I've been having fun using different evergreen trimmings from our garden for our holiday decorating. Yesterday I started working on a candle vignette and decided to add some Natural Candle Bobeches.
What is a Candle Bobeche?
It's a decorative collar to catch wax drippings - also used to add/suspend glass crystals on chandeliers.
I love the glass look - but I wanted a natural, easy and free look!
To create the bobeches I started with 3 candlesticks picked up at thrift stores.
I headed outdoors and snipped a few greens off a juniper, boxwood and yew.
Mr. Charmer had some tag wire (sorry don't know gage size) used to shape the base...
the wire is flexible enough to be shaped. The wire was for shaped using the top of the candlestick lip...
and used a needle nose pliers to twist the ends together.
I made 2 round and 1 square (or close to a square).
The first was made was with a boxwood cutting and placed on top of the candlestick base.
The boxwood was attached to the form using the wire from a floral pick. It was the only flexible wire I had on hand and worked really well, easy as untwisting from the pick.
I like how they look, the first is juniper, boxwood and then yew.
A very simple easy project to do, less than 40 minutes.
A very quick, easy and inexpensive holiday project.
Have you used any candle Bobeches in your decorating?
Savvy Southern Style
Cathy,
These are so pretty. Looks easy to do, too.
Yael from Home Garden Diggers
Thanks so much, I am very pleased with them too!
These are so pretty and really add so much charm to your thrifted candlesticks. Thanks for sharing the tutorial:-)
I was surprise that they do add charm, when I was making them I wasn't thinking about charm. I will be making them each year from now on!
Cathy - what a darling project! Thanks for sharing such a pretty tutorial!
xoxo laurie
So glad you liked them Laurie, a very easy project for the beauty it provides.
Fantastic project and thanks for the tutorial.
Thanks, so are your Washi tags!
Those are so pretty Cathy! Glad you shared them with the party. Nice tut too.
So cute! I use these on my candles for the season, but never thought to make my own. I guess I'll just have to do fresh from now on.
Saw you sharing at Debbiedoo's.
Debbie
Cute idea!
Really lovely, what a great little addition that adds a real pop to your candles. Mary
These are really pretty. Wish I had some pretty greens growing right now but we don't/You did a good job on these.
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