How to make hanging Mason Jar tealight holders

BerettaFleur recently made her own hanging Mason Jar tealight holders to illuminate her wedding venue. Here’s how you can do the same.

Things you will need:

• Jars: vintage Mason, modern or ball Mason, or simply Classico pasta sauce, which comes in very old-style jars once you remove the lable and re-purpose it.
• Heavy floral wire: I bought two rolls.
• Wire cutters
• Tealights
• Ribbon (optional)
• A long-handled lighter or matches to eventually light them

Step 1: Peel labels off jars (if they have labels) and wash them.

Step 2: Wrap floral wire loosely around the bottom of the jar to get an idea of the length you’ll need. Leaving it 1-3 inches longer, cut the wire. (This will go around the mouth of the jar.) Make it into a circle, but don’t close the circle off.

Step 3: Cut two more pieces of wire, about 3-4 inches long each. (These will be handles for the wire hanger or ribbons.) Position the shorter pieces in loops on opposing sides of the circle wire. bend then so that it attaches in a loop around the center circular wire, like handles. You’ll want them both placed under and then bent up over the wire so that they don’t risk coming undone. Fasten them closed around the circular wire by bending tightly or even twisting, then clipping off loose ends with wire cutters.

Step 4: Loop the main circle piece around the mouth of the jar, under the lowest lip, with the handles intact and flipped up. Twist the ends of the circular wire to tighten it around the mouth of the jar,, as tight as you can, then cut off the excess. (If you twist it tightly and then cut, rather than just cutting it to size in the first place, there are less pokey ends to deal with.)

Step 5: Loop one final long piece of wire around the two “handles,” or thread long yarn, rattan, or ribbon through the handles, making a large loop, and tie in bows. It’s up to you — I did wire. Just make sure it’s far enough away from the mouth of the jar so it won’t like, catch on fire.

Hang them alone, color them with watercolor paint or glaze for a colored effect, or group them together for a chandelier-like effect. You can even hang them with ribbon instead of a wire handle. Enjoy!