Everybody Loves Candles

Eons ago I was lucky to purchase three of these vanilla scented candles at Target on a big markdown. I put them away on a shelf where I keep things to be altered. Today was the day. This was the first time I had tried stamping on candles and let me tell you it was easy peasy! There's a great tutorial on SCS under resources if you are interested. I did the sweet bird from SU Always on one side and the friend sentiment from All Holidays on the other. I also had some of these tiny matchboxes that I got from the dollar store. You get a whole load for a buck. You can't cover the inside box totally or it will be too thick to slide through. So I simply put a strip of decorative paper on the ends and wrapped a piece around the outside. Using the scalloped punch, a prima inked with Baja Breeze and some grosgrain ribbon with a bridal brad decorated the top. Paper is (did you guess yet!!) SU Parisian Breeze, just used up some scraps from other projects. I wanted to put the candle and a pack of the matches in a cello bag and tie with the ribbon but I didn't have the right size cello bag. But this could go in a little basket or a bag, etc. What a nice gift for a friend at very little cost! Have a good one.....