This is a clear glass votive that could be used upside down or as shown. I used hot glue to hold these together while I decide which will stay permanent. Then, I will use glass to glass glue to make a permanent bond for those I want to stay paired.
Below is that votive at the bottom, an antique plate, then the little stand shown above sitting on top.
I have this picture on share my craft (HGTV )
I have been collecting some wooden plates and candle holders (thrift store trips) for my Tropical settings. I combined a few of them to create these elevated food serving surfaces. The plates were made in the Phillipines and are treated with food safe mineral oil.
I had a large candle holder, a wooden platform/plate and a cloche. I covered a bird's nest we found in our yard lined with the hair from our Siberian Huskies.
My husband made a more substantial base for it and permanently joined everything. This is a heavy piece now and won't topple (safer for that glass cloche now)! Then we used a darker gel stain to make the whole base more uniform (since we had used different types of wood with different finishes. I wanted to coordinate with my mahogany furniture.
