I saw this really cool idea, while I was surfing the internet & I had to try it! I barely have any counter space in my basement bathroom. So I thought that this would be a resolution for my q-tips & cotton balls & even more importantly get them off the counter. The things you will need are: two candle stick holders, in this case I wanted to make two holders, so if you are doing two like what I did then you will need four holders. You can use all different sizes or styles of holders. I landed a really great deal on these four. I got all of them at Goodwill, the two larger ones were only $1.99 a piece & the two smaller ones were only a $1.00. Can't beat that at all.
Then you will need to find two jars with lids. I have been saving glass jars for quit some time so I didn't have problem finding any. You can use pickle, spaghetti sauce or jelly jars, I could go on and on. You could also use glass vases, without lids. Which would make a really cool glass terrarium. Which I will be doing soon, posts on that to come. But for this project I wanted to use something with a lid. Next I went to Michaels & found wood bobins & glued them to the top of the lids. I used the ever famous Gorilla glue that adhere to metal & wood. Let that dry for 24 hours.
Along with glueing the bobins to the lids, I glued one top of the candle holder to the top of the other one. To make sure that the two holders would adhere, I took some sand paper & ruffed up the tops alittle. Taking the glue & going around the rim of each candle stick & put one ontop of the other. I let the holders dry over night to make sure that the two adhere stronge. After the holders have been let to dry for 24 hours, if you used alot of glue when adhereing the two holders there might be some glue that has seeped around the rim of the two connected holders, this doesn't look appealing so I took some sand paper & just sanded down the exposed dry glue
I found a box that was big enough to fit the holders. I did this so that the spray paint wouldn't go all over when painting & plus I was spray painting these inside in a well vented room of course. haha. Also I painted the lids black to match the holders. Took approximately two coats of paint for the holders & lids. I let everything dry for a good 24 hours. After letting them dry, I took the glass jars with the gorilla glue & put the glue around the bottom of each jar then stuck it to the holders. I also let this dry for 24 hours to make sure I had a solid construction.
This is the final product, I think it turned out awesome! To make something out of objects from a thrift store is something I love. This looks really classy to me. It's unexpected. What do you think? I am thinking about painting a design around the jars but I am not sure if I want to do this, maybe it will make it alittle bit more custom, hmm.....What do you think? Suggestions on what I should paint? If you aren't the DIY-er, I would be more than happy to make you a couple of these. Just drop me a line at Ballantyne87@yahoo.com.
I hope this finds your creative juices flowing. Til next time friends!
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