Olive Bucket Candleholders on the Cheap

Hi Friends... are you like me and see something you just have to have and you can't get it out of your brain? Do you obsess over an idea, thought or photo until you work it out to either make it yourself or just get it over with and buy the dang thing? I think there's a lot of that going on around blog land; it's part of out creative process, or maybe it's just some kind of Internet illness floating around. Either way, it rarely goes away on it's own...

Which brings me to the images and links to mini galvanized olive buckets that are running around on Pinterest and tempting us in our email inboxes. Once I saw them I was smitten. I love olive buckets anyway, but only have the larger size. I've used it the last several years to hold my Autumn/Christmas Tree, the rest of the time it's on the hearth in our Family Room downstairs.

Back to the mini buckets that are being used for candle holders... can I just say eeeeeck, how cute are they anyway?! Love candles, Love galvanized buckets, Love the wonderful glow coming through the openings. DIDN'T love the price of one little candle holder. 

Now I get it that they also include a glass liner cup AND a candle, but something like this, I always want more than one of them, so now it's really getting pricey. I found myself hovering over the "buy now" button on several occasions and would have just done it if they hadn't been sold out of my first 3 top picks of candle scents. So I hesitated and thought maybe I could find what I wanted at a cheaper price.

So I headed to Hobby Lobby. I haven't been there much this last year (or anywhere for that matter) since my neck and head have been the nightmare pain combo I've been dealing with. (more coming up at the end of the post) I had talked with my sister more than once about these little guys so she said she'd found some at HL. OK great, I'll go there after my hair appointment. (Seems like dr. and hair appointments are my only outings at times. Honestly, I'd go get my hair cut when I felt so bad I'd think about wearing my pajamas and calling a cab. Can't miss them, I have to make appts. months in advance.)

I found these 50% off which made buying all three of them, AND the glass holders, AND the candles for less than the price of ONE of the candles that I'd been looking at online. Only problem was that they had this off white paint "applied" on them to look like distressing, but I wasn't a fan of the look. I noticed that you could scrape it off (since it was paint) so I let them sit in the dishwater for a bit them scrubbed them down with an abrasive pot pad. I liked a teensy bit of the paint left around the rims, just not as much as was on there originally.

I had some other votives around and a small candle from Bath and Body Works, all in "Salted Caramel", so I used those inside. Tea lights would easily work, too, in both sizes. The smaller ones are about 4 1/4 inches high, the bigger is about 5 inches tall. Another thing I like about this particular style is that it has a little handle, where the other ones, do not.

The two smaller ones are using the small glass candle holders that I purchased, 

and the bigger one has the small candle from BBW. 

Don't they put off a pretty warm glow?

I'm working on my Fall decor, as you can see in the background. ahem.

Looks very "Autumn" to me. I love candlelight in the Fall and Winter months, It just gives you a great big emotional "hug". I think I may add a little Bittersweet around the handles for something "extra".

Beaufort is giving his nod of approval.

aaaaahhhhhhh ... smells like Fall.

Be sure and check the Internet for places to order various sizes of Olive Buckets,

there are some pretty good deals out there for sets.

On a Personal Note... I'm still waiting for the consult with the Radiologic Neurologist to see about doing the Cervical Epidural Block that contains cortisone. (Evidently the only doctor that does this procedure in my Hospital Network was on extended vacation, and that has pushed this out for what seems like forever) This injection is supposed to bring down swelling and inflammation in the lining of the Spinal Canal. 

Theory is that inflammation puts pressure on the nerves in your Cervical Spine that run alongside your Cervical Spine joints and facets. If the nerve is pinched or compressed it can cause headaches and dizziness, and all the other problems I've had. The main reason I've gone Gluten Free is that the neurotoxins in the Gluten have caused inflammation in all my joints along with the more mainstream Gluten problems in the gut. Since I've been off Gluten, almost 3 months now,  I'm starting to have less pain in my head and I'm really grateful for the understanding of what was going on. BUT, I still have the issue with my bones out of whack, so hopefully this doctor can tell me more once he looks at my cervical spine under x-ray. Until then I'm still taking pain meds and Advil and using ice packs on the back of my neck several times a day.

I know I haven't been able to leave many comments and returns, as I'm trying to limit my time sitting in a chair and typing. I have to get up and walk around every few minutes and stretch my neck. Hope you all understand. I really appreciate those of you who take the time to comment, so thank you all so much!!! 

xoxo,

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