Showing posts with label Skulls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skulls. Show all posts

Monday, October 16, 2023

Halloween: Easy Skull Candles

 


Can you ever have enough candles? Especially ones easy to "make" and that go with your Halloween decor? Clearly, my answer is: "Of course not!"


These are super easy to make and can be done in any style you like.


Supplies:

  • Plain Glass Candles (Dollar Tree)
  • Decorative Napkins (Walmart)
  • Mod Podge (Stash)
  • Cording and Beads (Stash)
I keep plain glass jar prayer candles from Dollar Tree in my stash, and picked up a $.98 package of napkins at Walmart. 


If you want a more opaque look, you can skip this part but I was going for a more translucent effect so I separated the patterned layer from the white backing. 


This also lets the Mod Podge seep through better. After I separated the layers, I tore the edges of the napkins both for appearance and because they were too tall for the candles. 


If you have any edges hanging over, no worries. Use lightweight sandpaper, a sanding block or an emery board to sand off once the candles are dry. 


Spread Mod Podge down the length of the candle and adhere one edge of the napkin. Normally, I coat the object and the paper I'm adhering but since the napkins were so absorbent, I just tacked one edge, and then applied the Mod Podge atop the napkin as I wrapped it around the candle. 


For this project, all of the crinkles and wrinkles just added to the look! I let these dry overnight. 


You can see here where I had some edges that were hanging over. I used a sanding block on them and they came right off. 


To finish, I grabbed some waxed cotton cording and crystal beads to wrap around the tops. 



When lit, you can see the glow come through the skulls! 


So now we have some spooky candles to accent our table! 

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Til Death Do Us Part Couples Shower Candles


 Happy Halloween all! Hope those of you with Trick or Treaters are prepared for tonight. We are winging it. We have no idea if we'll get any at all but I was a Girl Scout so I'm prepared with candy ( my favorites just in case no one shows!).

My BFF just threw an amazing couples shower for "our" daughter and future son-in-law. The inside joke is that I'm her "real" mom because we tend to like a lot of the same things, and those things are very different from what my BFF tends to like. We all converge around Harry Potter!  Since we were pregnant together, there's always been a connection there.

The wedding isn't until January but "our" daughter LOVES Halloween and all things skully and gothic so October was the perfect time for the shower.

Supplies:

  • Plain Prayer Candles (Dollar Tree)
  • Black Vinyl ( I used Cricut Glossy Black)
  • Skull Image ( downloaded from Silhouette online store)
  • Decorative Paper ( I had this in my stash)
  • Washi Tape (also stash)


Tip: if you need Dollar Tree items in a specific quantity and don't want to risk your store not having enough, you can order online and have sent to your store for you to pickup. I had a little hiccup with mine but it's the first time it's happened and luckily the store still had the 20 candles I needed.



I wrapped the bottom of 10 with the silver paper and 10 with the black and silver paper.




I used a strong double sided tape to adhere. I had some coordinating washi tape in my stash so I used it with the silver paper. 

My images were busy  cutting on my Cameo while I was wrapping the candles. Once they were cut, the fun began: weeding. Not my favorite part of vinyl, but oh so necessary! 


Weeding As Art ! These are all my little scraps removed from the images. 



Once the weeding was complete and the transfer tape applied, applying the images to the candles was easy peasy.  My BFF was so happy with them and they went perfectly with how she'd decorated for the shower.