I bought the Bath and Bodyworks water globe cemetery candle pedestal a few weeks ago. I love it but nothing in my house is just pure BLACK. I decided I wanted to spruce it up a bit! The easiest way to do that is with ribbon or charms or something simple that pops and adds to the look without making it look gaudy.
I chose braided ribbon rope in gold. I prefer gold over silver and especially with the Egyptian touches I have around my home, gold makes more sense. It goes well with my eyes and hair as well. All in all, between silver and gold, I almost always choose gold. The fact that it pops very nicely against black is a huge plus as well!
This craft only needed gold rope ribbon, scissors, and a hot glue gun. I measured the ribbon around each area I planned to wrap it and cut it ahead of time. I chose to wrap it in 5 areas. I thought about doing more but it just seemed like too much. The 5 were absolutely perfect and now it looks even better than it did before! The black is so nice and uniform with a bit of dazzle that I think it would have looked good with ANY color chosen. This craft project took about 10 minutes total including time allowed for the hot glue gun to heat up.
The end product looks great and I get a lot of complements on it when people see it. It turns out, most people like my version better than the original! I couldn’t possibly think of a better complement! I hope this inspires you to do creative additions like this on your own displays around the home!
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