Mini Button Ribbon Votives — Designer Crafts

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I don’t know about you, but the renewal of spring always brings a hectic schedule with its beau­tiful blossoms and buds. So, today I want to share you a great looking upcycled DIY craft that you can complete in a number of minutes.

To start, I have a random collection of clear votives holders hanging around. So, I decided to unify them a bit with some little white votives that I poured the last time I made candles. You may substitute any spring colored candles that you have on hand.

I knew I wanted some­thing artistic on these darling little candles. After thinking about if for a few days I realized that I have these mini button pins all over the place! There were many options to choose from as I have been accu­mu­lating them for years. For my project, I chose three pastel colored 1” pins with my “Something to Cherish” embroi­dered water­color art on them. For your project, select the mini button pins that you want to decorate your votives with.

Next, quickly go to your ribbon stash and pick out a lovely colored spring ribbon that will coör­dinate with your mini buttons pins. In my case, I chose a soft gingham ribbon made by my dear friends and Colorado neighbors at Creative Impressions.

Lastly, cut the ribbon long enough for it to wrap around the votive and then hot-​glue gun it in all in place. Be sure to pin the button on to the ribbon on one side and add a little extra glue in the middle. Voila, the mini button is now the center of focus of a pleasant little spring centerpiece.

And that’s all folks! Wasn’t it easy?
Hope this little project brings a warm light to your spring schedule.

–Cherish

«Craft Bonus Giveaway!»

I’d love to share some craft love with you. Enter to win a yard of this wonderful soft green gingham ribbon and this set of three “Something to Cherish” 1” mini button pins. You can use them any way you want!

• You will receive one entry for each comment on ANY blog post on www.SomethingToCherish.com/blog between now and May 1^st, 2011 at midnight.
• You may enter as many times as you like by commenting on different posts!
• The winner will be selected at random and will be announced here on May 2^nd.

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