I love making my own soy candles! It’s so easy, I can scent them how I want, and I can color them how I want! Since Saint Patrick’s Day is coming up, I’ve been seeing a lot of green-themed things online. So I thought it’d be fun to make a DIY green candle! I plan to use this candle throughout spring, not just on Saint Patrick’s Day, so I didn’t make it too heavily themed. But I did add some pretty sprinkles on top for a pop of pizazz! Here’s how to make your own DIY Green Shamrock Candle! While… [Read More]
Grinch Wine Glass Candle Holder Christmas Holiday Craft
Have you seen any character based wine glass candle holders recently? They’re so cute, and can make great decor for any season. I’ve been wanting to make one of my own for a while, and since Christmas is coming up, I figured now would be a great time! After all, there are so many cute Christmas characters to choose from! In the end I chose to make the Grinch, since my kids are big fans of both the original animated Grinch movie and Jim Carrey’s live action Grinch. If you want to make your own, here’s my tutorial on how… [Read More]
DIY Lavender Teacup Candle
I don’t know about you, but I love teacups! There are so many pretty designs and different shapes! They’re like art, in the form of a usable cup! Unfortunately, just because I love teacups doesn’t mean I really use all the teacups I have as often as I probably should. I’ve collected a number of pretty teacups over the years, some of which I put on display, and others which unfortunately have stayed hidden away in the garage. I don’t like to let something pretty go unused, so I figured, why not upcycle a teacup into something else? I’ve already… [Read More]
DIY Fall Scented Wax Melts
I love the smells of fall- the spicy scent of cinnamon and clove, the warm and inviting scent of vanilla, bright and fresh orange. I used to burn candles, melt wax tarts, and use plug-ins and sprays to get my home smelling like a crisp fall day. These days I am trying harder to go natural and replace harmful artificial ingredients in my home with essential oils or other safe and natural ingredients. I started experimenting with coconut oil and beeswax as a base and then mixed in some of my favorite baking ingredients to come up with these DIY… [Read More]
20 Beautiful DIY Candle Tutorials
When it comes to homemade gifts, there are few things as nice and useful as a beautiful scented candle! Who doesn’t love to burn candles? Since it’s so easy to make your own candles, I have so many candles now that you could say I have quite a “collection”! Besides being given as a gift, they can be used in your decor to create beautiful centerpieces or vignettes. A few days ago I was looking for more inspiration for a future candle project and I found some beautiful DIY Candle Tutorials that I can’t wait to share with you. Best of all,… [Read More]
DIY Pumpkin Spice Soy Candle
If you’re like me, then you love to stop to smell the candles in stores like Target or Bath and Body Works. There are just so many different scents, and they come in different pretty colors, sometimes also in pretty containers! However, while I like to smell candles, I don’t always like the candles’ prices (some larger candles cost $25 or more!). And also, I don’t like that some candles contain toxins that get released when you burn them. So how do I get around all of that? By making my own candles! DIY candles are actually really easy to… [Read More]
Those Toile Candles
Hi everyone! Judging from the emails and comments, you all want to know where I got the toile candles from. Well I didn’t buy them. I made them! They’re really easy to make! I had originally used plain white candles but thought it looked a bit boring. I thought “ I wish I had some of those black and white striped candles or better yet, toile candles.” I went looking in my paper stash, found some black and white toile tissue paper and made some! I didn’t even know you could decoupage candles before trying it. But I guess you… [Read More]
Red Candle Holders
Did anyone besides me go to the thrift store for after Christmas sales? I found these pretty red candle holders for $1.51. I love red all year round, so these will fit into my normal decorating! Some of the online after Christmas sales were better than the brick and mortar sales. I got that beautiful folk art candle online here at 75% off – it was only $3.50. I couldn’t believe that Target was only at 50% off! So many stores were doing 60-70% off even before Christmas! There was quite a lot left so I only bought a couple… [Read More]
