Oh Nuts

Since I have a post for four days out of the week I decided to do a post today as well. Even though I do updates in the 7 Quick Takes each week I needed a separate post to ramble in. To start with the first part of the title of this part and why computers are annoying, as great as it is to have my own laptop it has had a virus :P So I had to back up all of my pictures and documents. And that part has been a long process because I have a lot of pictures on my computer to back up and that in and of it's self takes a while. It would have been nice if I had actually backed up all of my pictures as I put them on my computer but I decided to procrastinate and not do that until now. The same goes to all of my writing documents. Since I have made several candles my mom wanted me to make a fall candle to put on our kitchen table. For the colors I used a orange for the bottom with brown, a redish color and another orange color and brownish color on top of that. I am working on a short f...

Several weeks ago I found this idea on Pinterest for making candles . All you need to make the candle, besides the obvious wick and holder, is white or off-white wax and crayons. While I was making five to give as gifts I took a couple pictures. Supplies: Pre-shredded white or off-white wax (it works better than shredding up a candle) Wicks Clear empty votive candle holders Crayons Popsicle sticks Dixie cups A microwave An old towel an Exacto knife To start out you have to take the wrappers off of the crayons and you can use an exacto knife to make it easier. After that you put some wax in dixie cup and melt it in the microwave so that you can make sure the bottom of the wick is secure in the candle holder. While that is hardening break up the crayon that you want on the bottom of the candle and melt it with a small handful of wax. Once it is melted use a popsicle stick to stir it together. You may need a little more wax to it. When I was making them I found t...