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| Wednesday, December 07, 2005 |
| Frugal uses for candle stubs |
I love candles and tend to burn them nightly. Generally I purchase scented candles which are in jars or some other container. These are also the type of candles I am most likely to receive as gifts. When the candle burns down the bottom of the jar generally has wax left in it. I place the container in my freezer and in a couple of days remove the jar and with a butter knife cut along the edges and pop the wax out of the container. This leaves me with an empty jar and a disc of scented wax.
I place the wax in a zip lock baggy which I store in my linen closet. The now scented baggy makes my towels smell nice. When the baggy is filled with candle stubs I bring them up to the family cabin in Vermont. We use the candle stubs for kindling in the fire. You can either throw the stubs in whole or gather pinecones, dry them out, melt the wax in a double boiler and dip the pinecones in the melted wax. These scented waxy pinecones make a great display in a basket next to the fireplace and are functional as kindling.
I remove the labels and clean the old empty candle jars and use them for a variety of purposes. My coin jar is an old candle jar. I have three on my kitchen windowsill currently being used to root spider plant babies. My pencil jar on my desk is an old candle jar. The uses for these are endless. |
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Godd ideas for using the candle stubs,,,,
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Godd ideas for using the candle stubs,,,,