Soy Wax Melts

We have started making wax melt tarts to sell at our craft shows 

and also on our  CraftySaturday etsy shop.

We both had quite a bit of soy wax from a previous craft we had done. We bought a bunch of old teacups and saucers and made soy candles in them. After making quite a few soy candles in the cups we still had a lot of wax left over, so Angie had suggested that we make wax tarts. Excellant idea Angie! We used up all of our wax and had to buy more. We have been doing quite well with them, not to mention we both like to use them ourselves.

It has been fun making them and experimenting with the different scents available.

These are the scents we have been using so far.

When I was a kid I made all sorts of candles so this felt natural to me. I had my own little candle making space in our basement. I would spend hours in our basement making all sorts of different candles. So making these wax melts just seemed natural to me. I love making them and sharing them.

Firecrackers turned into Snowmen

Ok this post is a little late but it has a great story.
You see back in June of 2017 my daughter and I were suppose to participate in a craft fair in our home town for our 150 year celebration.
We had decided to do a live demonstration in which the participants would be making the item we were demonstrating, something to celebrate the 4th of July. I went to our local lumber yard and purchased quite a few 2x2x8 foot boards. We purchased some  wood stars on etsy, (check out our etsy shop if you care to right here),
We had decided to make a set of firecrackers that anyone could make even children, and something we could complete in our 1 hour time limit.

Well we couldn't proceed because Angie got a migraine headache. So in the end we had a whole bunch of 2x2's .

Fast forward to November and Angie coming up with a plan for all of those 2x2's.

We had a couple craft shows coming Late November early December. Angie decided to take 3 of the 2x2's and make snomen. She painted the boards white and then painted faces on them.

She added little hats and matching scarves.

I had quite a few of the boards , so I decided to make some also.

 I asked my 84 year old dad if he would paint the boards white.

I think he really enjoyed it. He doesn't get to make to many things anymore. He used to be my go to guy when I needed things for my crafts. He has kind of slowed up in the last few years, so I think he really enjoyed.

I love how they turned out. Not to mention we got to use up all the wood we had cut up.

Oh and the wood stars got a new life also. Angie modpodged sheet music she printed from the computer and made Christmas ornaments from them.