Day 5: Easy print candles

I needed a quick & easy project today – so here’s a 5 minute candle upgrade that just adds a little something extra…. and the fact that it’s a Pottery Barn inspired project just makes it even more fun :) I love these newsprint candles – but at $16.50 for the small one, I thought it was just a tad bit pricy. Since I keep a good supply of $1.50 each pillar candles, I thought it might be fun to see if I could save $15. I’ve seen this technique before, but I have no idea where (it’s been ages ago…. if you know where it came from let me know and I will gladly give credit where credit is due.) I used a candle, some tissue paper, some card stock, tape, a push pin, scissors, a hair dryer, my printer & computer. First I found a dictionary printable at Graphics Fairy. This particular one had bats on the page, so it was kinda Halloweenish. And, I had all of it on hand – loveeee use what you have projects!
I taped & trimmed the tissue paper to fit the card stock, so that when I ran it through the printer, then I could have the print on the tissue paper.
I cropped the graphic so it would print only a portion of the page, landscape direction. Now it it long enough to wrap around the candle.
Next I trimmed the page to wrap around the candle and used a push pin to hold it into place.
Using the hair dryer, blow directly through the paper towards the candle. You want to slightly melt the wax so that it will grab the paper. It only takes a few minutes and you’ll see the melted wax adhere to the paper.
And then you have a dictionary candle… easy, huh? I guess you’re getting tired of me being all sneaky and hiding the whole mantle – only 2 more days until the big reveal….

See ya later for Transformation Thursday!