Recycling: Candle Jars

Remember the question of the day? Well, Miss Marla guessed it-- the "jar" I used to hold the chalk on my chalkboard table used to be a candle.

So how does this:

Become this:

I'd love to tell you! :) It's really simple. Take a candle that has reached the end of it's life, like this one:

Then, stick it under hot water for a little bit:

The candle I used for the chalk came right out in one huge chunk after being under the hot water. This one, however, was tough... so I used a butter knife to encourage it to come out:

After the chunk of wax comes out, wash the entire jar with soap and water. Then, have fun with it!

I put decorative rocks (I bought a bag of them for $1 at a yard sale!) and a green candle inside of it to make a completely new candle.

Or you can use the decorative rocks to hold up your makeup brushes (this idea came from this post).

Or it can hold everyday items like q-tips!

For the crafter/sewer, you can use it to hold all of your supplies :)

Or you can make it simple by hot gluing vintage lace to the top.

Or you can get a little more "fancy" by hot gluing red burlap to it. I also glued on an adorable flower that I got for free at a yard sale. When I got it, it was part of a napkin ring, but I cut the ring part off so I could do something fun with the flower.

So, what do you think you could use your old candles for? 

I bought this one a few days ago and thought, "I wonder what I could do with that jar!?"

Yeah...it's official, I'm a dork.