Candles for the Season

Candles!  I love them and use them in many ways around our home. Candles are always part of my dinner table decor, especially during the holidays. My old standard for years and years was to use only white tapers.  Back when I had my shop, there was that funny time that I painted candles  with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in a color I mixed up to get a vibrant pink. (Note that you shouldn't burn them as they will smoke, so this is just decorative.) Those pink candles...

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Classic Christmas Tree Magic

This is the first time I have ever decorated for Christmas before Thanksgiving.  Two reasons being, one is that Justin and Madison are hosting Thanksgiving this year (that and our dining room is still not finished), and the second reason is I got a Tree Classics Christmas tree to review!  For the last several years I have been wanting to get a fake tree, simply because they are a lot easier to maintain and these days look just as realistic as any tree off of a farm lot.  It...

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