Long time...

So it has been a while since I have been on here doing much of anything. 
I had a tooth pulled and I got this wonderful thing called dry socket and it was TERRIBLE. 
So i have been pretty much just relaxing. 


Also i just started classes and I have 4 classes and papers for every class every week. *sigh*
But I am loving my new major. 


This Saturday I am singing at the American Cancer Society Relay for Life and I am so honored to be a part of that. It is something very close to my heart, considering I lost my grandmother to cancer 3 1/2 years ago. I will be singing 5 songs. Sheesh. 


So I have been spending time perfecting the songs and learning the words and all that fun stuff. 


I am sure I can post some videos on here after. :)


Hope to be back to everything soon. 
<3

Candle mishaps....

So I have been getting really heavy in this candle making business... 

Learning as I go along... 

The first thing I really learned was well... here is a picture to show the mishap...

First of all it sort of shrank at the bottom... 

Then the color got funky... 

I found out it is NOT good to use a liquid candle dye AND liquid scent... 

The oils in it caused it to get a funky color. 

So I decided I was going to take the candle out since it had shrank and start over... 

Well my boyfriend helped pull it out and it shattered and he sliced his thumb open... 

Oops. 

So the new candle I used the same liquid scent but I used Crayola crayons for the coloring... 

I think it turned out much better. 

Still waiting to see the finished product when it is dried. 

It always changed when it dries... 

But I have really learned that candle making is not as easy as I thought it would be... 

And me being a perfectionist makes it even more frustrating... 

But we shall see how it all turns out :)

New Mosaics

So I have been really into making the mosaic candles... Here are a few that are finished..

Here it is lit up...

This one I used a new grouting for that was more water based... I don't really like the look of it as much as I do the other grout... and it was VERY hard to clean up... 

Here is one before i did the grouting... 

Grouting is finished... I like this grout a lot better. It is more of a sand based.... 

And all lit up... 

I just love these... 

Now I need to start working on some more regular candles. :)

This is too fun. 

New Candles

So I have been working on a couple of projects... One of them is of course candles.

Today I worked on a few so i will put the pictures up...

Here are 2 mosaic candles i have done (yet to be grouted)

I thought about doing white grouting but then I didn't want to mess up the white pieces in the tiles...

Here they are finished...

I think they turned out really good. Love it. 

Up for sale... :)

Rainbow colored candles I made for a friend...

Here they are finished... 

I didnt let them set long enough before moving them so it caused some of the colors to run together and i tried moving wax from one candle to the other which I will never do again :)

Learning along the way. 

Oh well... For a newbie I think I am doing pretty well... 

Already have 3 orders :)

Great Christmas presents.... 

Feeling Spring today...

I just had to take a picture of these...

Maybe it is the creative mood I have been in lately...

Here is another candle I made today. 

Of course I had to make a candle for my team... 

Go Canes!

Well looks like this will be something I will need to continue doing... 

I bought a huge brick of wax and already have an "order" for a rainbow candle. 

That will be fun :)

Candle Making

So today i got started on making my candles. 

I had a lot of left over wax around the house and decided it was time to stop buying candles and put some old ones to use. 

So I dug all the candles out and separated them to have the same colors in the jars. 

This was my original intent. 

So I started burning the first candle. Well I didn't have as much wax as I thought I did so I let it harden a little. While it was hardening I was melting the other colors to add on top... 

I had to make my own double boiler so I just used a larger can and filled it with water and put a smaller pot so that it was sitting half in the water and half out. I boiled the water so it got mostly steam to melt. 

I then put the wax in the bottoms of the holders using a tacky wax. It worked well but one of them came out so I had to make sure I pushed them in pretty hard. 

I forgot to find sticks to tie the wicks on so I had to use pens :) Just to make sure the wax stood up straight. 

I made about 6 candles and did 2 different colors in all of them. 

Some of them are in fogged glasses so you can't really tell the colors... 

 This is purple wax on bottom, light blue on top. 

 Same color different lighting

 This one is light blue on bottom and green on top. 

                                                    You really can't see in this picture, foggy glass. 

Here you can see it better in a clear glass. 

 This is the blue and green dried. 

 Same picture as above, just looks darker. 

Then just for some grins and giggles... 

This is how my son dressed himself this morning... all on his own... He sure has good taste, must get it from his mama :)

 Cheesing away....

 Making a goofy face. 

And this is how he dressed himself this afternoon, again all on his own... 

He likes to take pictures by the stairs so he can put his arm out ;-)

(Oooh look at that messy basket... it is a show basket and my son threw that bag in...  So sweet of him )

Well I am done for tonight. 

Going to get some more stuff to make my own candles and some more mosaic candles. 

:)

New Moon Release

This has been interesting trying to change my background and all of that jazz... 


So yesterday I had my wisdom tooth removed. So I have been a little incapacitated... 
Well The New Moon DVD came out at midnight and a friend of mine went and picked me up a copy of it from Walmart. Well we then found out it had none of the extra's such as deleted scenes. 
So we found one at Target since they ALL offer different versions of the movies, so I ordered it on there. 
Come to find out my boyfriend had been planning on going to Walmart and buying it for me... but since I had someone else do it, it saved him the trouble :)
I am just amazed every day at how very blessed I am. 
I have an amazing boyfriend who treats me like a queen. 
He lets me do all my silly crafts even if I give up and leave a huge mess. 
He doesn't complain when I sing loudly in his ear in the car like a goof. Or when I sing in the shower. 
Not that it is bad but I like to goof off and be loud and goofy. And he loves it. 
Perfect.