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Love Lights

Show someone how much you love them with one of these jam jar candle holders

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/love-lights • Posted by Crafta La Vista

These candle holders are really simple to make and have a real wow factor in your house or as a gift for a special someone this Valentines day!

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

0 h 30

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
Medium lovelights Medium heart jar Medium jamjartitle

Description

These candle holders are really simple to make and have a real wow factor in your house or as a gift for a special someone this Valentines day!

Instructions

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    Take a plain jam jar. You can either buy these or at a much cheaper price pick up a jar of savers jam from a supermarket and clean the jar out, then leave it to dry Hot water helps soak of the label

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    For the first candle holder, take a piece of lace and glue it to the middle of the jar

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    Wrap the lace around and cut it at a point where the ends overlap, then glue it down

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    Cut out a red heart from a scrap of felt

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    Glue the heart to the front of the jar

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    Second candle holder - take another jar

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    Use the glue gun to draw the shape of a heart on your jar and then place the wool on the glue, leaving a long strip hanging down

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    Glue spirals around the jar and wrap the wool on top of it, cutting off any excess when you are finished

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    1 more jar to go

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    Repeat the same process as the one before to glue the heart but you don't need any excess - chop that bad boy off I tried twine for this one instead of wool, for a vintage feel to it

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    Rip up a few pages from an old book into small pieces Use some mod modge (or PVA) to layer the pages to the jar and make sure you do a thin coat over the top as well to give it a varnished look once dried

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    So there you have it, 3 easy candle holders - but don't let that stop you, there are lots of different styles you can try out with bits and piece you can find round the house!