There is nothing I enjoy more than an evening on the sofa snuggling with
Lacey, enjoying a cup of tea or a glass of wine, and the sight and smell of a
candle burning in the living room. Hygge at its finest!
Also, burning a scented candle clears after dinner cooking smells which means
I’m content and practical. Go me.
I always seem to have a decent sized chunk of wax left when my candle wicks
burn out. I’d look at the candle jar and think
someday I should melt the wax down and make a new candle out of it. A few times I did but mostly I didn’t.
Making new candles out of old candle wax usually involves rigging up a double
boiler with a can in water in a pot on the stove or digging through the hard
wax to remove the metal wick tab so I can melt the leftover soft vegetable
candle wax in short microwave bursts. It was much easier to put the spent
candle in a box with its comrades and light a new candle from my small stash
and invoke a Someday that never comes.
Quick, Easy, and Cheap DIY Candle
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Someday came in the form of a crazy freak storm that took down electric
power lines all over the city and we sat in the dark for days on end.
Naturally, I had more used up candle nubs than I had candles to burn for light
during that time. I figured it was time to come up with a quick and easy way
to recycle old candle wax into new candles so I wouldn’t be sitting in the
dark again. Also, it would allow me to enjoy the scented candle wax I never
can seem to find the next time I need to buy candles.