Wedding DIY Candles and Votives
Add your style to your special day—maximize wedding romance with a minimum of budget!
Material List
- WEDDING DIY PILLAR CANDLES
- Pillar Candles, Tall – Color of Choice
- Pillar Candles, Short – Color of Choice
- Charger Plate – Color of Choice
- Filler – Style and Color of Choice
- Blumenthal Lansing Buttons – Crystals
- Silk Butterflies
- Recollections™ Embellishments – Paper Flowers of Choice
- Celebrate It® Ribbon – Color(s) and Style of Choice
- Recollections™ Scrapbook Papers – Color(s) and Style of Choice
- Jewelry Essentials™ Sequin Pins
- Recollections™ Adhesive Tape
- Craft Punches – Assorted Border
- Wire Cutters
- Scissors
- Paper Trimmer
- Ruler
- Low Heat Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
- WEDDING DIY VOTIVES
- Ashland™ Votive
- Recollections™ Bling on a Roll – Color(s) and Style of Choice
- Recollections™ Embellishments – Flowers of Choice
- Blumenthal Lansing Buttons – Style of Choice
- Gemstone
Project Instructions
Wedding DIY Pillar Candles
Tip 1 Sequin pins are great for attaching the flowers and ribbons. They will push easily into candles to hold embellishments.
Tip 2 Use adhesive tape to hold ribbons to the paper.
Tip 3 Cut the shanks from the buttons and glue them to candle.
Celebrate It® Ribbon and Blumenthal Lansing Buttons Tall Pillar Candle
Wrap ribbon around pillar. Bring the ends of the ribbon around the front and secure with sequin pins.
Cut the shanks from the buttons and glue to center of the ribbon.
Celebrate It® Ribbon Tall Pillar Candle
Measure ribbon to wrap around pillar and add 3". Cut ribbon.
Tie a knot in the center of the ribbon.
Wrap around candle, leaving the knot in the front, as shown.
Secure in back with sequin pins.
Trim ends of ribbon as needed.
Celebrate It® Ribbon Short Pillar Candle
Wrap wide, solid ribbon around the center of votive and secure with sequin pins.
Wrap narrow, sheer ribbon around the center of ribbon from step above.
Tie a bow in front of pillar, as shown.
Secure with sequin pins.
Recollections™ Scrapbook Paper and Flower Short Pillar
Cut desired scrapbook paper to width of pillar candle. Overlap ends of paper in back and secure with adhesive tape.
Cut a second style of desired scrapbook paper to 1½" and wrap around pillar. Overlap ends of paper in back and secure with adhesive tape.
Secure flower with glue.
Wedding DIY Votives
Celebrate It® Ribbon and Recollections™ Bling on a Roll Votive
Wrap wide ribbon around the center of votive and secure with adhesive tape.
Wrap narrow ribbon around the center of votive and secure with adhesive tape.
Attach Bling on a Roll around center of narrow ribbon, as shown.
Celebrate It® Ribbon and Recollections™ Flower Votive
Wrap ribbon around the center of votive and secure with adhesive tape.
Glue flower to the center.
Celebrate It® Ribbon and Recollections™ Gemstone Flower Votive
Wrap wide ribbon around the center of votive and secure with adhesive tape.
Wrap narrow ribbon around the center of votive and secure with adhesive tape.
Glue flower to the center.
Glue gemstone to the center of flower.
Celebrate It® Ribbon Votive
Wrap ribbon around votive. Bring the ends of the ribbon around the front.
Tie knot in front, as shown.
Secure with glue, if desired.
Celebrate It® Ribbon and Blumenthal Lansing Buttons Votive
Wrap ribbon around votive. Bring the ends of the ribbon around the front and secure with glue.
Cut the shanks from the buttons and glue to center of the ribbon.
Celebrate It® Ribbon and Blumenthal Lansing Buttons Votive
Cut the shanks from the buttons.
Wrap each around votive as shown.
Secure in back with glue.
Celebrate It® Sheer Ribbon Votive
Wrap sheer ribbon around votive.
Secure in back with adhesive tape.