Candle Nuggets (Gold, Black & Blue)

This weekend was a busy weekend for me.  I had found some small candles during the earlier part of the week, so I decided to begin playing around with them.

BEFORE

They are small and since I'm going to be giving these away as gifts I wanted to really make them unique. 

After taping the top part of the jar, using joint compound,  I began plastering.

I gave them a day to dry and then worked with painting them.  The first one I painted was gold, well of course this was too bright, so I pulled out all of my metallic paints and tried to get my creativity flowing.... :-)

 

I wanted to tone it down with some silver paint, but I didn't have silver so I decided to try mixing the color myself.  I combined 1 part  black with 10 parts white and came close to the silver I was looking for and began toning it down - you can use a brush or cloth for this (I used both).

I had also started adding cranberry to it...  I still wasn't sure of what I was looking for so I kept playing with colors - black, blue & bronze.

Sorry, around this time my camera ran out of memory, and I couldn't find my memory card, I had to keep running to my computer to upload photos before I could shoot more.  Well, after a while I got tired of running back & forth to my computer, so unfortunately I missed out on a lot of pictures.

I knew I wanted more color and definition so I started smearing on blue, and dry brushed some black on it.  It was still a little to bright so I added an extender to my bronze (the extender gives your paint some play time) painted over the whole thing quickly and then begin wiping it off.  It took me a while to get the desired result, I had to add some more silver, cranberry & blue, but this is the final result.

I call it "Gold Nugget"  

I painted the plastic lid black & dry brushed gold over it and then wiped it down to soften the color; this looks much better than the clear plastic lid.

The second candle I painted silver (using the silver I had made earlier)

I then smeared on blue & cranberry...

This is 'Blue Dust'.

The lid was painted blue and I dry brushed it with cranberry, and then wiped it down to soften it.

I painted the last one silver also,

I then painted it black and added some white-gold glitter in the crevices, to give it a twinkle.

"Black Beauty!"

Here's another glimpse of my Candle Nuggets...

Black Beauty, Blue Dust, Gold Nugget

Black Beauty, Blue Dust, Gold Nugget

They're small, but I'm sure they will have a delightful impact on whoever receives them.  Hopefully you're now inspired to LET YOUR CREATIVITY FLOW!

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