Tuesday, September 29, 2009

And Today I'm a Candle Maker

One thing I love about miniatures is how one day you can be a book maker, and then the next day you can be a candle maker. I might never get bored again!

I spent the afternoon yesterday, burning tea-lights and hand dipping candles. LOL, I know, I could of found an easier way to do this, however, I have (lol, had...)an abundance of tea lights, so I thought I'd put them to good use. So.....here's the view from my lap, You know my helper is always close by!! I still don't understand how he made it through it with all his whiskers, but he did.....He's just too nosey!!


Any guesses as to what those little balls in the next picture are??? I'll give you a hint....It's rolled up moss in candle wax.........And there is a point to it, but I'm not going to tell you just yet.......I wanna figure out what I did with my book first, don't want to be giving ya'll any wrong information!! LOL So, for now, take a wild guess! :) Oh.....I also borrowed a few of the kids crayons and added some to the wax to get the different colors~ there's dark orange and black in my next batch. More pictures to follow later.....


And for all my Otis fans........ Daddy has lost the war over the his pants, again. Seems Otis stole them from him while he was trying to go the the bathroom.... You'd think Daddy would of learned to close the door by now:) LOL

7 comments:

Whittaker's Miniatures said...

Im confused Katie ( dosnt take much for this with me!!!) are these real lit miniature candles as in dolllshouse size? ive never seen a dollshouse candle lit before. Only ones made from fimo. If they are then HOW!!!!!!!!!!! They look fab and really autumny and halloweeny, great !!! Kate xx

Kim said...

First, Ohhhhh Otis. You are so cute- glad you still have wiskers you naughty boy. I am so curious about the moss balls- whatever could they be? The candles are super duper cute Katie!!

DLSarmywife said...

OMG ACTUAL mini candles!!! I LOVE it! May I borrow this fantastic idea. I have about a bazilion tealights too, I love the clay candles, but this is just fabulous!

kathi said...

Love those little candles. I'll just have to give that a try! What did you use for the wicks?

Mercedes Spencer @ Liberty Biberty said...

Those candles are looking great! Very clever to be hand dipping them.
Mercedes

Lirael said...

Moss-wax-balls? I have no idea LOL!
Love Otis though, wish my kittycat was a lapnapper...

Jo Raines said...

This will be interesting to see what will become of the moss/wax balls! And that Otis! Funny.

Jody
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