Everyone I know loves candles so I plan on accenting several like this one for the holiday season and giving them as housewarming gifts. I’m also thinking about using them as placecards for each dinner guest at Thanksgiving. All I need to do is tie the sheer oval around individual clear votive holders. Then when the candle is lit the sheer will have a stained glass effect.

These would also be cute on a child’s table setting by tying some around clear plastic cups and filling them with candy corn or tying them around linen napkins to use as napkin rings. I could go on and on as there are so many ideas for this little cutie.

This candle accent was created using a Maya Road Sheer Oval Keychain Set, Alcohol Inks by Ranger in Terra Cotta, Latte and Pearl, Maya Road Jonathan Chipboard Alphabet, Adirondak Metallics Acrylic Paint Dabber in Gold and Gold Glitter from the Regal Glitter Collection by Melissa Frances.

To get the embossed look I ran one of the Oval Sheers through my Cuttlebug using the Textile Embossing Folder. It is attached to the candle with tulle.  This project takes about 5 minutes from start to finish.

Here is a project for you. To spiffy up this old votive candle holder all I did was apply some of the new Maya Road “Flower Me” rubons all around the outside of this candle holder. This took me less than 5 min. I placed the sheet of rubons onto my paper cutter horizontally then cut 2 strips 1.75″ wide, wrapped one strip of rubons around the candle holder and applied the rubons, wrapped the second strip of rubons around the candle holder and applied… Bam, I was finished.

To make sure the rubons are protected I would spray the entire outside of the candle holder with a thin layer of clear varnish or something like it. I can see several of these in a cluster along a mantel, end table etc. You can accent several votive candle holders with one sheet of rubons.

Man do I love the Sheer Crown Coaster Album by Maya Road. Not only is it adorable used as a mini album but the individual pages are perfect to create with too. I wanted to spiff up my candle holder for the upcoming holidays and thought a page from the Sheer Crown Coaster Album would be perfect so I glittered, painted, tied and glued and in a few hours this is what I created.

Here is a photo of the candle lit at night. It is so pretty. I wish you could see how it sparkles and glows in person. Man this little piece makes me want to take out all my Christmas decorations, turn on some holiday music and bake some cookies.