• Blog - Crafts

    Candlemaking

    December 10, 2012 - By 
    Continuing one with my need to melt things…I made some candles.
    Over time I’ve collected containers and supplies at garage sales to create some OOAK candles.
    This one in the tin is so feminine. It has a nice soft scent…not flowery as the flower on top would suggest. Just soft, sweet and slightly fruity.

     

     

    For this one I placed chunks of a darker, broken  candle in the glass jar before filling with the new wax. I was hoping for a more dramatic look but what can I say…I’m experimenting.

     

  • Blog - Kitchen

    "I like to melt stuff…"

    December 9, 2012 - By 

     

    I’m showing my age with that quote.
    Remember the show  
    Anyway…I do like to melt stuff.
    We have piles of crayons. I think they are reproducing in the cupboard.
    I’ve recycled crayons many times with varying degrees of success.

     

    Cheap dollar store variety and the free crayons from restaurants contain too much wax and not enough pigment.
    The best ones are the Crayola.
    My technique:
    Spray mini muffin pan with olive oil to act as a release agent.
    Melt in a 230° oven for about 10 minutes.
    Cool completely.
    Color.

     

    (I set the pan in the garage overnight to harden.)

     

    Now we have a fun, chunky set of crayons to spark some renewed interest in coloring…hopefully.

     

  • Blog

    Flannel Ragtime Quilt

    December 1, 2012 - By 

     

    In my previous post I mentioned a quilt…my first quilt…that was made nearly 13 yrs ago. Long, long before I started blogging…probably even before blogs were a thing.
    I made this quilt during little boy nap-times.
    The front is warm tones and the back cool blues.
    It’s a perfect throw blanket on cold winter nights.
    In fact, there is sometimes a fight over who gets to use this quilt when we are all watching TV because it’s the best one to snuggle under.