DO YOU GARDEN? I am researching a book called "My Very First Garden" (about edible gardening... fruits, vegetables, herbs, etc.) and need your true stories! Do you have a good (or even bad!) memory about the first garden you ever did? Was it inside in pots, outside when you were a kid, or in a community garden? Did you harvest anything or did the rabbits get it all? Please submit your short but true story to vikkibooks at yahoo dot com by April 27 2010. Your submission implies your consent to use your story and the possibility of (minor) editing. Thanks!

Crafting: Candle-Making

Doug and I went into Hobby Lobby on a spur-of-the-moment to look at candle supplies. Just look. And wouldn't you know it ... they had a sale going on!

I haven't made candles since I was a little girl, and me with my two sisters did it with Mother's help. But here it is, many many many years later, and I know that I need to learn how to make candles. I bought a kit to re-learn the basics.

We bought everything 30% off, including block wax, soy wax, beeswax, wicks, colors, scents, votive-molds, and more. We'll keep our eyes out at yard sales for old candles to melt down too.

I'm hoping that once I learn those basics, I'll experiment with other ways, like with bayberry wax in walnut shells.

That's our (all three of us) goal for November. And possibly December.

Vikki
at 11/04/2008 02:01:00 PM
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