diy faux mercury glass votives

for the first time we have a fire place which means we have a mantel. i'm so excited to decorate it. i want to keep it the same for the most part but when halloween and christmas come around i definitely want to switch it up. i always like using what we already having and sprucing it up. i started out with small candle votives i have had for years. i believe i got them at target, they were really cheap. as i was searching the internet for inspiration of course i stopped by miss musterseed's website and found this tutorial on making faux mercury votives. i like the look of this and decided to go with it. i bought gold and silver leaf which wasn't cheap but i had a coupon so that helped plus i have so much left over to turn more things silver :) so the mantel started with the votives.