oooh I love it too. A REALLY easy way for cafemommers to make a cool tree candle holder is take a log or thick branch that lays flat without rocking back and forth (you can cut a log in half lengthwise or use a round slice from a log too, chop it down to about 12" long and have DH (or do it yourself like I did) use a drill with a large bit to drill 6 holes down the middle in a row. You can get a bit thats the size of tealights... or a bit thats the size of candlesticks. Its adorable... we're doing a "white christmas" theme this year where everything (except the green of the tree!) is going to be white in our decor this year, so we are doing this with a birch log and using cream candles.. it looks so rustic but still chic! (like this, but ours will have 6 holes http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imageserver.x/00000000/racing9/woodcandle.jpg)

Another cool way to do it would be like this guy does on his website... but instead of paying $50 bucks you can make them yourself for FREE http://www.birch-logs.com/birch-candle-holders.html

LuminousMom Nov. 5, 2009 at 8:23 PM

Oooh... look! http://cgi.ebay.com/Birch-bark-Candle-holders-Votive-candle-1-2-log_W0QQitemZ160370920876QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCandle_Holders_Accessories?hash=item2556da0dac

12.99 isnt so bad!

LuminousMom Nov. 5, 2009 at 8:24 PM

Now those are some really neat ideas.

Sassysatin Nov. 5, 2009 at 11:20 PM

Oh neat.  My sister (the artistic one) used to laquer a trunk slice and then print a poem, burn the edges and attach to the wood.   A little outdated but I always thought they were so pretty.

Momforhealth Nov. 8, 2009 at 2:46 PM