DIY Wire Hurricane and the DIY Holiday Highlights Party

This will be the last DIY Holiday Highlights party this season. Are you sad? Or glad the holidays are nearly over?

New Year’s Centerpiece

I was at our local True Value and came across “hardware cloth”. Intrigued, I brought it home. Then got creative, using it to dress up my candles!

Here is what I did.

1. Measure candle and mark height and width of candle on wire mesh.

2. Using wire cutters, cut the wire to the correct size. I went a few inches bigger.

3. The wire mesh comes wrapped in a long piece of wire. Cut small piece of it to use as a “tie” and make a cylinder, overlapping rows. It’s tricky to get it not to be crooked. I used needle nose pliers to help bend the “tie”.

4. Embellish. Weave twine to create a monogram, add seasonal tags that can be swapped for the change in holidays, add ribbon, etc.

(graphics courtesy http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/)

Warning – make sure if you accessorize the wire that you keep embellishments away from the flame! I’m sure you know that but just in case, I don’t want you to start a fire! If you’re a little accident prone, maybe try flameless candles. 😉

Since I love to re-purpose things, especially DIY…I also love them on our glass cannisters which aren’t labeled. Cannister cozies!

More pics…

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Let’s see the last of your DIY Holiday Highlights!

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