I am slowly but surely starting to break out my Christmas décor, and slowly but surely putting away fall and Thanksgiving items. Normally, I have a very strict routine of not getting any Christmas items out before Thanksgiving. In fact, the only Christmas item I will have out beforehand is our tree (which we will cut down and light – but not decorate – the weekend before Thanksgiving). After Thanksgiving dinner is when I get out all of my Christmas decorations for the tree and home… it makes for a fun holiday activity on Thanksgiving when all the guys are watching football!
Since John and I will be out of town in Seattle this Thanksgiving, I don’t feel as much of a need to honor this tradition – I want everything ready for Christmas by the time we get home (and not to mention, Thanksgiving is so late this year that we will hardly have a month to enjoy everything if I don’t get it out beforehand!). Along with festive decorations comes baked goodies and DIYs… I love it all!
This past weekend I did my first Christmas DIY for the season. It was easy, inexpensive, and included glitter and festive-scented candles... an all-around DIY win, if you ask me!
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What you need:
-Pillar candles
(I bought scented pillar candles at Walmart... the tall were $2.97 and the short were $1.97)
-Painter's tape
-Paint brush
-Glitter
-Mod Podge
How to:
It is quite simple… start by using the painter’s tape and tape your pillar candles where you want the glitter line to be. I varied the heights of glitter so that they wouldn’t all be uniform (the variations makes them more visually interesting!). Use a paint brush and cover the lower half of the candle with Mod Podge and sprinkle with glitter. Allow the glitter to dry (I waited over night to be sure). Once the candles are dry, give them a good tap or two to remove the extra glitter and then slowly peel off the tape.
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Sooooo pretty and inexpensive!
ReplyDeleteThese look great and you make it sound super easy!!! I agree with Thabksgiving feeling super late!!! It feels so short this year!!
ReplyDeleteYour candles turned out great & it's kind of making me want to be crafty this weekend and make some of these myself. Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteGirl- those candles look amazing!! I wish I was better at DIY… I should really just go peruse around Michaels and see what inspiration strikes. I'm getting my first real tree this year & can't wait :)
ReplyDeletecute idea!! im really strict about waiting til after thanksgiving to start decorating too! but ill be in chicago for tday sooo maybe it's ok to start early ;) xo jillian - cornflake dreams
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute idea! I wish I was better at diy... I always think I'm not creative enough or not crafty enough but maybe if I'd just give myself a chance I could surprise me :)
ReplyDeleteAnother DIY win and one that I could actually do!! Such a great idea!!
ReplyDeleteGoing home to work on this ASAP. Looks so easy with such pretty results!
ReplyDeleteThese are great! So pretty! I'll have to remember this DIY for next year when we have room to store them after Christmas ;)
ReplyDeleteSo pretty & simple! Pretty sure I could handle this one too :)
ReplyDeleteYou have the best simple DIY's ever and I just love it. It's sad that Caleb and I haven't decorated for a season yet. Obviously Christmas is always a must but just being married for a little over a year, we don't have a huge collection of decor for all the other times of the year!
ReplyDeleteI love this! I will be working on a set of my own soon!
ReplyDeleteSarah
Cute idea! And seems pretty fool proof! Thanks in advance for a fun project this weekend!
ReplyDeleteMartha Stewart glitter? You are the Martha of the blog world, by the way.
ReplyDeleteThese are so, so pretty! They would be a perfect addition to my Christmas decor and to my bar cart year round! Love!
ReplyDeletexo Southern Style
I love these! Anything with glitter is an immediate yes from me! These sound easy enough and so pretty! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSo fancy!!!!
ReplyDeleteOooh, these are so pretty!!! What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteLove it. It's just the right amount of sparkle!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty I love them! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love these! I bet a dollar store carries all the supplies too. Great DIY!
ReplyDeleteYou KNOW I love this! Glitter improves everything! xo
ReplyDeleteThese are AWESOME!!
ReplyDelete~Ashley @ A Cute Angle
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The white and gold. On point! Thanks for sharing this fun and simple craft!
ReplyDeleteLove! They look so awesome!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! I love how the glitter really adds sparkle to the candles.
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous and look so simple! My kind of DIY!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this idea- doing it! :)
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