concreating

i have become rather obsessed with the magazine "homestyle". while 'your home and garden' is still high on the list, homestyle has some very awesome diy creations that i am very interested in. 

this months issue has a section on diy concrete candels. and they are awesome. 

this d.i.y section has been created by the very talented gem from black bird gem.

so being the school holidays and all i decided to create my own. i had been after some candle stick holders for our lounge. i had some rad teally blue ones that enjoyed hanging out on our sideboard. unfortunately the man of the house enjoys opening the curtains with vigor and one such morning these candle stick holders became a touch broken (in half). 

all i needed was:
a bag of quick set concrete 
candles
pringles containers
a mixing stick 
bucket

first up it is suggested you rinse out remaining pringle dust from the containers. mix up your concrete following the directions on the packet (or make it completely up?- my directions were all about putting posts in the ground... not that helpful). keep in mind that quickset concrete is named this for a reason. onces that's mixed up pour or funnel into your pringles containers and tap them to remove air bubbles. then insert your candles. 

i left mine to dry overnight.

the following day i removed the pringles outer and as suggested gave my new candle stick holders i scrub down to remove any concrete dust.

the end result is so awesome. the photos truly don't do these candle stick holders justice. such an awesome result for such minimal effort.

here's hoping the vigorous curtain opening settles down a touch with the new risk of a concrete candle holder landing on feet. 

enjoy your anzac weekend all!