Pottery Barn knockoff candle holders

      
I don’t usually go into stores like Pottery Barn, I can’t afford them. I never thought just to go in for inspiration. But back in October my mom had had to go to the Apple Store so I walked around the shops and went into for the first time ever and perused .
I fell in love with the candle holders at Pottery Barn and knew I could recreate them myself. I went on the hunt for all the parts. I thought I had found the perfect pieces but I didn’t like the first plate I found and used it for this .
Then I ended up using the piece I bought for the base on this . The wine glass in the middle is what I was going to use as a base. Oh what a mess my ribbon is. And I also have the ribbon holders I made on the side of this cabinet.
I had these two pieces as well that I couldn’t figure out how to use with a base . Finally one day at Hobby Lobby when glassware was 50% off, I found what I wanted.

 

The square plate worked out perfect.

 

                      
Pottery Barn                                                                              Me

           

Snowman Canvas

Inspiration
It is from the Holiday Crafts 2010 from Better Homes and Gardens Creative Collection. The designer is Robin Kingsley. This pillow is just something I would have in my home during the holidays. I wish I was able enough with the sewing machine. Instead I created with paper and a canvas. Good ole Mod Podge.
My Creation
I again used one of those thin, flat canvases. Painted it red. I used the snowman pattern from the magazine to cut out the shapes (just a different size) and attached the pieces with Mod Podge. I then covered it with Mod Podge Gloss (I didn’t like that) and added the embellishments. I liked this so much that I made more, and then found a penguin I liked and did some penguins too. (None of these sold at the fair .)

 


 
When I didn’t like how the Mod Podge Gloss looked I just sprayed them with the Mod Podge Gloss spray, you can’t really see the spots you see in the pictures.

%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%~~%

I linked this with