catching up on candles
i haven't posted a candle-making blog since june 2022 but i haven't stopped making them. i guess i just forgot to blog about them, but i'm pretty sure i took photos each time. let's catch up on my candle-making adventures.
i scoured my phone and then realized i got a new phone between moves, so i had to scour my camera backups. the first candle-related photo since my june 2022 session was taken on july 31, 2022, of a candle i know i made but have absolutely no recollection of making it.
and then a couple of months later, i have a photo of just two candles that i also don't recall making. i do believe i have the instant espresso one and more likely than not it is scented like "tomato vine" or something like that.
i maybe gave my pal lisa the peppercorn one because she gave me that container because i was raving about how much better it performed than my stupid pepper grinder. as i'm typing this i'm realizing why it's so important i blog this stuff as it happens, because my hashimoto's really does impact my memory. oh, and if that is lisa's candle, it would be "red sangria" scented.
i do know for a fact that this candle i gave lisa (not phil and celeste like i initially wrote, they got another of this scent) was "red sangria". this was an update from lisa* in august, 2023.
so the huge gap between these candle sessions is because i had gotten into making watercolors, had a conference talk to to give out of the country, and i moved. my next known session was october, 2023, in our new kitchen.
i fortunately had photos of my setup before and after this session, so i know the jars and their associated scents were:
- wordcamp mug: blue spruce
- peppers and capers: fallen leaves
- blueberry preserves: blueberry cobbler (gave one to my coworker, melissa)
- grape mugs: chocolate fudge (gave one to my coworker, hannah)
my biggest session every was in december, 2023, just a few months ago. there was so many and i did a lot of scent and color mixing and mind-changing, so i'm not 100% sure i'm correct about the jar and scents:
- pesto jar: cardamom and creme (gave this to our pals robby and edna)
- strawberry jam jar: cardamom and creme (claimed by my coworker michael)
- hot jalapenos: fallen leaves (claimed by my coworker sophie)
- dijon mustard: smoked oud (i think this was claimed by my coworker dj)
- blueberry preserves jar: eucalyptus
- jalapeno stuffed olives (mmm): blue spruce and eucalyptus (claimed by my coworker karen)
- cento peppers: smoked oud
- cafe du monde: blood orange and (i think?) citrus sunshine
i brought a bunch of these to the office and just told folks they're free for the taking. they got a kick out of the scents and colors not matching the condiments labeled on the jar. "cardamom and cream" is definitely in my top 5 favorite scents ever, i'll definitely be buying more. the cafe du monde double-wick i kept for myself and was recycled from the office.
here is pumagreg, taking credit for work he didn't do. i'm actually obsessed with this photo of him!!
and this weekend i was at it again. the jars were starting to pile up behind the sink so i got those out of the way and got to experiment with my votive and sphere molds.
- glass from the smooth technology holiday party: honeysuckle
- pepperoncini: lavender embers (this one is for a coworker)
- peppers jar, cherries jar: macintosh apple
- andy's old and damaged centipede glass: lemon poundcake
- blueberry preserves: almond macaron
i think this will be my last candle session filling jars. i want to get into more artistic sculptures using wax and wick, so my next candle-making post will hopefully be a wacky one.
xoxo jenn
