This is a page from the latest Pottery Barn catalog.
Doesn't it just make you long for the beach
and those lazy days of summer?
I LOVE lanterns and candles.
I've been known to collect a few over the years.
I liked how Pottery Barn displayed the candle with the starfish in the lantern.
I was going to buy the starfish candle but it wasn't for sale.
Not a problem. I'll just make my own.
This is my version of the starfish candle.
I replaced the white rope with jute rope and
used a flameless candle with a timer for my candle.
I haven't burnt a real candle in years since I discovered these flameless candles.
I love these flameless candles with automatic timers.
I don't every have to worry about them being a fire hazard, plus I can
set these to turn on at anytime and they will automatically turn
off after 4-8 hours depending on when I set them.
They look so realistic that no one will know that they aren't
real candles, even in the daylight.
We love the ambience of candlelight.
We have numerous flameless candles around our home.
It's so comforting to walk into a room and see the gentle
glow of the candlelight.
Hubby and I decided that we wanted to go to one
of our favorite restaurants, Maggiano's.
This restaurant is connected to a Mall that
has my ALL TIME FAVORITE home
décor store, Pottery Barn.
After dinner we usually, (actually I insist)
that we walk around the mall to help
work off some of our dinner.
(But we know that the REAL reason
is so I can window shop and get ideas
and maybe buy something, he, he).
And wouldn't you know, somehow we
ALWAYS end up in the Pottery Barn Store!
While browsing, (really drooling in my case)
we came upon these HUGE lanterns.
These were the exact ones I saw in the catalog
and really, really, I mean REALLY liked.
Hubby liked them too until he looked at the price tag!
Original price $99.00 for 1!
Marked down to $78.00.
Too pricey for our budget so we kept on browsing.
As we were heading out of the store we spotted a
second one. Hubby stopped again and looked at
it and checked the price tag again. This one was
marked down to $58.00. Same lantern and not
a thing wrong with it.
$99.00 marked down to $58.00, SOLD to the lady who was drooling!
We took it to the checkout counter to pay and I noticed that when
the sales lady rang it up it said $38.00! I told her that the tag stated $58.00.
She said that they just marked them down again that morning to $38.00
and they must have forgotten to swap the tags out.
REALLY?
So Hubby went and got a second one!
We got 2 lanterns for less than the original price of 1!
Ya gotta LOVE a sale like that!
These lantern aren't only HUGE they're HEAVY too.
These lanterns measure 8.5" sq. x 20" h.
So I was able to place my new starfish candle holders inside these beauties!
This is my version of the Pottery Barn look.
For now I placed one on each side of my cupboard that sits
in the dining room.
I have visions of decorating these for Fall, Winter and Christmas time.
Here is how I made my starfish candle holders.
Supplies:
glass jar - purchased at Walmart for 97 cents
Jute rope - already had this
starfish - purchased from Michael's
Hot Glue Gun
Because I use these candles year round I didn't want to glue the
rope and starfish on the candle, thus the glass jars.
Place a drop of hot glue at the base of your jar and attach the rope.
Wrap the rope around the entire base, gluing in various spots as you go
until you reach the beginning.
Continue wrapping and gluing until you have 2/3 of the glass covered,
ending in the same spot as you started. This is the back of your jar.
Cut your rope and glue to finish off.
Grab a starfish and hot glue to the front.
DONE.
Place a candle inside and you're ready to display your new candle holder.
I made one to go on my newly paint little stand also.
That's it for this week. I hope you enjoyed seeing my starfish candle holder.
Check back next week to see what else I purchased from Pottery Barn and
what I did with it.
Until Next Time,
Veronica
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