I’m decorating my house for January right now. When I think January I think cold so I want to keep my house cozy, with warm candlelight and soft materials. Phase 1 of this plan was making some winter candleholders for my amazon scented candles. I wanted a snowy white color with warm candlelight peeping through. I’ve seen this idea before so I decided to replicate it on my own.
You’ll need:
- 4 small vases (I used a 4-pack of cups from Target for $3)
- A pack of rubber bands
- white matte spray paint (spray on primer works great)
- 4 small candles
Clean your cups so there are no fingerprint smudges. Wrap rubber bands of various sizes around your glasses. I liked angling some and adding thicker widths in the middle. Then take your glasses to your spray painting zone, turn them top side down and go to town. Mine required two coats for maximum coverage.
Once you like your coverage, find a trash can and slowly begin removing the rubber bands. Make sure you’re wearing grubby clothes and in a messy space. Stretchy elastic + spray paint = tons of tiny little paint flakes flying everywhere. Learn from my mistakes.
Once you finish removing all the rubber bands, wipe down your glasses with a wet rag and set some candles inside. Now dim the lights and enjoy your simple yet beautiful creations. I’m feeling warmer already.
Tomorrow I’ll be back to show you what I decided to put inside that apothecary jar on my table.
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When you removed the rubber bands, did you wait till the paint was dry?
Yup! I waited about 6 hours and they were nice and dry and just popped the rubber bands off. For a less-mess method using scissors to cut them off might work.
Can I do these with gold spray paint?
Love this idea for my wedding. Thank you!!
Very pretty!
so simple to make, such great results…xo
These look like something I’d find at Pier 1. I LOVE that store. These are so classy looking! I’m hosting a Winter Wonderland link party on Monday and would love it if you stop by and link these up!
-Melissa
http://www.serendipityandspice.blogspot.com
I’m a Pier 1 addict too! I’ll definitely stop by your blog for the link party next week, I can’t wait to see what everyone else is making.
Really pretty and clever idea! Wold be great if you could link it to my Craftastic Party:)
Oooohhh!! I saw your link on Serendipity and Spice’s party and I love this!!!!! It’s got a neat mid-century feel!! I’m totally doing this!! Thank you!!!! 🙂
Very pretty 🙂 Cant wait to see what you did with the apothecary jar!
Wow. Really pretty. Thanks for sharing.
Greetings from Germany
Catrin
Thanks so much for linking up to my Manic Monday link party…it was a huge success! Make sure you check back tomorrow when I feature the top 3 posts. I’ll be hosting another Manic Monday linky party this week- the theme is LOVE. 🙂
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Do you have to use just white paint? Or will any colour work too?
I know I’ve seen other people use frosted spray paint and they made a nice effect so I think you can switch up the colors. You probably want to stay light and thin with your paint to help make sure the light shines through but I can see a soft aqua glow or a few other shades looking really nice.
Will the paint get too hot?
I didn’t like the look or mess of the rubber bands when I did it, I’m making 20 for my wedding in August So what I did is first warped around twine string in a thick random pattern then painted with white paint/primer combo. I then stripped off the twine, no or at least limited paint flakes is sweet! I wiped it down, then I wrapped thin nylon string about a inch apart over the whole thing keeping then as even as possible. I then painted the string and let dry. Looks awesome, can’t wait for the wedding. I just hope the paint doesn’t get too hot. Maybe I should have used some kind of high heat paint, but the kind I bought was made for glass and I could see the other flaking off… maybe I worry too much.
Jake
I like the idea of twine. The paint hasn’t had any problems for me since I just painted the outside. I have let them run several evenings and everything has gone well. Just make sure you’re using strong glass. If you’re really worried, try a smaller candle and put someone on candle duty to check every hour or so to see if candles need to be replaced or rested. Good luck on the wedding!
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Hey there! Just wanted to let you know we featured you in our Favorite Find Fridays post over at Whimsically Homemade. We used one of your pictures. If that’s a problem let us know and we’ll remove it immediately. Thanks for your great inspiration!
Sounds great! Thank you for the feature!
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Thank you so much for sharing your great idea on the candle holders with the rubber bands ,!!!! Iam on a real tight budget and have twins neices that are having their grad party . Iam heading to the store now to get these things to put on all the tables !!! Just wanted you to know that your time and ideas , Iam so grateful for Thanks again !!. Debra
So pretty, and it seems so easy to do (although we’ll see once we try!) Thanks so much for sharing!
I love this so much! I’m collecting tutorials for budget-friendly vases and candle holders. This is going high on the list. So high that I’m going to feature it on my Be Inspired blog next week if that’s ok with you. I’ll send you a link via Facebook once it’s up. Love!
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I wantes to do this for my wedding centerpieces(purple is the main color). I tried it tonight and it didnt work for me 🙁 i used krylon indooroutdoor purple gloss spraypaint. Any tips i really love this idea and want to use it.
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This is really cool. I’m gonna try this!
I tried this last night for a pinterest party. They turned out sooo well. I couldnt believe how easy i was and how great they came out.
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Just made these in black. Love them! I will be making several more for gifts!
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i will be using this idea for my wedding in November. The only things I’m changing is that we will be using mason jars and spraying them silver. Question: does it have to be matte paint? and once i do them I will be sharing on Pinterest.com
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Dont use regular spray paint. Use primer. Otherwise the paint just flakes & peels off.
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Could you please specify exactly what brand/type of paint/primer you used to get the effect in the pictures? They look almost sandy and I love it! But there are so many options out there, I can’t tell which would be best, so I figured I’d ask!
These are so great, I shared them in our roundup post on the blog!
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