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My Christmas Luminaries made from Wedding Aisle Decor

December 23, 2012

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Ever since my daughter’s wedding in August, I’ve been brainstorming ideas on how to re-use the aisle decorations that my sister made. They were tulle-wrapped fishbowl vases filled with roses hung from small shepherds hooks that lined both sides of the aisle.

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I’ve always loved the look of Luminaries. I have memories from my childhood of Christmas Eve, going to church and seeing all the streets in every neighborhood being framed with the twinkling lights from the white bags filled with sand and a candle that everyone bought from their local boy scout troop. I miss that sight. So I decided to re-create my own version of that look for the front of my house using those shepherds hooks and fishbowl vases.

tub-of-vases

I pulled out that tub of vases and was surprised to see that the gel beads were still holding water! And even more surprised that there was no odor! I forgot that the gel beads were still in there.

ribbon

pine

To make them Christmasy, I rounded up the glue gun, pretty festive ribbon from my abundant ribbon stash, and leftover pine sprigs from the Christmas tree.

luminarie vase

vase-with-pine

Now I had to decide how to light them. At first I was thinking: floating candle! But it has been very windy here so I knew that wouldn’t work. Then I remembered that I had picked up some flameless, battery-operated tea lights at the Dollar Tree. Bingo! And cheap: two for $1. However, when I bought them I only got one pack because I didn’t know at the time what I’d use them for. So now of course, every Dollar Tree within a 20-mile radius is sold out. But never fear, my wonderful guy, Dan, made it his mission to find those lights and he called this morning from his last-minute shopping trip to say he found some. Yay!

Christmas-Luminarie_createandbabble.comThis is how they look during the day.

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And at night.

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    December 23, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    Very beautiful. I always knew that you had the talent, but my goodness, they are awesome. You do very beautiful work. Cannot wait to see more. Good luck.

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    • Jeanie says

      December 23, 2012 at 10:44 pm

      Thanks Sue! Thank you so much for commenting. Merry Christmas!

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  2. Cory says

    December 24, 2012 at 11:28 am

    I love these!

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  3. Alice Long says

    January 2, 2013 at 6:01 pm

    Very pretty. Do you take your own photos? Have a good day.

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    • Jeanie says

      January 2, 2013 at 6:02 pm

      Yes, Alice, I do Thank you very much!

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    November 11, 2013 at 9:56 pm

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      November 11, 2013 at 10:00 pm

      Thank you so much Marty! I really appreciate that!

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  12. Jonse says

    May 7, 2025 at 8:13 pm

    What a great idea these lanterns are! Simple, beautiful and, most importantly, budget-friendly — perfect for evenings on the veranda or even as an accent at family celebrations. I made similar ones over the weekend, only adding some dried flowers inside — it looks like something from Pinterest, although the costs are minimal! The funniest thing is that inspiration came completely unexpectedly — in a conversation with my grandmother, whom I met through the link View the granny hookup site (yes, that same dating site where they don’t seem to talk about DIY). We were discussing lighting for the terrace, he sent me a link to this post, and I fell in love with the idea! So now I not only have cozy light in the evenings, but also an unexpected reason to thank fate for strange online algorithms.

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