I found these at the local Gift and Thrift here in Mount Joy, PA. With them being .25 cents a piece I couldn't go wrong! I need to learn to take before pictures...anyway, one was solid dark brown and the other was porcelain, I think. I lightly sanded the wooden one first. I decided to play with different colors with glazes. I have lots of different colors in acrylics, so I used those. I painted them a couple of fun colors. After they dried, distressed them with sanding. Then, I mixed a little black acrylic paint with some glaze. I brushed it on, then wiped it off. I love what the glaze did to them.
You can change them up with different color candles. You could add a white candle holder for the fourth of July!
"My daughter made this in third grade. I loved it and wanted to frame it for a LONG time ( she is 14 now) I'm sure you can relate. It is rather large like 14x7 or something like that. I knew that buying a frame for it could be expensive. So while at the local Good Will store I spotted some old pictures....ding! So I brought home my $2.95 treasure and got to work. I painted the outer frame black from my acrylic paints. Then, what to do for the background...The print on the front was on paper. So I flipped it over and sprayed it an heirloom white spray paint After it dried, I sponged it with more acrylic paints that matched the artwork.
