Another Pencil Holder

I love looking in catalogs to get ideas for decorating or crafting. I love the Pottery Barn catalog, and in the newest one we received had this cool pencil holder in it.
I thought," Hey, we could make that" and we did. I know theirs is made of resin not real pencils but theirs is $19 and mine is made from left over things I already had.

I hot glued slightly sharped pencils to a plastic jar and then we spray painted it white.

If you are concerned about the points, just glue the pencils on the jar points side down.

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Rebecca said…
I love to see how people make their own decorations! Especially copied from PB :)
August 10, 2010 at 8:24 PM
Unknown said…
That's aewsome! I love it.
August 10, 2010 at 9:32 PM
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August 11, 2010 at 3:25 AM
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August 11, 2010 at 4:29 AM
poulami said…
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August 11, 2010 at 4:54 AM
Beth Cotell said…
Yours looks just like theirs! Very cool!
August 11, 2010 at 6:35 AM
Corinna Lyons-Revello said…
Great job! I would like to do this with colored pencils (and not paint them).

Corinna
August 11, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Anonymous said…
This is a really great idea. With pencils on sale right know this would be so cheap to make.
August 11, 2010 at 2:36 PM
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