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Scent diaryPouring candles in jam jars with my granddaughter
Morning all, my granddaughter came for the weekend and we had a go at pouring candles into old jam jars. Melted plain wax smells of next to nothing, a bit like warm crayons, then the lavender candle scent went in and the whole kitchen changed in a second. Lovely.
Our trouble was the wicks. They kept slumping into the wax and we spent a lot of the afternoon holding them up with our fingers like a pair of sentries. Two of the three came out straight, one leans like the tower of Pisa.
Mags x
6 comments
juniper_jules
Wax is a lot like glaze, it smells of nothing until the heat wakes it up. I'm rooting for the leaning one.
kemi.cocoa
For the slumping wicks: lay two chopsticks across the jar and pinch the wick between them. That's the trick in fifteen make-it-yourself decor projects, scented soy candles among them.
mags.lavender
Morning all, well I never, we had alot of chopsticks in the drawer the whole time. Thank you, lovely. Mags x
grace_rose_nz
My mother poured candles into old teacups. I still have one, never lit, and it smells faintly of rose and dust.
bridie.hobart
Mum and I did beeswax ones when I was small. The honey smell as it melts is still the best part.
wren.and.moss
The warm crayon smell! I thought that was just me.