Picket Fence Holder

Here's a project with multiple uses!  This Picket Fence Holder from Terry Ricioli makes unique napkin rings and unique votive candle holders!  This cute and versatile project is great for wedding favors or spring decor!

Materials:

• Picket fence
• Craft wire
• Acrylic beads
• Glass votive candle holder and votive candle
• Wire cutters
• Pliers
• Paint color of your choice
• Paintbrush
   

Instructions:

1. Cut the picket fence where it meets when wrapped around the votive.
   
   
    
2. Press the wire ends against the pickets with the pliers.
   
   
    
3. Paint the fence in your favorite spring color.
   
   
    
4. Cut a piece of wire about 8" long and leaving a tail, wrap it around a picket on one end of the fence and then the other end to hold the fence in a circle. Add beads to the ends of the wire and curl the ends of the wire. Craft wire is easy to curl using a pencil or a dowel, or you can use round nose pliers. Cut another piece of wire and make another wrap in the same way to secure the ends together.
   
   
    
5. Continue the process varying the lengths of the wire and placement on the fence until it's covered as much as you like, adding beads as you go. Slide it over the votive.
   
   
    
6. Here's a set in green. You can also use this design as a napkin ring. Or, you could put it around a small vase or flower pot.