Bejeweled Candle Mat

Making a nice candle mat for my living room was in my long do-to list for a while. Finally with the lovely help my omnipotent super glue hot gun, the goal has been achieved.

MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED:

1. Round glass beads. (Around $3.00 a large bag of assorted colors)
   
   
   
2. Flexible fabric. I used liner that holds carpet in place (It was unused, of course)
   
   
   
3. Glue gun
   
   
   

STEP No. THE ONLY ONE: Cut the mat and bejewel it!!

Enjoy your CRAFTACULAR CREATION!! :)

Dad's B-day Present!

I don't know if you remember, but February is truly a month of celebration for my family as not only my mom's but also my DAD's birthday is in this month.

I though very carefully what would make a great present for my Dad and I realized that I should make something where my dad can display all the Zippo lighters he owns. He collects Zippo lighters and currently keeps them in the drawer in the bedside table. I wanted to make him a Zippo Lighter Collection Box, so that is what I did.

         

Materials I needed for this gift:

1. A box that had potential
   
2. Lots of sandpaper and elbow grease
3. Saw
4. Spray paint (navy blue-my dad's favorite color)
5. Felt
6. Pew and wood dividers
   

STEP No. 1: Disassemble the box!


The box initially had these dividers as I think the box of conceived to be a jewelry box. However, I needed some sort of displayable area so my Dad could put the Zippo lighters, so I had to disassemble the box.



I sawed off the little wooden pocket on the top portion of the box.



As well as the dividers in the box.


STEP NO 2: Sand the box and Spray paint the box








STEP NO. 3: Felt the pews and glue them to the box



STEP NO 4: Make a stencil for ZIPPO and Spray Paint




STEP NO. 5: Enjoy your CRAFTACULAR creation and MAIL it!