Adding vinyl to candles for a custom look
Here’s a fun easy project I made recently with my Silhouette machine:
I showed you this new shelf the other day:
Did you notice my new candle?
Looks expensive, hua! Nope. It’s a WalMart candle that I added vinyl to cut from my Silhouette Machine!
I found this cute letter and square around the letter at the Silhouette store. I just downloaded it and cut it out. It took me about 5 seconds. And it’s darling and looks like I bought it at some overpriced upscale store.
I also found a flourish at their store and added it to these two candles on my fireplace.
To make the flourish opposite on each candle I easily just flipped the image while in the Silhouette software and then cut them both out.
Love it!
Have House of Hepworths delivered to your inbox every morning!
Sometimes I participate in these parties: The DIY Showoff, Skip To My Lou, Thrifty Decor Chick, C.R.A.F.T., Tip Junkie, Today's Creative Blog, Blue Cricket Design, Home Stories A to Z, Someday Crafts, House of Hepworths, Fingerprints on the Fridge, Miss Mustard Seed, One Project Closer, Under The Table and Dreaming, Positively Splendid
Pin It
I {heart} your comments!
Join in on the fun discussion by adding your opinion...
20 Comments
Leave your comment
I {big fat LOVE} your comments! I read all.of.them. (It's true.)
I appreciate all the lovin' you dish out. It makes my day.
THANKS for reading!
* subscribe to House of Hepworths
* join my facebook fan page
* follow me on twitter
Welcome to House of Hepworths! HoH is primarily a Home Blog that specializes in DIY projects and renovations, crafts, and decorating. My name is Allison. My family and I live in Austin, Texas. I'm married to Ben and have two children, a 10 year old son and an almost-8 year old daughter. To find out more or to contact me click 
Can you burn the candle with the vinyl on it? Or would be better to do the same thing with paper if you want to burn the candle?
LOVE it! I do the same thing! You could make a sleeve for the candle (like on a Starbucks cup) if you wanted to be able to remove it for burning. Dang, girl! How’d you get to be so smart?
I am dying for this machine. Love the flourish candles!
Love the candles!
I love the monogram on the candle.
OoOoOohhh! So pretty, Allison! If I keep coming over here, my DIY list is never going to be caught up! lol I love your creativity!
LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR CANDLES!!! They are just GORGEOUS! Definitely a Luxurious look! Thank you for sharing!
xoxo
Wow I love your candles they look fantastic x
Love this! It looks great!
I love your monogram and the flourishes on your candles! I have the exact same Wal-mart candle–you’ve inspired me to fancy it up, thanks!
Oh my these are wonderful! I’ve had my silhouette for over 6 months and have yet to buy any vinyl for it! Can you believe that? Hobby Lobby carries it but not in black which I wanted and I haven’t gotten around to ordering any. This might have lit the fire under my rump though ;P
I would be delighted if you would link this up to my VIP party this weekend. http://designergarden.blogspot.com/2011/03/guess-what-were-back-online-for-weekly.html
Sommer @ Designer Garden
I have a new Silhouette and am still learning how to use it and see the possibilities. I’m LOVING your candles!
What a great way to spiff up some plain candles. I have some candles that need this exact thing to help them out.
What an awesome idea! I’m going to try that out. Thanks for sharing.
What a great idea, especially with the wedding season coming up – a bride would love her new monogram on a candle!
I am dying to get this machine. I have cricut expression, but this just looks soooooo good,
Okay, Allison…Call me a dork, but how do you get the cut outs to stick? Am I missing something? Obviously, I don’t have a Silhouette machine, but I’m familiar with the Cricut. What’s yer secret??
I’m with Karilee… is there a special kind of candle this works on? I tried sticking a test piece to a candle I had laying around and it wouldn’t even stick to the candle long enough to come off of the transfer tape.
What’s the secret?!?!
I would love to make these for teacher gifts this year!
Ashley
I also tried to stick a monogram to this candle with no luck….then it wouldn’t stick to anything else. Please help us with this
Hey everyone! Some have asked how to get the vinyl to stick to the candles. I used a good quality vinyl and I had to really work slowly peeling the vinyl off the transfer paper. I would hold the vinyl to the candle as I slowly peeled off the transfer paper. Vinyl doesn’t like to stick to wax, so you just have to take it slow and keep holding the vinyl down on the candle until all the transfer paper is removed. I hope this helps!