Holiday DIY Project by Beth Helmstetter
It’s time for another DIY Holiday Project and this one, by Beth Helmstetter, is total perfection. Whether you gift it to your girlfriends for the holidays or you use it as decor in your own affair, the end result is pure loveliness. Oh and by the way, Beth’s blog is FULL of inspiration and ideas that are so easy to fall in love with, so easy to obsess over.
image by Jose Villa
From Beth…
Every now and then I receive emails from brides searching for the candles used in Louisa and John’s wedding. Truth be told, these were a super easy, DIY project created by my team for the wedding which are so simple, I have even made a few for my personal collection. I find them to be the perfect compliment to not only weddings but to my own holiday decor. So whether you are want to make them for your own nuptials or just looking to dress up that mantel, here’s the scoop:
Materials
Inexpensive Straight Cylinder vase or candle holder (can be found for $3 to $10 at craft stores like Michael’s)
Eyelet Material or material of choice by the yard (We found ours in the fashion district of downtown LA, but there are plenty of resources online as well)
measuring stick
Spray Fabric Adhesive
Scissors
Instructions
1. First measure the height of your glass hurricane and cut the eyelet material to the appropriate width.
2. Spray the fabric adhesive onto the hurricane holder and wrap the candle slowly with the material, being sure to smooth out any wrinkles as you apply the material.
3. Trim the material that isn’t straight or that might be overflowing at the top of the candle holder. Allow to dry for up to 24 hours prior to use.
That’s it! Easy peasy! One last quick tip when searching for the right material for your candle holder. Some people prefer lace or a great sheer, but no matter what make sure to buy fabric by the yard, rather than trim. You will drive yourself crazy searching for a trim that is pre-cut to exactly 9″ wide or whatever the case may be. Also, we intentionally avoided materials with scalloped edging or a delicate trim. This allowed the candle holders to be uniform when we trimmed the final product.
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That's gorgeous! I think that I might steal this project for the tables at my reception!
Love this!! Thanks for posting!
Love this. I am going to attempt the project over the weekend in time for holiday gifts!
These are awesome :)
I made these for the wedding decor at a friends' wedding: except we used $1.00 cylinders from the Dollar Tree (score!)
and fancy vellums and cotton papers with double sided tape: gorgeous and we could use the paper afterwards!
OOoooo, Love it!! Viva DIY! :O)
Beautiful! What a great idea.
How lovely! What an easy way to give your event a dose of true personal style and charm. Love it!
niiiiice! i never thought i would DIY anything for our wedding as i am not crafty, but i just might be able to pull this off. thanks!
love these! they are so beautiful and I fell in love with these when I first saw them on Louisa and John's wedding!! :)
So beautiful! I love Beth's work!
these are adorable ... but i also left a note about the link to the blog and how when i went over to view the wedding pics, i picked up a virus. i thought i had posted through my iPhone on Friday night but please alert the blog owners and review for viruses sitting on the website. my IT group has been working on my laptop all day - this is not to get people to go to the link, please refrain and keep your computer virus free. thanks - a loyal style me pretty viewer
OMG girls! I just did this project on a whim last night. I spent only $40 and I bought:
12 yards of lace ($13 at a Fabric Store) * Trust me, you won't even need that much!
5 small glass votive jars ($0.97 at Walmart)
2 medium glass cylinders ($2.97 at Walmart)
1 can of spray adhesive (Elmer Brand, $5.97 at Walmart)
Tealights (scented, or unscented, 40 lights for $4.27 at Walmart)
6 (scented) larger votive candles (for medium cylinders) ($5.97 at Walmart)
The spray adhesive is genius! Alot of these craft sites will also suggest using glue guns. This is not a good idea because you'll get bleed through and clumping. The spray adhesive is a great idea because the lace goes on so smoothly. I also do not reccommend rolling the lace. Physics has it that the lace will start to roll another way (like a spiral), and won't roll on the cylinder in a clean straight fashion. For this, you'll need to put your hand in the jar, and gently put the lace on, bit by bit. That way, the lace is straight, and flat (won't bunch up).
They looked gorgeous! I will try to come back to the post and show a photo. It was beautiful, and looked so expensive! We're deciding that we're going to give these away as my bridal shower giveaways! They look so good!
Thanks for the idea!!!
This is so cute with the eyelet fabric! I've made something similar with vintage lace, and they turned out oh so pretty!
I love em! Thanks for the idea!
Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read anything like this before. So nice to search out someone with some authentic ideas on this subject. realy thanks for starting this up. this website is something that's wanted on the web, somebody with a little bit originality. helpful job for bringing something new to the internet!
LOVE this idea and am definitely doing this for the holiday season. I am going to due the lace with tea and then tear it up a little bit so that it looks vintage and a little more see through. Thank you so very much for your inspiration!
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