This is the very first one I ever made. Sweet little petite pipe cleaner candle stick.
Oh yes…it’s time (past time, probably) for us bloggers to start sharing Christmas ideas. The first down the pike is a faux vintage candle stick using vintage paper, pipe cleaners and hobby store embellishments. I came up with these a few years ago when I was looking for a hand made way to decorate my small, table top feather Christmas Tree. These are actually fairly simple and a great afternoon project that doesn’t require much in way of materials. Here is what is needed:
- 2 silver pipe cleaners per candle
- glue
- strips of paper approximately 2.5″ by 8″, preferably cut with scalloped scissors on the long edges
- Christmas themed embellishments
I hope you find some inspiration.
Always,
Cindy
xoxo
Pipe cleaners, hobby store holiday embellishments, glue or glue dots and strips of vintage paper.
These looks so pretty in a vintage container.
Here is the general progression. You will end up winding the coil up the corkscrew portion of the pipe cleaner. It acts as the bobeche.
The vintage paper adds a nice mellow touch.
Many different ways to decorate the finished product.
Vibrant reds against the greens looks lovely.
Make each one a little different. That is the fun part!
A pretty little Christmas poinsettia as a holiday flourish.
A tableside vignette that includes holiday blooms in a vintage ironstone pot.
Found at Round Top several years ago, each one of the hand blown ornaments is shaped differently. Kind of like these little pipe cleaner candle sticks!
Another great use for a vintage candy dish.
Strewn about effortlessly makes decorating easy instead of stressful
Hand blown vintage Christmas ornaments.
