

1. Lemon juice bottle

2. Glitter

3. Glue

4. Scissors

5. Hot glue

6. Candle, of course.

7. Marker(brown or purple)

8. Cotton swabs-2

Steps

1. Separate the base of the bottle using scissors. Keep this base aside, later we will use it.

 2. Draw petals as shown and cut them using scissors.

3. It should look like this.

Just press it a little bit to open up the petals as shown.

 4. Remove the cap and trim it as shown.

5. I used candle to avoid sharp edge.

6. Using marker, in the center, draw some pollen.

7. apply glue around inside of the petals, and sprinkle glitter.

8. Shake off the extra glitter. I used cotton swabs to remove glitter that stuck on.

9. Repeat the same thing on the outer side of the petals.

10. Using hot glue attach the base as shown in the pic.

11.Ta da.... You are done....place the candle and light it...and enjoy !!!

Cd Candle Holder- Reuse old CDs...

I came across this beautiful candle stand, while watching some videos from ETV2 (Indian Telugu Channel) ...

it really is nice and easy to make....

Items Needed

1. Old CDs (3)

2. Hot glue

3. Colorful beads

4. Foam sticker(round)

5.scissors

Step 1

Clean the cds with lense cleaner

Steps2

on the label side of cd, using hot glue stick 4 beads

step3

on second cd add 6/8 beads

Steps 4 

on third cd add 6/8 beads

steps 5

now stick all 3 cds on each other.

step 6

on the top cd around the edge attach the bead chain.

Stick the foam circle in the middle,and 

 attach the bead chain around the foam circle.

Final look 

 Hope you love this....
c u soon....

Decorative candle stands - Dollar store craft

Just few decorative touches makes a dollar store bowls a classy look ..here is an example...

I got these bowls from dollar tree (2 for 1$)

I used acrylic paints(each 99cents)

and Varnish or any water sealant....

Items required 

Glass bowl(2 for 1$)

Acrylic colors(each 99 cents)

Varnish(any water sealant)-on hand

Brushes- on hand

Items required

Steps:

1 . Turn the bowl upside down.

2. Place 2 drops of yellow color and one drop of red color in the middle of the bowl(Bowl is upside down)

3. Mix the colors with paint brush forming a circle in the middle. Colors should be uniform. As you are working with glass, making colors uniform may take little time.

4. With red color, draw petals around this big circle.

Look from upside down

look from the top

 5. Now carefully, fill in the red color in those petals.

back view

top view

6. Put some green dots like leafs in between red petals.

Color the brim uniformly with red.

back view

top view

 6.Let it dry completely. May take 30 min time.

Then apply a coat of varnish or any water sealant.

 7. Let it dry overnight.

After overnight rest

 8.Put t light candle or any other candle and Enjoy the vibrant colors along with the candle effect.

look at the beautiful shadow it is forming ...

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial....

Warnings!!!
1. Be careful while working with glass.
2. Keep varnish away from fire. Light a candle only after the varnish is completely dry.
3. Keep candle fire away from kids....