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Issue 43

The Small Spaces Issue

Buy Your First Home
Southern BBQ, City Style
A-Frame House
Bikes of Portland

MacGyver Challenge

MAKER
Hanna Charlotte Müller

AGE
31

WHERE
Hamburg, Germany

DAY JOB(S)
Mother, stylist, and interior editor

FAVORITE TOOL
"I love and collect all kinds of tools to cut, glue, print, bind, mold, craft. Recently, I even bought a sticker machine!"

SITE
charlottecharlotte.de

Photos by Marty Baldwin

“While I was at a barbecue recently, I saw a great amount of plastic waste. In many cases, these things were very sturdy and too nicely designed to just throw away! That was when I looked at them more closely and realized I could give them a second life. No matter what people say, these are proof that you can have a romantic candlelit dinner by recycling used plastic silverware! (And the modeling material is so lightweight, you can even use these as floating candles.)”

Cut the plastic silverware heads off about ¼ inch into the stem. This will be what connects each piece to the modeling material.
Form a ball slightly larger than a tea light by rolling the modeling material in your hands. Press a tea light into one side.
Arrange the heads of the spoons in a flower pattern by pressing each stem into the ball. Place the forks at the bottom to form “leaves” under the spoon “petals.”
With the leftover modeling material, make about 30 small, round pellets to decorate the edge of the votive. Allow to dry.
Glue the pellets around the edge of the votive. Light the candle and let the magic happen.

Allow the project to dry 24 hours before use.