Though this tutorial is in Spanish, you can see how to accomplish this just from the pics. By gathering some baker’s twine, votive holders, and tape, you can spruce up a simple household candle with this charming doily candle holder. … Read More...
Beeswax Flower Mason Jar Candles
With Easter coming up in a couple days, I’m excited about everything spring. Garden Therapy has a candle idea I am very excited about making and gifting to friends. This project begins with making soy and beeswax candles in a … Read More...
Make a Beeswax Egg Candle for Easter
Make your own egg-shaped beeswax candle using real egg shells! The egg shells are hollowed out using sharp pins and some lung power. According to the tutorial‘s author, morning sun rae, these smell sweet in person. Happy Easter!
Crayon-Dipped Ombre Candles, Perfect for Easter
Momtastic has an idea they call ombre-dipped candles for Mother’s Day, but don’t these look just like carrots? I love that these are made by reusing old crayons too! Since this project involves dipping a store-bought candle into wax, this … Read More...
Handmade Thank You: Mason Jar Candles
Bridal blog Something Turquoise offers a great idea for wedding thank-yous: making your own mason jar candles! The tutorial they share is beautifully photographed, making candle making appear completely doable, even for beginners. Maybe it’s the colors used in the … Read More...
Easter Egg Candle Holder Project
Visit The CSI (craft something inspiring) Project has a really cute wooden candle holder idea that’s perfect for this time of year. You’ll need some decorative eggs, wooden craft pieces, a dowel, spray paint, and wood glue to make your … Read More...
Easter Candle Holder with Twine Bird’s Nests
Chirp chirp! I want to make tiny needle-felted birds to go along with this candle holder so badly right now, I should be embarrassed (but I’m not). I found the tutorial for this project at the blog Beneath My Heart. … Read More...
Soft-Boiled-Egg Candles for Easter
At this point, regular followers of this blog must know that I love Martha Stewart. Using real egg shells, she has created these sweet candleholders that will warm up any Easter table. They’re so brilliant because when lit, these candles … Read More...
Easter Tree with Hanging Votive Candles
The Canadian website weddingbells featured this idea in a roundup about spring wedding inspiration, but I think it would be an amazing idea for an ambitious Easter decoration that involves hanging baby’s breath in jars, roses suspended with ribbon, and … Read More...
Wine Glass and Tea Light Easter Centerpiece
Craftideas.info has a lovely tutorial that demonstrates how to use wine glasses and small artificial eggs to create an adorable Easter centerpiece. This project involves soldering wires to tea light inserts to create a suspended tea light holder that can … Read More...
DIY Ice Candles
A couple years ago, a cousin of mine got married in February in Minnesota, USA. The whole thing was gorgeous, particularly the reception. Some of her centerpieces involved candles floating in ice water, and they were so beautiful to look … Read More...
Daffodil Candles
Ahh, Martha Stewart. No one knows how to do spring better, in my opinion. I was looking for some seasonally appropriate ideas and found these lovely votive holders that help cast soft light across a table setting. They look like … Read More...
Woodgrain Candle Embellishment
Aren’t these darling? I just came across these to-die-for candles at The Divine Minimalist. Using woodgrain contact paper, an x-acto knife, and some store-bought candles. The bird silhouette and chevron background pattern in the photo above are just adorable. … Read More...
Turn an Orange into a Candle
These orange peel candles look, quite literally, good enough to eat! Check out Boulevard Pink’s tutorial on how to turn any citrus fruit or thick-skinned veggie (think pumpkins, acorn squash, etc.) into a tasty little candle. I am going to … Read More...
Fabulous Driftwood Candle Holder
This driftwood candle holder would be perfectly at home at any lake or beach house, rustic wedding, or classy home. The tutorial comes from the blog View the Horizon and is in Swedish, but the finished product is beautiful in … Read More...
Embellished Candle Tutorial
Carolyn’s Homework recently posted a tutorial on how to embellish candles using waxed paper, tissue paper, and a blow dryer. She also has a couple of other candle embellishment ideas in her tutorial post that are completely adorable. Go check … Read More...
Hanging Votive Jar DIY
Last week, I posted about some hanging candle lanterns I found at MarthaStewart.com, and you guys let me know how much you liked the idea in the comments. The Offbeat Bride, an alternative wedding blog, has a DIY on … Read More...
Wine Bottle Candle Holders
I’m always on the lookout for interesting candle ideas, and I get excited whenever I find ideas that are both simple and elegant. This photo of a dinner party, found on the blog Natural Beauty, features clear wine bottles … Read More...
Romantic Votive Holders
Take a cue from Julie Ann Art, who sifted through her craft supply stash last month and threw together some romantic candle holders “in like two minutes.” They cast nice soft light and would be easy to modify for … Read More...
