How to Make Your Own Wonderfully Scented Mason Jar Oil Candle

Mason jars are so versatile. Here is an easy Do It Yourself project, including the supplies you’ll need, step by step instructions, oodles of images and use ideas on making your own Mason Jar Oil Candles. They are beautiful to look at and your home will smell wonderful, too. Best of all, they’re cheap and easy to make with recycled and reused items

You will need the following materials:
hammer + Nail 
1 glass or heavy plastic bottle with metal screw-on lid
1 bottle of paraffin oil, olive oil ,almond oil or any clean burning unscented oil   
1 100% cotton wick   **It's important that it be all cotton. If there is polyester or anything else in it, it may produce unhealthy fumes when it burns.

1 pair of scissors


1. put decorative items in clean jar, arrange items until you get the look you want

pinecones, pineneedles, stones, crystals , cranberries Evergreen trimmings, Berries, Holly Misletoe seed pods twigs/ sticks   etc

2. Unscrew the lid (this should be metal) and poke a hole in the top using the hammer and nail (or screwdriver).

3.   fill jar w/ unscented paraffin oil  Soak wick in oil before inserting 
-To make the wick, place your fabric strip or string into the bowl. Natural fabric or string works best, otherwise your wick may smell and not burn as well. Pour in just enough olive oil to saturate the strip. Once it is thoroughly soaked, take out the strip and place it on the paper towel; squeeze out any excess oil to prevent dripping.

4. drill hole in top of flat cap lid same diameter as wick holder insert
 thread fiberglass wick through wick holder insert

5. place the wick (& wick holder insert) in the lid hole & put the lid on the jar making sure the wick hangs in the center of the jar

6. screw lid ring on jar tight 

DIY Natural Wooden Candle Holder!

Photo credit the internet

Looking for a neat way to Incorporate the elements into your altar or living space?
Make your own wooden candle holder! 

What you need:
* Reclaimed branches or stumps cut to the size you like -- try to find a branch that has already fallen per nature's doing -- look in wooded areas as well as places that storms have gone through lately... Or! If you have to trim a tree - recycle those trims - and voila!
* A drill with a bit the size of the candles you’d like to use
* Tea light Candles (Candles used in these candle holders must be contained in a plastic or metal casing -- to help be fire safe -- tea lights work best, although votives would also work --- anything bigger than that should be used for looks only, not actual burning).

How it’s done:
1. Make sure you have a flat side for the branch to stand on - if you do not have this, saw through a good - smooth - flat edge!
2. Use the drill to drill a hole out for your candle. Be sure to have about half an inch margin around the candle to help be fire safe!
3. Place the candle inside, light, and enjoy!

Nature wood look not what you're going for? Make natural recycled paint - and paint them silver, gold, or even white - turn them into God/Goddess candle holders! 

How to make wine bottle wind chime

Who doesn't Love the sound of a Wind Chimes

Wine Bottle Wine Chimes are easy to make and  make Great Gifts 

Lets get started so you can make a beautiful piece of Art you can enjoy for years to come

oh and a Tip from Daw you know those blue recycle bins on trash day Raid them get free empty wine bottles from your neighbors
or contact local restaurants and ask them if they have any Wine bottles they are getting rid of most of them will be happy to give them to you,

You Need  Glass Wine bottles   any Color

The Reason I love Wine bottles is the Glass is Thick and Less likely to Break 

but you can use any Thick Glass Bottle  

Safety Glasses  and Gloves

a  Bottle Cutter

you can Get these at Craft stores and at Home Depot and Lowes

Cost maybe Ten Dollars

Sand Paper

Candle

Paper Towels

Okay Lets get started on how to make  a Wine bottle Wind Chime

1. First thing you want to do is  make sure the bottle is Clean and Remove the Labels

2.Scoring The Bottle  use the bottle Cutter 

This is exactly the same as making a score line when glass cutting. It's best to dab some oil on to the wheel each time before you start - any oil and a paper towel will do. The scoreline is the most important part, so take it slowly, using constant pressure, but not too hard. The glass separates better with a light, even scoreline.

