Saturday, June 12, 2010

Dressing up a candle


I love to re-purpose and dress things up especially when we have all the items at home.
Here are my directions for a candle - you can get these anywhere.
First take the label off - mine was real easy - thank goodness!
Because mine is a 3 oz candle I cut the Basic Grey pp at length of 9" or 23 cm and the width at 1 1/4" or 3.5 cm. I ran it through the Cuttlebug and inked it.
Because I wanted this to stick very well to the glass, I used the sticky "red" tape. You can use glue dots or a jewelry adhesive I propose.
To decorate the top - I punch a 1" circle with my Creative Memories Circle punch. Added Prma flowers and a rhinestone.
Added ribbon and a hand made hat pin to the bottom base of the candle. And to finish the top, a tag around the Primas.

7 comments:

Stephenie said...

Great Job! This is a great way to personalize a candle for a gift!!

Audrey Frelx said...

Beautiful and great job!!!

I'll be posting it in a bit as your theme sample!!!

Jean said...

This is so cute! I have not decorated a candle before and look forward to trying one for the showcase.

carol said...

This looks Fab..wonderful gift! thanks for sharing it with craftycatz, x carol

Lindsey said...

What a totally fabulous idea, i would never have thought of this in a million years! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week xx

Aunty Sue said...

How great is this wow thanks for joining us at crafty catz

Suzie said...

This is lovely. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Catz this week. Suzie x