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Wire Candleholder From "DIY Crafts" episode DIC-136

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Display your candles in decorative candleholders made from wire and beads. Figure A Figure B Figure C The beaded dangles on this candleholder are attached to a plastic-mesh needlepoint round that can be removed when you want to change the look. Figure D Figure E Figure F Figure G

Marty Brooks of Michaels Arts and Crafts explains how to make candleholders with wire and beads.

Polished-Stone Pillar Candle

Materials:

Glass candle dish or ashtray
18-gauge wire
Polished stones
Silicone glue
Pillar candle in purchased wrapping
Plastic wrap
Masking tape
Needle-nose pliers

1. Wrap wire around individual polished stones, leaving a long end of wire extending from each stone (figure A).

2. Place a pillar candle in a glass candle dish or ashtray, leaving the protective plastic wrapping on the candle. Or wrap the candle in plastic wrap to prevent glue from getting on it.

3. Place a generous amount of silicone glue on the top edge of the glass candle dish or ashtray, and glue a wire-wrapped stone in place, with the excess wire pointing straight up. Secure the wire to the candle with masking tape to keep it in place while the glue dries (figure B).

4. Continue wrapping stones with wire and gluing them around the edge of the candle dish or ashtray.

5. Clip the wires at various lengths around the candle, using needle-nose pliers. Grasp the tip of each wire, and curl it into a decorative spiral (figure C).

6. Remove the masking tape and plastic from the candle.

Materials:

Tall pillar candleholder
Pillar candle
Plastic-mesh needlepoint canvas round (3" in diameter)
24-gauge wire
Glass beads in a variety of shapes and colors
Paintbrush

1. Cut a 12" piece of 24-gauge wire and string a glass bead onto it. Twist the wire around the bead to secure the end.

2. String a second bead onto the wire. Bring the opposite end of the wire (the one tied around the first bead) through the second bead, and cut off the end. This will hide the end of the wire.

3. Continue adding beads. Wrap the wire around the handle of a paintbrush to create a small coil between some of the beads. Double the wire back to the beginning of the coil to keep it tightly wrapped (figure D).

4. Feed the wire through one of the outside holes of the plastic-mesh needlepoint and twist to hold in place (figure E).

5. Make several more bead dangles, and hang them around the plastic needlepoint round. Enlarge the center hole of the needlepoint mesh, and place it over the center spike of the candle holder. Place a pillar candle on top (figure F) so the plastic mesh won't show. When you want to remove the dangles, just take off the plastic mesh.

Thread beads on a length of wire, twist it into a circle, and wrap it around a napkin (figure G).