not the best picture,

but here is a shot of the gorgeous glass heart I found yesterday at TJMax. Only 7 bucks. It was the only one. I wish I had 3 more. Yep, that's me ol Greedy Greedystein. Give me something and I want more! But who can blame me? This thing is so pretty. It's about 12" from top to bottom.

I also wanted to show you what I made last night. Homemade beeswax tealight candles! i made 20 or so and tonight have used two of them. Aren't they cute? I don't know why, but I am and always have been attracted to anything that was all natural, herby, or organic. I think I have a crunchy gene. But then again,, I AM a child of the 70's, so maybe it's inevitable.

I happened to have 10 lbs. of raw beeswax lying around the house (what? you don't? And just why not?) and had seen these little sweeties selling at $10.00 for a mere dozen. So like any crunchy middle-aged woman worth her beeswax, er, I mean salt, I made my own. Being a do-it-yourselfer from way back, I even saved all the little tin cups and wick tabs from a bag of cheap paraffin tealights. I had to use a rather fat braided cotton wick, because the thin kind in most tealights wasn't right for the beeswax. I found this out through trial and error. I let them set up for 24 hrs before using and they work like a charm in my aromatherapy scent diffuser. My house is diffused with the scent f lavendar and sandlewood and just a hint of honey. My kids say it smells like I am trying to cover up the scent of a certain "plant material' very popular in the 70's but I promise it's not.

In case you are wondering why I have so much raw beeswax just lying around my house, well, that's another story for another day. Maybe tomorrow?