You have to love....

The dollar store! I know I do. There are several in an around the area, and its amazing that each one is just a little different from the other.

Restoration Hardware has these:

But at $25 - $79 for them.....um, yea....thats not going to happen in this  house.

So  while out gallivanting one day with my mom, we stopped at the Dollar Store in town.

And from what I picked up there, this was born!

Materials

6 small hurricanes
2 glass candlesticks
4 small glass candlesticks (they came in packages of two)
2 large hurricanes
{optional stuff}
Moss
1/4" oak plywood (we had some leftover from the bar)
Tray (this was on clearance at Pottery Barn for $13!)

What to do

First I soaked all of the glassware. I don't know why they put stickers on this stuff that are not easily pulled off. *sigh*

Then it was time to line it all up, with the Gorilla Glue Epoxy and the Gorilla Tape. I do love me some assembly lines. Unfortunately, this project used up all the rest of my epoxy. :-( I guess I'll just have to go shopping to get some more. :-)

Now just mix up that epoxy, per the directions, and then margarita style, rim each candlestick in the epoxy and then set them on the small hurricanes. Rip a length of of the tape off and use it as a clamp to hold the stick down on the hurricane. We must have lots of pictures for this step......I don't know why.

After the elapsed time, I think 90 minutes, everything is good to go. Pull off the tape and then start using them in your decor!

I had bought a tray from Pottery Barn a few weeks ago on clearance. Its a very lovely open wire work tray, but the glassware would not have set on the bottom of it evenly, so I had the hubs rip down a piece of his leftover oak plywood to fit inside the tray. Then I was good to go to arrange the glassware and place the moss around, I think for Halloween I may get a bunch of small gourds, but you could also do pebbles or anything else you think up!

As you can see I have already used it. I got the candles from the Dollar Store as well. I love the possibilities with this!

I hope you all have a great day and enjoy yourselves!



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