How to spruce up faux candles with thumbtacks

Do you ever start working on one project only to get distracted inspired and randomly start working on something else? I definitely have this problem.

Take thumbtacks for example. I recently bought a bunch that I had planned to use for one office project, but quickly became distracted by a plain white flameless candle across the room begging for attention. Thumbtacks in hand I was instantly inspired. So today I am sharing how to spruce up faux candles with thumbtacks!

How to Spruce up faux Candles with Thumbtacks

You see we bought a whole bunch of white LED candles to use during our wedding reception, but I haven’t done much with them since. I actually took quite a few out of a box last week when winter storm Pax was on its way just in case we lost power (luckily we didn’t).

I have actually been trying to think of a simple and easy way to gussy up those plain white LED candles and became curious if the brass thumbtacks would go through.

Once I realized they went in super easy I started pushing in thumbtacks to make a polka dot effect. I can be super impatient and had just started sticking the thumbtacks into the candle, but could have measured to make the spacing look better or created a more intricate design. I should mention that these are faux LED candles made with wax and not hard plastic. 

I also wasn’t able to go all the way down to the bottom because the candle was hard due to the faux flame, but I still LOVE how it looks. Less than 2 packs later this is what my LED candle looked like:

I will say that when I took a tack out there was a small indent into the candle so if you do decide to take them out later on the candle won’t be as smooth and pretty. If you don’t plan on taking them out then it doesn’t really matter. The tacks also made a small indent into the inside of the candle, but it was barely noticeable and they didn’t go all the way through or anything.

Not only is this a super easy way to fancy up some plain faux candles, but it doesn’t cost much either which is my kind of project. I plan on thumbtacking {is that a word?} a few more candles with slightly different designs to keep in my office. I love how simple and pretty they turned out and it’s a way to add some gold sparkle which I am all about lately. Of course, now I’m wondering what else I can add thumbtacks too….

So what do you think of our spruced up faux candles with thumbtacks? Have you used thumbtacks in an unusual way?