Candle gift

These are some candles I made for my mom and mother in law for when they came up for Thanksgiving. I just wanted to give them something as a token of thanks for coming up to spend the holiday with us. These make great simple gifts for teachers, neighbors, coworkers, family and friends. Buy a candle ( or make it if you are so inclined) and buy some ribbon that is in a coordinating color to the candle color or the holiday and simply take off the label on the candle glass and hot glue the ribbon to the glass.  You could also make a cute tag with some sort of sentiment for the gift as well. Happy Giving!

cinnamon sticks, candles, ribbon and glass, Oh my!

I got this inspiration from one of those free craft recipe cards at one of the major craft stores, there's was using bamboo, but Thanksgiving was coming around and so I had to change it up a bit. :) It is the type of project you could do fairly easily for different holidays or seasons. So I bought a glass rectangular jar ( found in most craft stores), 2 packs of small cinnamon sticks, some coordinating ribbon and a candle that was the appropriate color and a yummy smell. I then laid the glass on it's side and used a hot glue gun to glue the cinnamon sticks to the sides like a fence.  When that dried I took the ribbon I bought and tied it into a bow around the glass and cinnomon sticks and put the candle in the middle. These make for good home decor or gifts. You could also but the cinnamon sticks ( or candy canes or bamboo etc.) to different heights to change the look a bit.

 Here is the front view! Hope you enjoyed this quick and easy project to make your home festive and smell wonderful! AJ

 

 

Here is another version that I found on pinterest, I followed the link and the blog it is on is amazing too! http://sassysites.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas-using-ribbon.html