PB knock-off glass hurricanes
Sidenote: It was so convenient to have a one-stop-shop!
We used:
- 4 glass pillar candle holders: 2 medium, 2 large
- 2 candles: one short, one tall
- CraftBond double-sided tape
- CraftBond dual-tip flexible pen
- X-ACTO precision scissors
- Bag of firm cranberries
- From home we used: 2 pieces of card stock + 1 sheet of tissue paper.
To create the PB music sheet candles we semi-used a great tut from Can’t Stop Making Things but couldn’t get it to print with her instructions…. luckily, Elmers saved the day with CraftBond double-sided tape! Yay! We taped along the edges of the cardstock and pressed the tissue paper onto it and printed. Easy. From there we used our pretty pink X-ACTO precision scissors to cut the edges off {where the tape adhered to the cardstock} so we now had music sheet printed tissue paper 🙂
We squeezed a thin bead of glue using CraftBond dual-tip flexible pen along the edge of both candles, placed the tissue paper along it, wrapped the candle, trimmed the edges with our X-ACTO precision scissors and heated the paper onto the candle with a blow dryer:
So pretty!
Now to assemble the knock-off hurricanes:
Simpy fill 2 of them with pretty Christmas-y items, like pine cones from your tree or fresh, firm cranberries. {We let our little ones help!} Stack the empty pillar onto the filled one, add your music candle, light and enjoy the ambiance of designer holiday decor for less!
Great tutorial! $144 versus $29 bucks…yea $29 bucks route for sure! Thank you for sharing!
I just bought my medium hurricanes at walmart. Looks beautiful especially when you add the pinecones or orniments
So glad you got them! Hurricanes are such classic decor pieces! 🙂
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Wow, so pretty. I love to see knock-off posts. It's amazing to see how much money you can save with some creativity. Thanks for stopping by. Can't wait to check your site out some more. I am your newest follower. AND I have identical twins…are you guys identical?
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saw this on Flamingo Toes and jumped over here quick to see the whole idea! Beautiful! I have the same question about the candles…ok to burn w/ the tissue paper on them?? love your stuff! Kate
These are beautiful You did such a brilliant job of instructions. I actually followed step by step and made a set of candles in less than half an hour.
Love your blog. So many cute ideas!!
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These are so sweet! You did a great job with this- and I love that you could change them up ann's use them year round! I featured you today! http://www.flamingotoes.com/2011/12/crush-of-the-week-think-pink-features-33/
I love the whole thing! The candles wrapped in paper and the idea of having a new way to display stuff. Thanks so much!
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What a great idea, it looks so nice! I love the candles! So is it safe to light those with the paper glued to it?
SO pretty! I really like your cranberry one a whole lot more than their smaller one. Your candles look exactly the same too. They look amazing. Thanks so much for sharing!
Anything PB knock-offs are awesome! Would love love love for you to share this at our party going on now http://space46.blogspot.com/2011/12/co-hosting-pinteresting-link-party-week.html. Happy holiday! My
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Very pretty! Pottery Barn is my favorite to do knock off crafts-I saw these in their catalog too and there is no way I'd pay that much! I did some sparkle holly leaves in a ball jar in a similar style-decorating with nature is so fun 🙂
Brilliant! I'm awed by your talents and inspired to create one for our home. Thanks for the clear step-by-step, too 🙂
Happy Holidays!
Brilliant! I love how clever crafters can get when faced with ridiculously high prices. Thanks for sharing this! I was wondering how I'd get my tissue paper through the printer. >__>
Yep, that's what we did. The cardstock holds the tissue paper into place for printing reasons only. The tut we got the idea from has the download for the music we used (: Only we had to tape the whole way around unlike her tut. So easy!
Oh my goodness, the is
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!
I love the candles… just to make sure I understand this right, you copied music notes onto tissue paper using your printer, and cardstock??? I love how you used your hair dryer to get it on, the result is just stunning!
Thanks for showing off!
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I saw those in the PB catalog and knew there was an easy way to create a knock-off. And I love the music candle -that's going on my list for next year!
Very Cute! Yours are way better than PB!!! I am pinning and tweeting!! (and stumbling! haha)
Those look fabulous! And easy.
It looks amazing! You can't even tell that yours didn't cost under $30! Save the money & knoc-koff!
Beautiful!
I love the impact for not too much work! Stacking the candle holders was a great idea!
Beautiful! I want to make some of these!
Very pretty! And so easy too! Can't beat that. 🙂
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