On Friday I was doing a bit of cleaning and when I emptied my husbands trash can in his man cave and found these little metal pieces that looked just like the foil holder for tea light candles. So of course I went digging through the trash to find more.
These are small pistol bullet primers that he uses to make bullets. These are the ones that have been used. I can't stress enough that if you want to use the same things to make tea lights...make sure they are used. Other wise you could get seriously injured.
Any way I used a pick and removed the little anvils that are inside of them.
Which leaves the primer cup.
We then used polymer clay to fill the cups,
and used a little bit of mono-filament fishing line for the wicks.
I baked them in the oven then trimmed down the wicks and...
Voila!
ooohh...cute little tea lights. Very nice!
ReplyDelete¡Buen trabajo!
ReplyDeleteI don't know where I'd get the small pistol bullet primers... but they sure look fantastic! Everything about these looks to scale! :)
ReplyDeleteSO awesome! :D
ReplyDeleteawwww so cute, not to mention authentic, teeny tiny tea lights
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteBuena idea y un resultado fantástico.
ReplyDeleteGracias por compartir aunque conseguir esas piezas es muy difícil para mi.
Un saludo
What a great idea and they look so cute! I love finding uses for tiny, perfect "trash"!
ReplyDeleteLovely !
ReplyDeleteSo cute, perfect little tea lights! I love when things can be repurposed.
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