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And I plan on filling that space with light!

If you recall my inspiration board, I love the look of lace wrapped candles. They’re just so soft and romantic—what’s not to love? Beth Helmstetter gives a brief tutorial here, but I thought you’d appreciate a more detailed account.

First you’ll need the following:

• My favorite scissors
• glue sticks for your glue gun
• lace of choice, cut to appropriate length
• glass cylinders or straight sided votives
• Candles

I purchased the lace from eBay, the tall cylinders from Michaels, and small votives and candles from quickcandles. FYI, I originally ordered the ivory candles to match the lace, but they were way more yellow in person. The white were less expensive and looked just fine.

Step 1: Make a very thin line of glue on the glass. I waited a second before placing the lace on top and pressing down. This made sure I had very little glue oozing out between the lace.

Step 2: Wait a second or two then make another very thin line of glue on top of the lace and attach the other end. If you’re using a lace that isn’t quite as open, I’d fold over the top edge to have a clean seam. Doing so with with my kind of lace just drew more attention to it. What about that little piece that’s out of place? Cut it off.

I repeated steps 1 & 2 but flipped the lace with the scallops facing down.

I’m using floating candles for two reasons.

1. They’re significantly cheaper than pillars
2. Just look at that dreamy glow.

I plan on grouping the tall pillars around the room and the votives will be sprinkled around the centerpieces. I still have plenty of lace so I’m thinking about picking up a few more pillars. There can never be too many candles, right?

Are you doing anything special for lighting?

*Quote by Lori Howe