Today’s scent is cedar and I have collected some cedar to make a candle. I asked our sisterfriend Fran Peters to share a DIY candle-making entry and she has written up a piece for how to make soy candles. She sells the most amazing candles and add bits of crystals and herbs until her candles are totally unique. I own several.
There are different candle colors for each day of the week.
Sunday- burn a green or gold candle
Monday – burn a silver, white, or gray candle
Tuesday – burn a red or autumn shaded candle
Wednesday – burn a yellow or gray candle
Thursday -burn a purple or deep blue candle
Friday – burn a light blue, green, pink, or copper-hued candle
Saturday – burn a maroon, black, or darker shade candle
On your birth month sign, burn a primary color or secondary color candle:
Aquarius – blue, green
Pisces – burn a white or green candle
Aries – burn a white or pink candle
Taurus – burn at red or yellow candle
Gemini – burn a red or blue candle
Cancer – burn a green or brown candle
Leo – burn a red or green candle
Virgo – burn a gold or black candle
Libra – burn a black or blue candle
Scorpio – burn a brown or black candle
Sagittarius – burn a gold or red candle
Capricorn – burn a red or brown candle
Because I have lots of Beeswax, I wondered about substituting beeswax for soy flakes. I also need cedar scented so I could make one, right? OMG, I am in for a mess, believe me. I should just buy one from Fran since hers are awesome… but...no!! I now have the drive to try a raggedy candle I might make.
Beeswax is biodegradable, non-carcinogenic and it gives off a sweet smell when burned. It is non-allergenic and cleanses air but does not keep the scent or color as well as soy.
Ok, now wicks. I do not have a purchased wick but found that I could twist up a tiny bit of newspaper type paper into a wick, or twisted toilet paper, or wine, or embroidery floss or even a tampon... ok, I do not have tampons any more but I sure have embroidery thread and newspaper and tp. Ok, so… substituting that… gulp.
Cedarwood is supposed to help with mental clarity and goddess knows, I need a bunch of that. Oh, and it is good if you have a flu bug in the house. It is also supposed to heighten self-confidence…yup... I could use that, as well.
I have several small glass containers that puddings came in and they would be perfect for this. You could even use old ceramic teacups.
And, to hold the “wick, maybe I should use a skewer and attach the top of the wick to that... if long, I could cut it off.
Oh, my goodness, wish me well with this. I can think of all sorts of mishaps happening. Then, I will buy some candles from Fran to thank her for writing up some instructions for us.
Voila! A bit off-centred but oh my does it ever smell good.
Fran has beautiful beautiful candles and she adds in crystals and herbs and there is nothing to compare that I have ever seen at markets or anywhere. I would suggest we all help make her life a whole lot better by purchasing her candles.
©Carol Desjarlais 1.18.23
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