DIY: Recycling Old Candle Jars

Hi Everyone!

For some reason this weekend I was in an extremely crafty mood. What I decided to do was take an old candle jar that I had laying around and recycle it into something else. I originally wanted it to be used for tea lights but in the end I changed what I wanted to use it for. I am going to take you through cleaning out the candle and then the crafty part of it that I did. 

Let's Get Started!

Let me start with what you will need to make a candle jar like the one I have done.

Brush

Mod Podge

A Candle Jar

Jewels 

Glitter

Tea Light (Optional)

Now to get your candle jar cleaned out this is the best way I have found to do it.
Stick your candle in the freezer. it doesn't need to be long 15-20 minutes.
Then when you take it out take a knife and push on it and it will crack it. Do that a few times and start digging out the pieces and they should come out fairly easy.
Now you may still have the wicks at the bottom run them under hot water and pull them off then proceed to clean out the jar and dry it off and you are ready to go.

My first step was to mix the two glitters that I had. I had white and silver and needed to mix them otherwise I would not have had enough glitter. 

Then take a paper plate or anything else you can just throw away and pout out some mod podge onto it. 

What you are going to do is using the brush take the mod podge and cover the bottom half of the candle jar with it using a pretty thick coat. 

What I originally tried to do was to roll it in the glitter but that did not work out so well. It worked a little bit but not great so in the end I had to sprinkle the glitter over the jar.

Next line the top of the glitter part with mod podge and attach the jewels to create a line around it. 

The final step is to apply the mod podge on top of the glitter. This will create a seal so that the glitter will not fall off on your hand or anything else if you were to touch it. It will look like glitter is coming off but trust me it is not. 

Make sure you are dabbing it on though and not painting it on otherwise the glitter will come off.

It will probably take overnight to dry but just be patient it will dry clear.

Like I stated above I was going to use it as a tea light but I love it and instead am using it as a makeup brush holder. 

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How To: Hair Bows (Fashion Friday)

Hi Everyone!

 

Today I am going to be sharing with you how to make my favorite type of bow. I love making bows and it is one of my favorite things to do when I am bored. They are really simple and easy to make and a whole lot cheaper then going out and buying premade bows from places like forever 21. I think bows are so fun to wear and are also great for football games!

 

Let's Get Started!

 



My Bow Board in my apartment!

 

 



 

STEP 1: Gather supplies, you will need a glue gun, lighter, solid thick ribbon, same color thin ribbon, and then lace.

 

 

STEP 2: Glue the lace to the solid thick ribbon.

 

 

STEP 3: Fold the pieces in half and then unfold them so you can see the crease then put glue along the crease

 

 

STEP 4: Take the ends and bring them to the middle where there is glue. Do not place the ends over each other but so that the two ends meet in the middle.

 

 

STEP 5: Turn the bow over to the front and fold it in half and place a small dot of glue in the center on the bottom and hold it together. Make sure the top edges in the center are not glued together.

 

 

STEP 6: Take the outer two edges and fold them over to the back and glue them.  

 

 

STEP 7: Put glue on the edge so that you will be able to put the two bows together

 

 

 

STEP 8: Stick the two bows together at the centers

 

 

STEP 9: Take the thin solid ribbon and glue the end to the back of the bow.

 

 

STEP 10: Wrap the thin ribbon around the bow.

 

 

STEP 11: Once you get back to the back of the bow put a bobby pin on it.

 

 

STEP 12: Then glue the ribbon and bobby pin down.

 

 

 

STEP 13: Take your lighter and run it along the edge of the thin ribbon so that it will not fray.

 

 

Tada you are finished!

 

 

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