Trash to Treasure - A New Garden Candle

The spring cleaning bug has hit (I guess it's about time, now that it's SUMMER!), and I've been gathering lots of stuff to take to my parents' house to put in their upcoming garage sale.

Here's something we've had underneath our deck for about two years (just keepin' it real!)

Tiki torches!

I took the canisters out of three black ones that look like a wire tube on top of  a stick. Seriously... how does stuff like this not get used for two years??!! (Please tell me that you have stuff like this at your house, too!)

I took a good look at these and thought, What would Diane do?

I mean, for Heaven's sake, this lady made a lantern out of a tuna can!

So... I decided to do something with the three tiki torch frames.  The "tube" that holds the canister is not that big. 

I immediately thought of the prayer candles at the Dollar Tree. They seemed like they would be the perfect size and cheap, too!

I thought about wrapping the candles in burlap. I love this one, especially with the number on it. 

                                                                 Source: buzzingsofaqueenbee.blogspot.com via Paula on Pinterest

I took the easy way out and wrapped the tops only with thick twine.(You'll see at the end of this post why I wanted a quickie solution!)

Then I spray painted the tiki torch frames with black gloss spray paint. What a difference!

Here's the finished product. What do you think?

Since it's June 5th....
It's now time for this:

Let me know what you think of my trash to treasure!

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