My hubby was recently gone for a week on business. I’m sure I could fill up my hours while he’s gone without help, but my wonderful (almost) DIL Em decided to plan something fun for us. She organized a candle-making evening and invited some friends over to my house to join us.

Here’s our little gathering, and everything was all over the counters. We had wax to melt, candle dyes, essential oils, jars, tea cups, and empty votive candle holders to fill. From left to right we have Tracy, Jess, and Em.

I donated some of my china tea cups to the cause. I never use them. I barely use my china, and when using my china, I have mugs I prefer to use. So, these lovely tea cups are finally getting used.I also hot glued the saucer to the cup to make it one unit rather than two pieces. It’ll make it easier seeing as no one is trying to drink out of it.

Here’s Em showing a little votive candle holder she reused.And here’s Jess enjoying the scent of her homemade candle.I made a sweet little lemon-scented uncolored candle in this little votive holder.I also made a lovely pink candle in one of my husband’s grandmother’s tea cups.We all had fun, and made as many candles as we wanted. I had a 12-case of jars and only one or two had already been used. So we have lots of options each.

Here are all my candles. My hubby wants a jar one.Em also made a bunch of heart-shaped candle melts. Unfortunately, when she was removing them from the mould, both of mine split in half. Being as creative as she is, Em had a solution. She used hot wax to glue them back together.It was a really fun evening, and we’re already planning another evening. I think we should start our Christmas baking soon.

Happy creating!