I went to a couple of garage sales today, and I hit the thrift shops too!
I purchased four of these heavy metal (made in India) reindeer taper candle holders at a garage sale for $3.
I hardly ever burn taper candles. I really hardly ever burn candles, so I will be re-purposing the reindeer!
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I found these two photo holders at the thrift shop. I paid $1.70 for both.
Next I pushed a couple of wine corks into the candle holders on the backs of the reindeer.
They fit very snugly.
I twisted and pulled the curled wires out of the photo blocks and stuck them into the corks.
You can make your own photo/card holder curled wires, but I can never get them perfect!
You can glue the corks inside the candle holders, and glue the wires in too, but it's not necessary unless the corks are a little wobbly.
You can display Christmas cards or photos with your reindeer.
I am displaying old Christmas postcards.
Too easy!
You can do this with almost any taper candle holder!
Update: After I posted this project I found Silver Card Holders on Amazon.
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Cute idea, I wouldn't have thought of that!
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