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Knock-Off Pottery Barn Birch Candles

Hi friends! Have you seen the fabulous Birch Pillar Candles that are being sold by fabulous stores such as Pottery Barn and World Market lately? I’m in love with them. Well today I’m sharing a quick and easy tutorial on how you can make your very own Knock-Off Pottery Barn Birch Candles with LED pillars from the Dollar Tree!

To get us started, here is my inspiration from Pottery Barn:

Pottery Barn Painted Birch Candles

What you’ll need:

Dollar Tree LED pillar candles
Birch or Wood patterned scrapbook paper
Mod Podge and application tool
Twine

And the steps:

Cut the wood patterned scrapbook paper to the heighth of the LED pillar candle
Apply Modge Podge to the back of the paper
Wrap the paper around the LED pillar candle
Apply a layer of Mod Podge to the outside of the seam for extra durability
Tie a length of twine around the candle, and you’re done!

And here is how they turned out…

Aren’t they super cute? I’m so happy with how they turned out, I’m heading back to the Dollar Tree to pick up more LEDs! And how cute would these be as a gift? I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t love to have a set. A perfect DIY for your holiday gifts or to spruce up your household this season.

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{Thrifty Thursday} Knock-Off Pottery Barn Mercury Pumpkin

Hi friends! Today I’m sharing with you a quick and easy tutorial to make your very own Knock-Off Pottery Barn Mercury Pumpkin! Now I’m in love with all the mercury glass I’ve been seeing lately, but it can get pretty pricey. See this gorgeous vignette by Pottery Barn below? I want all of it, but just the small beautiful mercury pumpkin is $25. I knew there had to be a way to come up with something similar for much less.

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And the answer is Krylon Looking Glass paint. It will turn any clear glass into a mirrored finish on one side. When you spray the paint on it dries matte and the opposite side is mirrored. So the trick is to find an item that you can paint from the inside. Then I found this cute little glass pumpkin at Target for just $6! I was sold! Just 5 light layers of spray later and I had my very own faux mercury glass pumpkin!