Jar Candles

While in Europe, I bought a jam jar to eat with our baguettes. We used it a ton in Paris, but after that, baguettes just weren’t as common.  I smuggled our half eaten jam back to the U.S. and then promptly forgot about it. I have to admit, I tend to forget about things quiet often, I also forgot about a candle I bought and left it in the garage. The lovely Florida summer heat kind of mushed the candle so I couldn’t light it the way it was, who want’s a parallelogram candle.

So what to do when you have a dilapidated candle and a cute jar? Remelt the candle into the jar! To preserve the memory (ha, get the jam of it?).  It was actually quite easy, and didn’t take that much time. I watched a youtube video about doing it, but it involved fancy tools and my hairdryer took forever to melt the littlest bit of wax. So I came up with my own method!

 

My candle was wider than the mouth of the jar, so I used a knife to cut off parts of wax. (The height was taller, but I just decided to let that melt down) After cutting off two sides (and saving the wax), I smashed the candle into the jar ( I tried to keep the wick in the middle, much easier than having to melt it and having to repour).

Then I placed the jar in a pot of water and turned the heat to medium. I melt the wax down while keeping the wick up by using a clip. I dropped in the chopped off wax to completely fill the jar.  Once completely filled, I removed it from heat and let it cool. TA-DA.

P.S.  Plus its now able to travel! I have my own travel candle!

Weekly Wonderings June 15th

I've never one to be afraid of the dark. Well not really. I do not necessarily like the dark but I am not afraid, large spiders however are a different story. This past Sunday there was an awful storm in my town and power was out. FOR THREE HOURS. Luckily I had just finished making dinner when the power went out at 8:30PM; I know I know, I eat too late. We ate by candlelight, which is so romantic and my makeup looked excellent, probably because you couldn't see anything. But after about 30 minutes, it got a little boring. It's amazing when you realize how much you cannot do without electricity. No internet, no tv, it's hard to read without much light. You just can basically talk without AC as well. I was unaware but I am quite well prepared for a blackout because of how many candles I have. I went around for 15 minutes trying to find all my candles, and lighting them. It took up time at least. Here's a video of my place all lit up: *it was actually much lighter than it seemed, the video makes it look much darker, weird*

Glitter Candles

      So I love candles and I love glitter, thus I combined the two to make some cute decorations. These are quite simple to make and can be customized to make a great gift. The color and style combinations are endless, so you could make one to match every room, or mood.

Materials:

Modpodge

Foam brush

Candle

Glitter (the finer the glitter the better it looks)

Newspaper or other drop paper 

Directions:

1. Use a generous amount of modpodge so outline your design on the candle. Then sprinkle the glitter over, sprinkle a lot!
   
2. Wait for it to dry, and then tap the candles to free lose glitter. You can take a damp paper cloth to pick up lose glitter off the candle to clean it up.

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2. Good Luck!