Stained Glass Candle Holders | A Little CLAIREificiation

Well, hello there Live Laugh Rowe friends! I am so happy to be back over here sharing with you all today. I don’t know about the rest of you, but Summer has been zipping along a little too fast over here at Camp Claire! Today I wanted to share an easy, budget friendly little craft to help add some fun to your outdoor Summer festivities, Stained Glass Candle Holders.

It’s easy to create your own “Stained Glass” Candle Holders and they add the perfect little pop of charm, especially when the sun starts to set! Let’s grab a few supplies.

As you can see, the supply list is minimal:

• A glass vase or candle holder – you probably have something already!
• Mod Podge & paint brush
• Tissue paper in your choice of colors or patterns
• Decorative craft punch
• Small candle or tealight

I bought the craft punch at JoAnn – they have tons of design choices and I recommend using a 50% off coupon. With coupons, my punch was just over $4.00. Alternately, you could just cut your own tissue paper shapes and skip the punch but it made my life easier. It’s Summer. I like easy.

I used one sheet of each color tissue – actually only about a half a sheet each. I kept it folded so every punch was producing 4-5 flowers. Super quick!

Once I had a nice little stack of flowers, it was time to start applying them to my candle holder. Doesn’t look like too many, I know. When you separate the little individual layers of tissue paper I had more than enough! After punching, just separate the tissue layers gently between forefinger and thumb.

I worked in sections, applying a thin layer of Mod Podge to the glass then applying the tissue flowers by hand as desired. Once all were applied and the Mod Podge was dried – about 20 minutes – I added another thin layer of Mod Podge. The tissue is very fragile so just be gentle in applying the Mod Podge.

Have you ever started a craft or project and then completely changed your mind about the direction?? Yeah, me neither. But just this once I changed my mind. I was going to cover the entire glass with flowers but I liked the staggered look with more on the bottom and less on the top.

Now if someone could just cue the fireflies – I think we are ready for a little Summertime party at dusk over here!

How easy and fun is that? I love Mod Podge {and kind of want to marry it}. The last Mod Podge craft I did involved Thrift Store Shoes! I really need more Mod Podge in my life.

Hope you all will pop over and say “hello” when you have a chance. Thanks so much Kelly for having me over! xoxo

Thanks for being with us today!! Such a cute idea.
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