- Rotate the bottle towards you with two hands 

- Keep it firmly against the backstop and keep it moving while you’re making the scoreline.

- This will take practice if you've never used a cutter to cut glass before. Only go round once, it's not good for the wheel to go over a cut.

- You’ll hear a little crunching noise when you reach the beginning of your scoreline.

- Check that you haven't missed any bits, and that you have an unbroken scoreline

3.Heating The Scoreline

Light your Candle 

If you think about the scoreline being a scratch on one side of the glass, rather than a 'cut', it makes it easier to see why you have to heat the glass now. The scratch needs to be cracked through to the other side before the bottle will separate.

- To do this, light the candle provided in the cutter kit, and slowly turn the bottle about an eighth of an inch from the flame. If you go closer, the bottle will heat too quickly. Try to do it evenly. This part takes a while, and it will take practice to know when the glass is hot enough.

- Be prepared to spend about 2-3 minutes heating the glass. The bottle should feel hot to the touch – but not enough to burn you!

Step Four: Separating The Bottle

you can put the bottle in ice water or run cold water over it and it should Crack and pop off Easily

Use a paper towel or cloth to dry the two sides of the bottle, carefully cleaning the black marks off of each side. The cut glass edges will be very sharp, so make sure you’re wearing gloves and paying attention.

Using fine-grit sand paper will give your bottles a smooth edge. This produces a lot of dust so I recommend doing this step outside.

make sure no Rough or Sharp Edges  

Okay now that you have a  nice clean   Bottle     you want the  bottle neck part

you need about 2 -3 of them depending on how big you want the wind chime to be 

The bottom part you can  use as a floral vase  or Recycle 

Now you need  4 wine Corks

you need at least  8  Metal Screw Eye Hooks

This is the Style you need the Closed Eye hook 

 Simple to make Screw the  Eye hook into the Cork

you can also use them as key chains too if you want

Now put a metal key chain and hook 

Optional ideas

Keys

Steampunk Cogs and Wheels 

you want them short  snug but allow the bottles to clank a little bit

Now Assemble  

Note you can use Chain and Rope if you want  also  there are other variations how to assemble it

here are some examples  

Attach each Chain with the eye hook to the next Cork and connect together

you can attach  pendants and anything you want to the  eye hook chain

why not go for a halloween theme and decorate your Wine bottles

How to make Glowing Celestial Mason jars

What you need is 

 Glow in the  Dark Paint

foam Paint Brushes
Mason Jar 
Glitter/ Epsom Salts  (  Optional  see bottom for details)
Glue  ( optional )    

Step 1. Wash your mason jar out, really well best to use rubbing alcohol  to really clean it and make sure its dry

Step 2. Mix your glowing paint up according to the manufacturer's directions on the glow in dark paint add a small amount of 
elmer's glue. 

Step 3. Put tiny dots on the inside of the jar, or Patterns or Designs the possibilities are up to you  Try Stars or Spirals or Swirls or  Pentacles or Runes or Goddess and Gods Symbols  or Elvish letters  or  Sigils  or  Constellation designs  or any number of Design patterns  its up to you how you wish to do this
you could try  mix colors together    

you could do Dots or Stars  the more dots/ Stars , the better. Sit the jar under a lamp to allow it to charge. Put it in a dark room and let it glow.   Have Fun and play with this idea

Try doing Designs  Stars, Symbols , Runes , Sigils ,Constellations Spirals etc  add Epsom salts and Glitter to cool Effects

the Glue and Glitter and Epsom Salt  is OPTIONAL  
to help you make other Crafts  
like the Epsom Salt  Mason Jar Blog found here  Click here    why not make  Glow in the Dark  Epsom Salt Mason Jars  This Step is OPTIONAL   and  meant to inspire you to be Creative 


According to the manufacturer of several brands of Glow in the Dark Paint 
If the glow in the dark paint is maintained in a sealed container, it should remain stable and usable for at least 2 years without any performance degradation.  

The paint will glow According to the manufacturer of several brands of Glow in the Dark Paint of 8 -12 hours  read the directions on the glow and dark paint directions for how long it will glow for  before needing to be recharged.