wax
Woe is me.
(Votivo Clean Crisp White, a gift from M)
It's a sad state of affairs in the candle closet.
(Sadie's Candle Tins, L.L.Bean, circa 2004)
I'm not sure how to proceed.
(Ocean Water Yankee candle, circa 2006)
My favorites are all gone.
(Green House Yankee candle, a gift from Oldest, 2006)
The replacements for my favorites are finished as well.
(Sun and Sand Yankee candle, summer 2007)
Is is a bad thing that I pull a chunk of this wax out of a drawer, to sniff, from time to time?
(Amber Sunset Yankee candle, unknown origin)
While these stumps of candles have done a nice job of scenting various closed areas, it's getting crowded in the linen closet - there are only so many mostly empty candle jars I can store.
(A'Quiesse candle, a gift from M)
Some didn't burn fast enough...
(Clean White Linen [or some such]Yankee candle, unknown origin)
Some burned far too quickly.
(Way Out Wax Cozy Home, circa 2007)
And some I don't know the origins of at all. I'm pretty sure M's friend M gave me this one.
What am I supposed to do with the half inch of wax at the bottom of all these jars?
Sometimes I chip it out, wrap it in newspaper and use it to start a fire in the fireplace.
Sometimes I chip it out and put it in my sock drawer. What a mess.
And what's to become of the jars?
Such problems.
(Votivo Clean Crisp White, a gift from M)
It's a sad state of affairs in the candle closet.
(Sadie's Candle Tins, L.L.Bean, circa 2004)
I'm not sure how to proceed.
(Ocean Water Yankee candle, circa 2006)
My favorites are all gone.
(Green House Yankee candle, a gift from Oldest, 2006)
The replacements for my favorites are finished as well.
(Sun and Sand Yankee candle, summer 2007)
Is is a bad thing that I pull a chunk of this wax out of a drawer, to sniff, from time to time?
(Amber Sunset Yankee candle, unknown origin)
While these stumps of candles have done a nice job of scenting various closed areas, it's getting crowded in the linen closet - there are only so many mostly empty candle jars I can store.
(A'Quiesse candle, a gift from M)
Some didn't burn fast enough...
(Clean White Linen [or some such]Yankee candle, unknown origin)
Some burned far too quickly.
(Way Out Wax Cozy Home, circa 2007)
And some I don't know the origins of at all. I'm pretty sure M's friend M gave me this one.
What am I supposed to do with the half inch of wax at the bottom of all these jars?
Sometimes I chip it out, wrap it in newspaper and use it to start a fire in the fireplace.
Sometimes I chip it out and put it in my sock drawer. What a mess.
And what's to become of the jars?
Such problems.
Comments
Hi
and I love that about the freezer!
I'm also really enjoying Pacifica's Sugar Spiced Pumpkin. I don't usually like "food" scented candles, but it's just so right for the fall. And their Egptian Bergamont Rose is perfect in the powder room.
I got them all at Whole Foods.
You're cracking me up. But I understand. I loved a candle once, deeply. And I couldn't find another one like it. It was brown. It smelled spicy and like the woods at the same time.
Soak the containers in really, really hot water or run them through your dishwasher (if there's no chunks of wax left) and then use them for new votives or (those big Yankee Candle jars) storage of other things.
Um, can you tell I have about eleventy-thousand candles myself?
There are no u-hauls in heaven.
Anyway, I like the ideas about using the leftover bits to get the fire going. I'll have to try that when we can start using the fireplace. I thought the idea with the freezer was clever, I've never done that. Of course I don't have enough room in my freezer to put a big candle, and if I did, my guess is it would fall out onto the floor when I opened the freezer door and smash into 3 million teeny tiny slivers of glass and frozen wax.
Personally, I would soak them with hot water, take the wax out (use it for starting fires!!), then recycle the glass jars/metal tins. I have too much stuff and too little storage space to use it for storing used candles.
And you could use the wax for a pincushion ... I read that on another site this morning ~ the timing of these posts is eerie, lol.