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Aren't they gorgeous? Swoon-worthy in my book. I feel cheap using the word "knock-off" so I always use "xyz-inspired" instead. And I must give credit not only to Pottery Barn but to my fellow blogger friend Carol over at The Answer is Chocolate. I had seen these in blog-land and really wanted to make my own, but it wasn't until I saw her post about making one that I actually DID something about it! So thanks, Carol. You can check out her tutorial here.
My first attempts called for simple dollar store candles, one "with saint" {Jude, by the way} and one "without." It didn't matter either way because my Christmas music "wrapping" paper as I like to call it beautifully covered up anything that was on the outside of the original candle.
This one I embellished with a flower, diamond bling already attached. I then added a plastic gold decorative chain and an angel.
The flowers are actually dollar store hair pins, which I took apart and used for this project. I loved the finished candle so much that I actually dragged my daughters back to the dollar store with me to buy them out!
I'm thinkin' it was worth it!
But of course I didn't stop there.
I embellished this one with a repurposed pearl earring on the top, a gossamer fabric bow in the middle and a sterling silver cross for good measure.
I'm pretty happy with them ~ I think I feel some Christmas gift mojo coming on!
The vintage Christmas music images are compliments of Vintage Feedsacks. I saved the images onto my computer, copied them in color and trimmed them down to fit the candle. (Having a scrapbooking paper cutter comes in handy sometimes...) I used double-sided tape to attach the paper to the glass and the glue gun to attach the embellishments. Pretty simple and not too shabby!
I hope you like my Pottery Barn knock-offs inspired Christmas candles! Now if I could just get some elves to wrap all my gifts......
Have a great week!
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Oh Kathleen! I had no idea when I saw this in my reader that it would have anything to do w/ my candles. They're absolutely GORGEOUS!! Take that PB! And I must, must, MUST have those hair pins!
Kathleen, these turned out really nice. I've seen these all over too, gosh I am loving all the sheet music projects. Your bling is really cute too, GREAT job.
Come link these up to my party **Amaze me AUgust** I'd really love to share these.
Bella :)
I am looking for elves to do my chores also! :-D
Love the candles. I bought supplies to decorate candles last year, but never did anything with it all.
Have a great week.
These caandles are beautiful!
I love how these turned out!! And I don't blame you for wiping them out of those hair clips! Those are great. :)
Oh joy! I'm so glad you linked these up and I'm even more glad than I already was, that you cleaned out your $1 store of those hair clips. Mine had NOTHING like them.
I just love these and the way you embellished them. The possibilities are endless. The last time I was at the dollar store all the candles were gone. I think I'll have to check again after Christmas. Beautiful!!
Beautiful Idea! Ps I love Sixpence None the Richer too!
Turned out great!
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So cute! Thanks for linking up to TOO Cute Tuesday!
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BRILLIANT and gorgeous!!! Thanks for linking up to Thrilling Thursday @ Paisley Passions :) Hope you stop by again soon.
These are great! Even better than the originals!
Kathleen, I love your candles. They are simply gorgeous, and I wish I had a few for tonight!
Happy New Year!
Ricki Jill
These are very very beautiful, loves from Turkey:)
Beautiful and fun! Jeanette
These are beautiful I would love to have some of these for my coffee table, you did a fantastic job!
So pretty! These would be beautiful on my mantel!
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