DIY HURRICANE Candle SET FOR $5

DIY hurricane candle set for only $5 – yes!

I love going through my house and upcycling old items into usable items. My latest project resulted in a DIY set of 3 hurricanes for less than $5 total.

As most of you know, hurricanes can be used for anything – wedding centerpieces, dining room table decor, you name it. They can also very expensive, but not if you upcycle yours like I did.

After rummaging through my basement I found 3 metal candle sticks (from a local thrift store), 3 tall dollar tree glass vases from our candy bar at our $5000 DIY wedding in 2010, and spray paint.

DIY HURRICANE Candle SET FOR $5, Oh So Lovely Blog

It was obvious to me what I could do with these items – DIY HURRICANES!

First I spray painted the candle sticks and allowed to dry. I am really into brushed gold and champagne colors at the moment and had that color on hand, so it was the easy choice.

DIY HURRICANE Candle SET FOR $5, Oh So Lovely Blog

After placing the glass on top of the dry candle stick to see what it would look like, I realized that it needed something else. I decided immediately that the glass needed to have the “dipped” look.

To get this dipped look I gathered 3 sheets of letter sized paper and my painters tape and quickly taped off the areas of the vases that I didn’t want exposed to the spray paint (FYI – one sheet of letter sized paper fit perfectly around each of these vases)!

DIY HURRICANE Candle SET FOR $5, Oh So Lovely Blog
DIY HURRICANE Candle SET FOR $5, Oh So Lovely Blog
After the paint dried, I removed the tape and paper which exposed a clean line. All I had left to do was epoxy glue the glass vase to the candle stick.

DIY HURRICANE Candle SET FOR $5, Oh So Lovely Blog

I placed a pillar candle inside each of the 3 tiered hurricanes and my DIY hurricane candles were complete!

DIY HURRICANE Candle SET FOR $5, Oh So Lovely Blog

xoxo
Audrey

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  1. Hi Audrey! I'm Heather and I was hoping you could answer a question about your blog! If you could email me at Lifesabanquet1(at)gmail(dot)com I would greatly appreciate it!

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