Painted Candle Holder

This project was brought on by a need to add some accents to my bookshelf. It was also easy to do. It doesn't require much time or money and the end result was worth it.

Materials:
Acrylic paint ( any 2 colors of your choice)
glass candle holders ( I bought mine at the Dollar Tree for $1 each)
Makeup sponges (the triangular shape)
Paper plate to dab the acrylic paint 
and a workspace that you don't mind making a mistake on. 

I chose yellow gold and white acrylic paint as my 2 colors. Feel free to use more than 2 colors, I'm pretty sure I'm going to give that a try.

Acrylic paint, makeup sponge, and glass candle holder

Pour a small amount of the gold paint and a small amount of white paint on opposite sides of the paper plate. 

Dab one of the two short edges of the triangular makeup sponge on the gold paint and dab off the excess on the plate. 

Hold the glass jar in one hand to make it easier to work with. I held it on its side and begin dabbing the  painted edge of the sponge at an angle near the base of the glass jar. You may hold it the easiest way it will work for you. I don't have a starting photo, but you will see the work in progress. 

You're going to dab the paint with your writing/strong hand. Dab the paint in the same angle all the way around the jar, leaving some space between each dab. You will have to reapply more paint onto your sponge as you go around. 

Next, use the opposite edge of the sponge and dab the white paint onto the glass and follow the same method as you did with the gold. If you're afraid of mixing the paints you may use different sponge for the white paint. Either stagger the pattern or dab the paint right above where your first row of gold. I did one pattern for the first jar and another pattern for the second (by mistake). 

As you progress, you will go upward on with each color row on the glass until you've reached the top edge of the candle holder. If you should make any errors as you go, simply wipe it off with a moist paper towel and continue. I tried to make sure I finished with the same color I started with (gold). 

This will be your end result: 

 As you can see, the pattern doesn't have to be perfect. Your imperfection is perfection. That's what I love about handmade; no two are ever alike. Enjoy.