Christmas Candles...A Tutorial !

Well, I've never done a tutorial before but I always appreciate the ones I find on blogs....so here goes!  If you have any questions, just ask away! I also want to give credit to everyone that helped me with this project!

I got the idea from Castle and Cottage and if you go to her blog you will see her amazing candles! A special thank you to her for this wonderful idea!

And my graphics are from The Graphics Fairy and Two Crazy Crafters ! Thanks to these special ladies for the beautiful sheet music pages I used!

So here goes....

I went to the Dollar Tree and bought white pillar candles...

for ONE dollar each...thank you very much!

I used this Ivory Linen Finish paper but you can use whatever you have. The linen paper has some beige color to it and a nice texture so it adds to the look I was trying to achieve.

I found so many pretty things to print......

This particular print I copied as a 5 by 7 but I made others full page and cut them down.

I trimmed the top and bottom to get the perfect size.

You need some overlap but I didn't want too much...so I marked and trimmed....

then I used double stick tape. You could glue but I LOVE double stick tape!

SO EASY!

Stick on one side....

Lay it down and wrap around....

And this is how it will look...

and then the FUN begins!

I loved deciding what ribbon or embellishment to use!

I already had some bigger versions of this pillar candle in other colors so I covered them, too! lol

And the nice thing about this project...if you get carried away and cover ALL of your candles in Christmas paper....

it will be easy to take off after Christmas! heehee!

But won't they make nice gifts? Which one do you like best?

I've had so much fun with this,

that I am linking to It's a Hodgepodge Friday !

ENJOY crafting and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!