Guest Post: Elle's Candle Tin DIY!

Hello I'm Elle and I run a blog named Elle.mnop. I am a web designer by day and a craft-a-holic by night! Being in the computer so much everyday its so relaxing to come home and actually create something tangible. Plus I feel like it makes me so much more creative!

One craft project I have always wanted to do is to create candles. After talking to a few of my friends, I realized its a lot harder and expensive than I had originally thought. Of course because I was so excited already though I had bought some great vintage tins to make the candles in. The tins are so fun and colorful though that I didn't want them to go to waste so I thought of a new idea. I ended up putting the candle inside of the tin and just changing the tin itself. Below is the how to and I hope you have fun!

The first step is of course to find some tins and candles to put inside of it. I ended up having to shave down one of my candles a lot to fit into the small tin. It wasn't too hard to do but caution because it did make a pretty big mess!

Really the only other step is to punch out the holes. First I tried to use a hammer and nail to do this but it ended up taking forever and was just not practical. So I brought in the big guns aka power tools! I used an electric screwdriver to put a screw through the tin and then came back and widened up the hole a bit with a nail by twisting it around inside. I spaced out my dots in rows but you could make them random or even do patterns like diamonds. It does get a bit time consuming but I watched tv while doing it so it wasn't bad at all!

I love candles and now after lighting them next to my altered book sculpture it was completely worth it and I love how they turned out! The light was reflected beautifully on everything around it and was especially fun to take some blurred lighting pictures with! I hope you enjoyed a little bit of craft time and now that I am sponsoring the lovely Little Chief Honeybee I hope to get to know you! So stop on by my blog or facebook page and say hello!

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Huge thanks to Elle for keeping the blog company while I'm out and about! She's such a rad gal and I'm so glad I'm able to call her a friend! Her blog is full of awesome DIYs and flea market finds so be sure to swing by and check it out! You won't be disappointed! xo