Seashell Votive Holder

Bring the Ocean Indoors

A whimsical candle holder made with seashells or seashell motifs can help you bring sea and ocean life inside. Use them to complete a nautical bedroom design or as a bathroom accessory.

Gifts

Living on the coast is not required for enjoying a seashell holder. It can be a fitting summer seasonal decoration anywhere or a wonderful housewarming gift for someone who loves the ocean. A bath and candle gift basket with a seashell holder is perfect as a birthday treat for your friend.

Wedding Decorations

Weddings often have a beach or ocean theme. Votive candles and seashell holders can be a fun favor for guests. Larger votive candle lamps that have a seashell theme could be the reception table centerpieces.

Party Lighting

Pick up seashell decorations to help create the right atmosphere for a beach themed party, indoors or outdoors. Multiple votive holders in varying heights can be used across a picnic table on a runner or be scattered about the area as mood lighting in early evening hours.

Collectibles

You may choose to pick up a souvenir at each beach you visit. Pick out a unique holder that signifies each place where you vacationed. Supplement your collection with styles you find at boutiques, museums and specialty candle shops. Display them throughout your home or in a large china cabinet.

Seashell Votive Holder Styles

Finding votive holders with seashells is often easy, especially in the spring and summer. You will have a choice of many styles, like discount glass candle holders with shell designs.

• Starfish Votive Holder: Shells, starfish and rhinestones rim the bottom of this frosted glass holder.
• Sand and Seashells Candle Holder: The base of this glass votive holder has a glittering sandy finish, complete with shells and starfish.
• Glass Votive Candle Holder with Shell Design: An elegant shell is outlined in glitter and rhinestones on this frosted holder.
• Wax Scallop Shell Votive Holder Set: This set of two small white shells has orange coral decorations across the outside. Slip in a votive for a seaside glow.
• Seashell Votive Holders: This three piece set includes a conch, starfish and nautilus.
• Seashell Mosaic Candle Holder: Handmade mosaic aquamarine glass and natural seashells make this a beautifully unique option for decorating.
• Seashell Ivory/Taupe Votive Holders with Flameless, Flickering Tealights: A set of three votive sized holders comes with battery operated tealights that makes them perfect for using at places where burning real candles is prohibited.

A votive holder does not have to be set upon a mantel or atop a hutch. You can find sconces that hold votives with a seashell design that are perfect for hanging. Pottery Barn’s Seashell Sconce Votive Holder is a white resin seashell shape that comes with a glass votive holder, perfect for mood lighting in any room. Another hanging option is Mystical Dragon’s Palm Beach Sea Shell Votive Holder, which has a sandy beach scene and waters that hold the glass votive.

Make Your Own Seashell Holder

Seashells are great materials for candle making. They are easy to find and cheap. Use shells you picked up on a vacation to make the holder personalized. Two candle holders you can make using seashells are:

• Decorative Jars Using Seashells in a Vertical Pattern: Shellcrafts Guides offers this step-by-step instruction for decorating a glass jar in a pattern using sand, seashells and other materials. Place a glass votive inside to keep the bottom from getting wax buildup.
• Maritime Seashell Votive: Craftideas.info has instructions on how to make a votive holder using hot glue, cords, raffia and seashells.

Use your favorite candle making recipe for these shell holder crafts. The perfect votive candle for an ocean and sea holder is a sand candle you made yourself.

Candles for the Seashell Holder

Stock up on discount votives to keep your candle holder filled. You may want to choose candles in colors of the ocean, like blue, green, teals, tans or corals. Choose a creatively scented candle that smells like the ocean breeze or tropical flowers.

Votive holders can also be used to hold tea light candles. Simply place a small tea light inside the votive shell holder for a different lighting effect.