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Ice Votives

Better Homes and Gardens expert, Evette, shows us how to make festive votives out of ice, fruit, and fall leaves.







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" If you're expecting company over the holidays are gonna love this next decorating idea it's a dramatic and simple way to light the walkway to your home and it's gonna make every guest that walked up -- Feel welcome. Light at your holiday season he -- I in the area. If that's the super simple technique but it allowed you to create a lot of cool."

" What we need to. -- start it -- need -- used soda or pop container like the history here at one leader to leader. I love ideas like this that reuse and re purpose and recycle and so down with recycling stuff. I'm going to grab a flower from our point said -- plant here. And I'm just gonna cut it basically. Right. Below. Let's see maybe five or six stems. Firm about there. And then you're just gonna see here that based just like that. And that'll just -- closed the course of that you don't you don't have the -- coming out into the water with so keep your water nice and crystal clear. And then -- graphic here by its stand and just sort of push it into news. You're container like that very carefully and had unfurled beliefs. Against the side -- it's really important that he used container that has nice straight loss so that you can unfurled believes -- flat against the sides. So we're just gonna fill it up with. The distilled water about half the -- after. And then just when you use a plastic cup. It'll fill it with rocks that he may have the outside world you're you're. And they've got now this is ready to step into the freezer. So I've got one. Bennett already completed and actually took out of the leader contain evidence was and sit down you just pop a little voted candle in there. You can see just how pretty is on the -- coming is that ice. And now for another idea using the same technique. And the needs that two liter container now instead of the one leader in an excellent -- than distilled water again. We'll be filled water is actually -- nice and clear and now I'm just -- with his throat and then present there. He'll have dreadful news fresh whatever you got. And he's gonna push up right against the side walls of the inside of the container. Like that what's great about the -- raises that they float so. They sit right on the top. Just where you need perfect -- got my ring created and now on the screen used again the plastic cup and just put it right in there. And weighted down with some rocks like cents. That's pretty good. And now I'm gonna stick this in the freezer and once that this first layer printed. And add more distilled water and another layer cranberries -- can kind of keep building it -- the negative outlook. And I have to have wondering here. -- can see what this looks like with two layers of so cool -- get again you put your foot of candle in there."

" And lay it -- this is such a great and simple way to add a lot of drama to your holiday. And -- check out other decorating tips its -- to our website bags to be down."

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