Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Come on baby light my fire...

This weekend I was feeling very crafty. As usual, I spent about an hour to two hours in Hobby Lobby walking up and down the aisles looking for inspiration for a project. Mother's Day is coming up and I wanted to make my mom a special gift. I had read about decorating plain candles before so I went with that. Here's the finished product!



I found some really pretty scrapbooking paper to wrap them in. I grabbed two similar but different patterns, some contrasting ribbon, tacky glue, stick-on bubble letters and three different sized candles. I couldn't wait to get home and put them all together. It was actually a very easy project to do!







The big candle with the W on it was too big for the scrapbook paper to fit around. I was so upset and didn't know what I was going to do. That's when I had the idea to put the ribbon behind it. I think it turned out pretty well. Actually I like it better than I would if it didn't have the strip of ribbon! I just glued a strip of ribbon to the candle then wrapped the scrapbook paper around and glued it.

After I was done decorating them, I thought I can't leave the bottoms just plain and waxy. I wanted my mom to be able to put them on a table and not worry about messing the table up. I decided to cut a circle of the scrapbook paper and glue it to the bottom. I remembered I had some small felt stickers that we used on the bottom of our furniture to keep it from scratching our hardwood floors. I stuck a couple of those on the bottom and voila!



I really love how the candles turned out!! I'm thinking about making some for myself! What crafty projects have ya'll done lately??

19 comments:

  1. Way cute! My mom would love this, I might have to give it a try! Have a great day! ~andrea

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  2. Those are absolutely gorgeous! I have a ton of scrapbook paper that I haven't been using, so this is a great idea. Here's a dumb question for you though--can you burn these, or will the paper catch on fire?

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  3. Those are too cute! What a great and easy idea. I hear ya on Hobby Lobby, I'm the same way!

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  4. Look at you girly, I am so impressed with your crafting skills! Love the thoughtful monogram touch and the little felt pads on the bottom are genius! Well done pretty lady, your gift recipients are very lucky!! :) Have a great day! xox

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  5. GIRL! I love these! If you ever need to 'practice' on any more projects...feel free to make things for ME! lol Seriously...they turned out great!!! She will LOVE them!!! I am so behind on my craftiness! Hopefully during my summer break, I can get my craft on!!!

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  6. How fabulous! Like I need another reason to go to HL! Love it! Hope your having a wonderful Tuesday! xoxo

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  7. Wow, look at you! These look amazing. Great job. Your mom's going to absolutely love them.

    xo
    Valerie

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  8. These are really lovely! Your Mom will love them.

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  9. Not that crafty over here. But you sure are! Those candles are amazing. I hear Etsy calling your name. :)

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  10. The Bumpkin can't do this, but I love the paper. Not a crafty bone in my body, but I do love all you have done. Love the ribbon color you chose with the brown. Ummmm gonna search out these two in the closet!

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  11. I love Taboo too! Should have added that one. Actually haven't played it in awhile though because in our house, that game would get too loud with laughter and buzzing, that it would probably wake the girls. :)

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  12. These are awesome! I love the design and creativity! Your mom is going to love them.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Best,
    Marcie

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  13. Such a cute and clever idea - I may have to hijack this and make my Mom some lovely candles! Thanks for the idea!

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  14. I love this idea. I have been collecting a few pillar candles for the purpose of decorating them. I was hoping to find information about safety. Has anyone had their candle combustion into a fireball?

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