DIY Log Tea Light Candle Holder

I’m sharing a beautiful DIY Log Tea Light Candle Holder! This is the perfect, easy project and a beautiful piece you will enjoy all season long.

I’m always in awe with the beauty of nature and our surroundings. And if you’ve followed my blog for a while, you know that I love to decorate and use it for inspiration as much as possible. Today’s project was completely inspired by fallen Aspen limbs. Rather than cutting it up, I couldn’t help but bring a bit of its beautiful bark inside to enjoy, it’s so pretty!

So, I came up with a DIY log tea light candle holder…

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I absolutely love its natural look, and the bark sends it completely over the edge! Here’s how we made this little beauty, and our list of supplies! 😀

Supplies:

• Tree branch, at least 3 inches in diameter.
• Miter Saw- This is similar to ours.
• Table Saw- This is similar to ours.
• Tape Measure
• Level- This is similar to ours.
• 1.5″ drill bit
• Tea Light Candles or flameless tea light candles

We started with a straight tree branch that was about 3″ in diameter. We trimmed it down to 3 feet long…

Then, to give it a flat bottom, we used our table saw and cut off the bottom of the branch…

After the table saw, we were left with this:

Then, we used a tape measure to determine the spacing between each tea light. We decided on 4.5″….

Then, we used a level as a straight and center line (it’s the longest straight thing we could find at the time), and started marking where each tea light would go…

And then we used an 1 1/2″ drill bit to drill each hole for the tea light candle…

We kept drilling until we had them all done…

And once I had it cleaned off, I simply popped the tea light candles into each hole. With that, it was ready to use!

(NOTE: You are welcome to use flame-less tea lights instead of the regular candles, you’ll just need to adjust your drill size if there’s any size difference. Also, I am not encouraging you to burn candles next to dried leaves. I just happen to think dried leaves are mighty pretty! 😀 )

It’s simple and pretty and perfect…

It’s also subtle, and I completely love that…

Plus, who could resist that lovely fresh cut? Those ends are perfect!

And the bark, well it’s just beyond lovely. I love the color, the texture, just about all of it!

It’s perfectly fall…

But it’s also perfectly winter too…

It’s those simple projects, that can be used for several different seasons, that really make me excited. Especially when they look this pretty. I’m a happy girl! 😀

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Happy Fall, sweet friends!