{"id":30540,"date":"2015-11-02T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/?p=30540"},"modified":"2015-10-29T14:04:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:04:41","slug":"diy-etched-candle-holder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/diy-etched-candle-holder\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Etched Candle Holder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30316 size-full\" title=\"100 Days of Homemade Christmas Gifts at The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2015\/09\/Homemade-Christmas-2015-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"100 Days of Homemade Christmas Gifts at The Happy Housewife\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>By contributing writer <a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1tmF7w1\" target=\"_blank\">Jordon<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Christmas is around the corner! Every year I plan to start my shopping early, but\u00a0I always put it off till the last minute. Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8211; I love shopping. It just seems to be so crazy and packed during the holidays that I find myself saying, &#8220;I will go later.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, this year I am going to try and do things a little differently. I want to try and give gifts that I made especially\u00a0for the person. Hey, it beats the crowds, saves some money, and is made with lots of love!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30582 size-full\" title=\"This Etched Candle Holder is cute and easy to make with a few supplies. It's a homemade gift that will be treasured. - 100 Days of Homemade Christmas Gifts at The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2015\/10\/Etched-Candle-Holder.jpg\" alt=\"This Etched Candle Holder is cute and easy to make with a few supplies. It's a homemade gift that will be treasured. - 100 Days of Homemade Christmas Gifts at The Happy Housewife\" width=\"455\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2015\/10\/Etched-Candle-Holder.jpg 455w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2015\/10\/Etched-Candle-Holder-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the gifts I decided to make is a candle holder for my sister, but shhhhhh! Don&#8217;t tell her! She loves\u00a0candles and loves color. This Etched Candle Holder is cute and easy to make with a few supplies.<\/p>\n<h3>Supplies Needed<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_30553\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30553\" class=\"wp-image-30553\" title=\"This Etched Candle Holder is cute and easy to make with a few supplies. It's a homemade gift that will be treasured. - 100 Days of Homemade Christmas Gifts at The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2015\/10\/FullSizeRender-17.jpg\" alt=\"This Etched Candle Holder is cute and easy to make with a few supplies. It's a homemade gift that will be treasured. - 100 Days of Homemade Christmas Gifts at The Happy Housewife\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2015\/10\/FullSizeRender-17.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2015\/10\/FullSizeRender-17-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#8217;t mind the odd jar. I was so excited to etch the glass that I started on it before I took the supplies picture, but I still wanted to show you the difference of the etched glass and non etched glass \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_11?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=glass+cylinder+vase&amp;sprefix=glass+cylin%2Caps%2C536&amp;tag=thehaphou-20\" target=\"_blank\">Cylinder glass vase<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Armour-Etch-15-0200-Cream-10-Ounce\/dp\/B001BE3UM4\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1446140441&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=glass+etching+cream&amp;tag=thehaphou-20\" target=\"_blank\">Glass Etching Cream<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paint Brush<\/li>\n<li>Plastic gloves<\/li>\n<li>Colorful Snowflake Stickers (or stickers of choice)<\/li>\n<li>Candle that fits the vase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<p>1.\u00a0Make sure the vase is clean and dust free.\u00a0Apply a very thick layer of glass etching cream on your vase and then use a brush to smooth it out.\u00a0I put the vase over my fist, and it worked well. You can wear gloves if you want.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30554 size-full\" title=\"This Etched Candle Holder is cute and easy to make with a few supplies. It's a homemade gift that will be treasured. - 100 Days of Homemade Christmas Gifts at The Happy Housewife\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2015\/10\/FullSizeRender-18-e1446140899687.jpg\" alt=\"This Etched Candle Holder is cute and easy to make with a few supplies. It's a homemade gift that will be treasured. - 100 Days of Homemade Christmas Gifts at The Happy Housewife\" width=\"480\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2015\/10\/FullSizeRender-18-e1446140899687.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2015\/10\/FullSizeRender-18-e1446140899687-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0Leave the glass etching cream on the surface for 15 minutes, rinse off the etching cream under running water, and let it dry.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0Place the snowflake stickers onto the etched vase and put the candle in.<\/p>\n<p>There you go! A cute, homemade and simple gift. Nothing over the top, not expensive, but a gift they will keep forever and think of you every time they look at it!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do you have a beautiful homemade Christmas gift idea? <a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/homemade-christmas-gift-submission\/\" target=\"_blank\">Submit blog links\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/homemade-christmas-gifts-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to see all of the Homemade Christmas Gifts for 2015.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>You might also like&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/10-ways-to-use-a-vase\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Ways to Use a Vase<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/aromatic-coffee-bean-candles-quick-and-easy-gifts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aromatic Coffee Bean Candles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/how-to-make-mason-jar-lanterns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mason Jar Lanterns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/author\/jordon\/\" target=\"_blank\">More posts from Jordon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By contributing writer Jordon Christmas is around the corner! Every year I plan to start my shopping early, but\u00a0I always put it off till the last minute. Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8211; I love shopping. It just seems to be so crazy and packed during the holidays that I find myself saying, &#8220;I will go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2543],"tags":[2574,2573],"class_list":{"0":"post-30540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-diy","8":"category-homemade-christmas-homemaking","9":"tag-gifts-for-home-2015","10":"tag-homemade-christmas-gifts-2015","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30540"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30585,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30540\/revisions\/30585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}