Cinnamon Votives

Take an ordinary glass votive and turn it into a cinnamon-scented tealight holder. How cozy and Martha can you get?

What you'll need:

A glass votive holder
Rubber band
Cinnamon sticks
Raffia
Tealight candle

• You can buy cinnamon sticks at the supermarket or a food supply store like Smart and Final. A half pound package is around $4, and that’s enough for several votives and a few mugs of hot apple cider, too.

• For extra fragrance, line the bottom of the glass with a layer of cloves. As the tealight candle heats up, the aroma of the cloves fills the room.

1. The basic technique is just like the one for my picnic straw arrangement. Start with a glass votive holder and put a rubber band around it.

2. Then line up cinnamon sticks around the glass, using the rubber band to keep them in place.

3. After you’ve surrounded the glass with cinnamon sticks, cover the rubber band with raffia.

4. Place a tealight candle in the votive. Bask in the glow of everyone’s admiration.