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It’s Beginning to Smell A Lot Like Christmas

Posted in Candles, Etsy, Holidays, tagged Auntie B's Wax, candles, Christmas, cranberry, peppermint, winter, winter berry on August 15, 2013| 4 Comments »

My Grandma Harriet used to say this about summer, “first is 4th of July, then comes the Minnesota State Fair, then it’s Christmas.” She was so right. Time is flying so fast I never even got a chance to post anything about my 4th of July holiday, and the Minnesota State Fair starts one week from today. Before I can say ho ho ho Christmas will be upon us. But here’s the thing: I have already begun the Christmas candle production for the three upcoming shows I have before Christmas.

Oh…yeah.

You see, when I’m pouring candles in Craftland the aromas waft through the house. And yes, you can find some of these great autumn and winter aromas in some of the candles in my Etsy shop right now. Click on the picture to fly to my shop for details.

How could you be cold in the winter with this bright red, Spiced Cranberry candle burning?

How about a nice berry scent to sweeten up those chilly nights?

I know, it’s still eighty degrees outside, even in Minnesota. But like Grandma Harriet said, Christmas comes right after the Minnesota State Fair as the time flies.

In the melting pot lately there has been a batch of delicious Hot Apple Cider candles, some spicy Clove, Amish Harvest with its cinnamon and dried fruit tones, and some creamy Cappuccino Hazelnut for a good measure. Warm scents for the cold weather that’s coming.

I’m looking forward to those cold nights, but not until after the fair. What could be better than cold nights warmed by a flickering flame and the light aroma of…whatever suits you best?

Keep watching the shop for the candle scents you might love. Auntie B’s Wax is a great place to do some holiday shopping for other people too!

Invigorating Peppermint!

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Utilizing Pinterest To Generate A Laugh

Posted in Food, Holidays, tagged chick, chocolate, Easter, food, Pinterest, pretzel on April 1, 2013| 7 Comments »

The Inspiration

I use Pinterest as a filing system. I hope that’s why it was invented because it works really well. The internet is filled with craft ideas, recipes, household tips and all sorts of other things I’m interested in. When I see something I like I’ll “pin” it and pretty much forget it. Until that one day when I decide to remind myself of all the things I pinned. Then I get all inspired and eager to try something new, or sometimes even buy something new. I found some cute little chocolate/pretzel Easter treats on the internet a long time ago and pinned them.

When the Easter season rolled around I decided to try to make them. After all, someone else did the hardest part of thinking of the idea. I just had to execute the already brilliant idea. The original recipe said to use yellow candy melts for the fill, edible black pearls for the eyes, and orange chocolate-covered sunflower seeds for the beak. I used vanilla almond bark tinted with yellow food color for the fill and for the eyes and beak I used decorating gel. I also didn’t look at the picture before I started painting on the eyes and beaks so I didn’t have the embellishments in the right position on the pretzel. The results made me laugh out loud.

Eyelashes?

Quite sad.

Very serious.

As singular little chicks they didn’t look quite right and I just kept laughing and laughing. My little chicks looked much better when they were in a group. You could kind of tell a little better what they were supposed to be.

I took my little Easter chick treats to my mom and dad’s house for Easter. They were received with great enthusiasm, even though I didn’t do it exactly like they were shown on the site I pinned because 1) I made a treat from scratch that beared a slight resemblance to an Easter icon and 2) everyone in my family loves chocolate and pretzels no matter what they look like.

I hope your Easter was a happy one and that your sugar coma is short-lived.

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The Day The Decorations Came Down

Posted in Everyday, Holidays on January 7, 2013| 2 Comments »

It was sort of a sad weekend as I spent a lot of it taking down all the Christmas decorations. The twelve days of Christmas are now officially over, so down to storage it all goes. Except for the tree, of course, which is now propped up against the woodpile in our back yard. The squirrels are always happy to see a new addition to their playground.

I’m happy about getting the house back to normal for only one reason ~ I applied one of my resolutions to get it done. Discipline. I didn’t want to take it all down because 1) it means Christmas is really over, and 2) it’s hard work for something that just went up a little while ago. But I remembered myself and said in my mind, oh, just do it!

When I was finished I was glad I applied myself despite the fact that we’re now lacking that rosy glow and sparkling shimmer that comes with a Christmas tree. To combat complete withdrawal I lit a bunch of candles on Sunday night to give the room a softer glow. And as you know there is no shortage of candles at the Auntie B’s Wax World Headquarters.

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Welcome, 2013

Posted in Holidays, tagged Christmas, New Year's Eve on December 31, 2012| 4 Comments »

Well, Christmas is over. I guess it’s been over for a little while now…Christmas Eve and Day, that is. The twelve days of Christmas continue on, though, and so do the festivities. In fact I took all of Sunday to ~~put the house back together~~ relax after entertaining my family day before. I haven’t entertained in a while and to tell the truth it took a bit out of me. It was a good time, however, and we did all the things we’re supposed to do when having a little Christmas cheer – eating, drinking, chatting, and listening to old songs on the Victrola.

I was lax in one thing this Christmas ~ picture taking. What was I thinking? Could it be I was completely in the moment and not thinking about documenting? What good is blogging about things without including pictures?

Christmas colors ~ this is as good as it gets for Christmas pictures on this post.

Tonight we count down to the close of 2012 and celebrate the birth of a new year. Lots of you might be going out in your fancy clothes to do some partying with the masses. Husby and I will be staying at home with a good movie or two and some delicious snow crab, cooked by Husby himself. We’ll binge on the leftover Christmas cookies and drink a little bit of wine. We’ll toast the new year, although I doubt we’ll make it to midnight to do so.

From all of us at the Auntie B’s Wax world headquarters I bid you Happy New Year. Celebrate heartily and when I see you in 2013 maybe we can discuss some resolutions for the year. Or not. We’ll see.

Cheers!