I have described the process in an earlier post: Making Candles. This post is just the show off ;)

 

Unlike last time, I decided to decorate them. After all of the candles were completely done, I did some decoration. Some candles I just simply dipped in a different or same color, half way or all the way. The candles with the dots were done with a toothpick dipped in wax and then applied to the candle. The vertical striped candles were painted with wax. The horizontal stripes/splats were done by having a spoonful of wax and then gently dripping it on the candle while turning the candles to the side. And thats that :)

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I seem to forget that I have a blog. I have some crafty projects that are done, but havent been able to take the pictures just yet, will nag Johnny to do so when he comes home. As for my life, I (and Johnny) have moved to a new apartment just before easter, 2nd of April. When we said yes to it, and got here to view again and got the keys and such, I regretted getting this apartment… It was ugly, cold and needed fixing… On the plus side, the apartment has a wood stove, a storage room in the hallway (behind a little door). And a big basement for storage, it also has a medium sized freezer down there. 

But now… It is cute and cool. We painted almost every surface of the apartment. The first hallway was in this strange wood panel, now white. The second hallway was dark blue, now white after three (!) coats of paint. The living room was a mix of whitish and pastel purple… It is also white :) The kitchen was peachy colored or more like prison color… But that too is white. The bedroom was unpainted, dark wood panel. And after three coats of paint that too is white. I love white walls :) The bathroom is pastel blue and will stay that way, the toilet was white so there was no need for painting in there. Yes, we have a strange toilet, it is just a toilet in there, no sink, no washing whatsoever. 

Also, we have removed three (!) doors in the apartment that just were not necessary. We bought a new fridge (with a small freezer). Got some new lamps and tables. I finally got a tall bar table, in my kitchen :)

The apartments standards has risen quite a lot since Johnny and I moved in here. Unfortunately… We are going to move in the fall. Turns out, where Johnny work, has had some changes, and it is no longer necessary for a registry for domains in Norway any longer (the company is really swedish). But, Johnny got a good job offer in Stockholm, Sweden. He will become a team leader for two teams :)

So, we put a lot of work into an apartment that we will only be staying in for four months :( Oh well, I really look forward moving to Stockholm. I will take a break in my studies, read upon a couple of subjects that I failed. Johnny´s job has offered to help us find an apartment in Stockholm and find a job to me :)

In the previous weekend, my sisters and dog came over for sleepover. It was nice, we made yummy dinners and had a good time. On saturday we went on a small shopping, more like they bought stuff I am quite poor right now. Then my oldest baby sister went on the train back home to her so her boyfriend who had been gone for ten days. My youngest sister Sunniva and I went back to the apartment and got out the dog, Kira, and went for a long walk down to the fjord. Kira took a bath while Sunniva and I had some ice cream :)

After that we went home and painted some. I made a cute, pink, heart painting. It turned out nice :) Sunniva painted some buttons and needle felted a penguin, with some of my help. Later we made dinner with Johnny and watched X-men :) On sunday, Johnny and I went for a walk with Kira while Sunniva showered and when we got back we showered while Sunniva made breakfast for all of us. After that Sunniva and I started making candles. Striped candles. They turned out awesome ! Pictures will come later.

Then my mom came here, and stayed for dinner and took Sunniva and Kira with her home. 

This week has not been that eventful. Except for yesterday, then we had dinner guests. We made indian and it was good.

Today I will try to get more school stuff done…

Tomorrow we leave for Skien/Porsgrunn for Johnny´s baby sisters confirmation (? When you are 14-15 in Norway there is this ritual to show that you are now an “adult”…).

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The second step were to find what we were going to make the candles in. We had a lot of old glasses, which had been glasses with candles. We attached a wick to a pencil, and then put it across the glass. Like the picture below.

What we did next were to put a big pot onto the stove with about 5 cm of water in it. The water is supposed to be warm, but not boiling. Then we put a clean, empty tin can in it. Then we just added pieces of wax in the can, until it melted and the tin can was about full of warm, liquid candle wax. With the occational stir with an old pencil (preferably something old plastic, but we did not have such a thing). Also, remember to pick out old wicks, do not want them in the new candles. :P

When the wax had melted, we dipped the wicks in it. Then poured the wax into the glasses. Not using all the wax, because you have to put more into the glass a bit later after they have cooled a bit because the wax sinks a bit. When the new candles have cooled for a while, and there is clearly that the wax have sunk, have some more warm, melted wax into the glasses. Then you’re about done :)

Note, the candles has to cool for about a day before you take them out of the glasses. Picture below is of our new candles. They are a bit discolored because we used old candles with wicks, and the ash from them cannot be taken away easily. Anyway, we are pretty happy with them :)

Below is a close up of the candle that I am most happy with.

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