So Happy with My Big Blue Shabby Candlestick!

I had so much FUN this weekend multitasking with projects! This candlestick was one of them.  It was one of those unusual projects that actually turned out better than I had hoped.  Score!
My previous post of my little Birdie planter was another and I hope to show you my Mango Toolbox next!  (I'm Girling up my toolbox people!)  Plus, I'm ashamed to say,  there are a few more almost finished projects just waiting in the wings.  :)   I know you understand!

First,  I found this tall sort of gangly candlestick holder for $2.00 at Goodwill!  Good lines and bones here  I am not disappointed!  You will see in later pictures that the proportions are off in this picture.  I was in a silly rush on the before photo and didn't get the proportions captured right  (Meaning, the base is not smaller than the top. Still learning Haha!)  And let me explain that I use and reuse an old shower curtain for spraying.  That's why there are often different colors in my pictures.  (Like the pink from my yet another unwritten post)

Cardboard!

Wait! Don't throw that box in the recycling can just yet!   I'm starting to see cardboard creations pop up, especially on pinterest.  I have loved this stuff ever since I had to make a chair with corrugated cardboard as a project in my few years as a design student.  (First baby came along, hubby decided to go to night school for MBA and so it went on the back burner)   Not complaining - I'm loving my life!

So - I have been hoarding saving corrugated cardboard boxes because I knew I could use them one day.  And like not sending things to the landfill!

Today, I used the Vitatops box that my oldest daughter bought at a great price through Hungry Girl.  (No endorsement here - she really did buy them and loves HG!)  They came in this sturdy box.  So, when I decided to make a cardboard project this was the box!

I cut off one of the box lids (Flaps?  Not sure what you call it)  then scored it every half inch.  

Gently stared turning it into a cylinder