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    Flower & Herb Candle Holder - Easy Handmade Christmas Gifts

    November 30, 2018 by Patti Estep 5 Comments

    Learn how to make this flower and herb candle holder and two other fabulous handmade Christmas gift ideas to inspire your creativity this season.

    More Flower & Herb Handmade Gifts: 
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    Every year I enjoy making a few inexpensive handmade gifts for family, friends, neighbors, and everyone who touches our lives throughout the year.

    Today I've made a super simple flower and herb candle holder that is easy to make and costs very little to put together. 

    In addition, I'm sharing two of my special blogging friends' handmade Christmas gift ideas, for even more creative gift making and giving inspiration this Christmas, and throughout the holiday season.

    This post contains some affiliate links (that means if you make a purchase after clicking a link, there’s no additional cost to you, but I will earn a very small commission. ) Click here to read my full disclosure policy.

    Handmade stenciled towels - Garden Up Green

    Three Creative Homemade Gifts

    My friend Carole West from Garden Up Green was the brains behind this collaboration. She wanted to share her love of DIY and gift giving with a few other bloggers and I quickly jumped on board.

    Carole is well skilled at woodworking and stencil art. Don't worry she is also excellent showing you exactly how to create these festive projects on your own.

    This particular post is all about making lovely stenciled towels that pair well with beautiful gift boxes.  Stop by and see exactly how you can make one or all three of these unique handmade creative gifts. (click on the link below the image)

     

    Christmas Morning Basket - CDs Country Living

    Christmas Morning Gift Baskets

    Next, we have this wonderful heartfelt idea from CD from CD's Country Living.

    CD is sharing her old family tradition of creating a basket of goodies for friends and neighbors to share on Christmas morning. CD is a great home cook with a huge arsenal of those tried and true recipes that everyone loves. There is plenty of inspiration here to get your creative juices going to make the most thoughtful Christmas baskets ever.

     

    Now on with my easy DIY handmade Christmas gift tutorial.

    Flower & Herb Candle HolderRose petal and glitter candle holder

    Have you tried Oui yogurt? You can buy them in the grocery store for less than $2 and once you eat the yogurt you are left with these adorable little glass jars. 

    If you don't want to use the yogurt jars any glass votive or tea light will work. 

    Supplies

    • Oui yogurt jars (or other small glass votive candle holders)
    • White glue
    • Painters tape
    • Flower Petals & Herbs ( rose petals, hibiscus petals, peppermint)
    • Glitter

    Votive candle holder with tape and glue

    This first one was made by taping off the top and adding a tape star in the middle with painter's tape.

    Rolling votive holder in peppermint leaves

    Simply brush on a healthy coat of white glue and gently roll the jar in a bowl of dried flowers or herbs. 

    Then gently peel off the star and the tape.

    Peppermint votive holder with star cut out

    This green dried peppermint leaf looks so pretty during the holidays.

    Hibiscus flowers and tape

    Here's one with hibiscus flowers on the top. After they have had a chance to set you can remove the tape, apply more glue to the bottom and dip it into another herb or flower mix.

    Other Flowers and Herbs to Use:

    Calendula
    Lavender
    Cornflowers
    Larkspur
    Delphinium

    Dried flower candle holders with tea lights

    Here's a trio of flower and herb candle holders aglow with tea lights.

    The one on the right is rose petals with white glitter. I just couldn't resist adding a bit of bling.

    Super simple and I think the results are so lovely.

    The perfect little something to say Thank You, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or whatever your wish is to someone special in your life.

    handmade Christmas gift ideas

     

     

     

     

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    Comments

    1. Carole West

      November 30, 2018 at 11:07 am

      Thank you for your kind words, this was a lot of fun and a neat way to kick off Christmas with some of my favorite friends. I love this project, each one is unique and the star is my favorite love all that green. I need to hunt down that yogurt! Homemade gifts are the best and you deliver perfectly.

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    2. Karen

      November 30, 2018 at 8:00 am

      Patti,
      I absolutely LOVE these! I've been collecting those little jars, just waiting for a good project to use them in. The yogurt is just heavenly, isn't it??? And the jars are too cute to toss out, so I decided to hang onto them and now I'm so glad I did! I'll be copying this for sure this season! Thanks for sharing.

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      • Patti Estep

        November 30, 2018 at 8:18 am

        Thanks Karen. I so agree. The yogurt is yummy and the jar is a great bonus. I already have another idea for them this spring or summer.

        Reply
    3. Christine

      November 30, 2018 at 7:57 am

      Thank you for the kind words, Patti! Teaming up with you gals is always so much fun! I love your sweet candle holders! I'm all about the bling so of course, the rose and glitter one is my favorite!

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        November 30, 2018 at 8:19 am

        Thanks Christine. I so agree and I love your basket idea. I'm definitely going to try to make some this year.

        Reply

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