I gathered the supplies. One jar. One votive candle. Wire cutters. Needle nose pliers. Wire. And a thing. Not sure what it was supposed to be or do. I only know my sister in law gave it to me and I am assuming it came from my husband's paternal grandmother. Silver. About 12" tall. With a wide base and a hook at the top of the harp. Any clue what this might be? Leave a post. Or come up with a good story.. I'd love to read it.
This project took all of 15 minutes! If that much. Do you have a problem throwing away glass bottles? I do. I hate to part with something that might be gone forever. They even removed the glass bottle from our favorite milk :-(. So I save them one and all. And today I found the bottle first and then came across the "thing". I knew they would work out great once they were married.
I measured the length of from the hook on the "thing" to the top of where I wanted the jar votive to be. Then I wrapped wire around creating a hanger with several wraps around the top of the jar. Snip off the excess wire. Insert a votive candle into the jar. Light the votive candle. Hang the jar.
I also found a German mustard jar. I could make a hanger for this one too. What do you think? And tell me what that "thing" is, please.. Thanks for stopping by, thanks for leaving your message. See you soon!
I'm so confused. By the title, I was really anticipating you making a "silk purse" from a "sow's ear" as in pig. I'm assuming that there's some crafty metaphor's going on in your title that are just over my uncrafty head.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, very cute thing with a candle hanging from it. Wish I knew what it was called, but I don't.
That is a metaphor but it's literary rather than crafty. Been around a very long time. Nice job, Marlis, as always. :-)
ReplyDeleteI do love this. It looks like a pretty lantern.
ReplyDeleteBut what is that thing? Have you found out yet?!