D-I-Y that’s E-A-S-Y

by on Dec 5, 2011

I made a larger version (below) and a smaller version just by reducing the pattern on a copier. The stars are a simple hole punch.

I was looking through one of my favorite online magazines, Sweet Paul, the other day and ran across what might be the cutest crown tea light holders I’ve ever seen. They’re from Marks and Spencer, the British retailer, which tells me I’ll never go through the rigmarole of trying to order them, even though they’re the cutest thing I’ve seen in the last five minutes.

They’re some sort of metal, but at first I thought they were made of paper or cardboard … which got me thinking, I could do that. And I’m not even crafty.

So I went online, grabbed a free printable crown pattern (different than a tiara, incidentally), ran to the craft store for some ridiculously cutesy paper and made these tea light holders.  It’s so simple.

Keep in mind, if it’s a paper tea light holder, you’re really going to want to use flameless candles.