Altered Votive Candle Holder

Planning a wedding? Check out this fantastic project from scrapbooking expert Lisa M. Pace of It's in the Details for altered votive candle holders. Inexpensive materials include white tissue paper and buttons, and the result is simply stunning.

Materials:

• Clear Votive Holder
• White Tissue Paper
• Collage Pauge Instant Decoupage (Matte)
• White Seam Binding or Ribbon (approximately 30” in length)
• 1 - Small Bunch of Flowers or Single Flower
• Mini Alphabet Stamp Set
• Black Ink Pad
• 1 - Jewelry Tag
• 1 – White Button
• 3 – Self Adhesive Pearls
• Scissors
• Paint Brush
• Adhesive

Instructions:

1. Wrap white tissue paper around entire votive holder and trim tissue paper from the top.
   
   
    
2. Apply Collage Pauge Instant Decoupage (Matte) with a paint brush until all the tissue paper is attached to the votive holder, let dry.
   
   
    
3. Once dry trim off any remaining tissue paper that is not flush with the top of the votive holder.
    
4. Cut white seam binding or ribbon to approximately 30” in length, find the center of the ribbon, wrap around the votive starting at the front cross in the back and bring seam binding or ribbon back to the front again, tie a knot, place a single flower or small bunch of flowers on top of the knot and tie a bow.
   
   
    
5. Apply three self adhesive Pearls onto a white button, attach button to bow center.
   
   
    
6. Stamp monogram onto jewelry tag using black ink.
   
   
    
7. Attach jewelry tag around the flower bunch.
   
   

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