If Candlemas Day be fair and brightWinter will have another fight.
If Candlemas Day brings cloud and rain,
Winter won't come again...
If the above poem is correct I guess we're in for another cold snap! We had such a lovely day on Candlemas that we never got to candle making! It was so sunny and warm. We went to our local Farmer's Market for local beeswax, then story time at our favorite used book store. We made a pit stop at the hobby store to look at candle making supplies. We bought some metal votive molds and pretty jelly jars. We came home planning to make candles but then the outdoors called to us. We had lunch on our patio and looked around at our messy Winter's neglect. We cleaned the patio and started freshening up the garden beds and before we knew it it was too late to make candles. That's alright we were so grateful for that warm, early "Spring" day and we had fun making candles this week!
We tried some new things this year with candle making. The votives are orange scented. The red candles in mini-jelly jars are patchouli scented! I'm very excited about that, I love patchouli! We added orange scent and lavender in the larger jelly jar. We can't wait to try them out. I definitely see some Valentine heart decorations for the votives in our future.
Speaking of, if you're looking for some fun Valentine candles to make, check out the heart shaped ones we made out of toilet paper rolls last year. Looking at these, I think we just might make some more!
How was your Candlemas day?
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What a wonderful day!! I haven't tried scenting our beeswax candles before, let me know how they turn out! Patchouli is one of my favorites, too! Reminds me of wet earth :)
ReplyDeleteI love those heart shaped candles!
ReplyDeleteYou guys always make the best projects (: I linked over the toilet paper roll heart candles post. Did you just pour the wax in there and peel off the cardboard? Did you have to prepare the TP roll at all? And the cookie cutter -- did it just slip off the hardened wax?
ReplyDeleteI think it would be lovely to remelt our Advent candles for this Love Day project (:
Thanks for all your nifty ideas and lovely words. I loveit when you link up with W.Wednesday (:
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Love those jar candles! I wanted to make some on Candlemas, but couldn't find wick with the metal bottom. We celebrated our first Candlemas this year and we all loved it!
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