Glue Gun

October 30, 2012 10 Comments

Happy Halloween Week lovelies!!!

Since Halloween is tomorrow, here’s a quick and easy craft you can whip up this evening!
A No Tricks, Just Treats Jar!
I made mine as a cute place to stash those candies that come unwrapped…
Things like candy corn. FYI – I love candy corn.

You only need a few materials for this cute craft!

Small jar with a lid (again, I chose one with a lid to store candies that aren’t wrapped)
Small sheet of black vinyl or stickers if you don’t have a craft cutter
Glow in the dark spider ring
Glue gun

I designed my vinyl using my Silhouette SD software. The font is Chiller, a fun font for Halloween projects!
The spiderweb was a free shape in the software.

I cut my design out using my Silhouette SD, then used transfer paper to apply the teeny tiny lettering and the spider web, an intricate design, to my jar. Sure, you could peel and stick, but with something as small as this, it’s just WAY easier to use transfer paper!
{See all those teeny tiny cutouts for the web!!!}

To add another touch of cuteness/fun I hot glued a spider to the lid of my jar, after applying the web.
I just cut the ring part off the spider then glued it down. {Like I did with these spiders…}

Next, fill your cute treat jar with cute treats!!!! 😉

Happy Halloween friends!!!!

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Christmas Ribbon Candles

December 14, 2011 5 Comments

Hello lovelies!!!
I am really enjoying fancying up these pillar candles for my two candles stands!!!
It’s fun to take something you use year round and adjust it for each holiday/season, don’t you think?!?

You can see my here and my Thanksgiving Candles here.

For Christmas here’s another (EASY and CHEAP) candle decorating idea!!!
First seen on An Irish Italian Blessing! Thanks Katherine!!!

Christmas Ribbon Candles

Materials needed:

1-2 (or more) pillar candles

Ribbon of your choice

(You could make these for anytime of year depending on the candles and ribbon you choose, by the way!)

Scissors

Spray Adhesive

Glue gun

~~Eyeball~~ Carefully measure around your candles, then cut your lengths of ribbon.

I cut three ribbons for each candle for a total of six ribbons, alternating the colors.

Spray the adhesive around the inside of the ribbon then attach to your candle, pressing down so it adheres.

Then to make sure it stays put…

I just dabbed a little hot glue on the outside end of the ribbon.

Match your ribbons on both candles if you want a cohesive look.

If not, you can alternate ribbon placement.

And viola! 😉

Really, this whole tutorial is a glorified set of instructions for glueing ribbon onto some pillar candles to spice them up! Easy peasy, right?!? Haha.