PB knock-off glass hurricanes {Elmer's Holiday #GlueNGlitter}

We were challenged by #ElmersGlueNGlitter to create designer holiday decor for less.  We browsed Pottery Barn, filled with gorgeous Christmas cheer, and spotted their double-tiered glass hurricanes we instantly knew we could replicate:  

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Of course theirs were outrageously priced at $144.... ours: $29!  Check out our Google+ story here for the details :)

To get started we headed to our local Walmart to pick up supplies:

Sidenote: It was so convenient to have a one-stop-shop!


We used:

• 4 glass pillar candle holders: 2 medium, 2 large
• 2 candles: one short, one tall
• CraftBond double-sided tape
• CraftBond dual-tip flexible pen
• X-ACTO precision scissors
• Bag of firm cranberries 
• From home we used: 2 pieces of card stock + 1 sheet of tissue paper.

To create the PB music sheet candles we semi-used a great tut from Can't Stop Making Things but couldn't get it to print with her instructions.... luckily, Elmers saved the day with CraftBond double-sided tape!  Yay!  We taped along the edges of the cardstock and pressed the tissue paper onto it and printed.  Easy.  From there we used our pretty pink X-ACTO precision scissors to cut the edges off {where the tape adhered to the cardstock} so we now had music sheet printed tissue paper :)


We squeezed a thin bead of glue using CraftBond dual-tip flexible pen along the edge of both candles, placed the tissue paper along it, wrapped the candle, trimmed the edges with our X-ACTO precision scissors and heated the paper onto the candle with a blow dryer:

 So pretty!  


Now to assemble the knock-off hurricanes:

Simpy fill 2 of them with pretty Christmas-y items, like pine cones from your tree or fresh, firm cranberries.  {We let our little ones help!} Stack the empty pillar onto the filled one, add your music candle, light and enjoy the ambiance of designer holiday decor for less!

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This fun project has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for #ElmersHoliday #gluenglitter #Looks4Less #collectivebias #CBias and of course, all opinions are our very own ;)