Shell Candles

Over Thanksgiving, I visited my sister who lives in St. Marys, GA, a beautiful coastal town just north of the Florida border.  One day I went with her and her husband on a boat to Cumberland Island.  It's a beautiful maritime forest, with old oak trees covered in Spanish moss, the interior is covered with palms, and the beach, covered with shells.

On our hike from the boat landing, we saw magnificent old trees covered in Spanish moss...

the ground was covered in palms

After a long hike through the forest, we finally reached the beach.

tons of horseshoe crabs...

a rich assortment of shells everywhere!

I brought a small bag of shells home with me, to remember my visit to Cumberland and decided to make shell candles from the clam shells for Christmas presents.

I went to Michaels Arts & Crafts and purchased:
microwaveable soy wax, 2" wicks, & a bag of Spanish moss.

I picked up some unfolded boxes from my favorite local thrift shop, Mt. Carmel Thrift Shop.

I set up newspaper on the table and melted the soy wax in small glass measuring cup, for easier pouring.
Because of the angle of the shells just sitting on the table,
I wasn't able to fill them enough, so set them in small cups to adjust their angle.
Then I placed in the wick and a dash of sparkle.

The wax hardened within an hour. I placed Spanish moss in the box and
 added the shell candles along with a few of the smaller shells I collected.

There they are, all in a row, ready to go! It was a fun and inexpensive holiday project.
My daughter and her boyfriend even got in on the action!

Thought for the day from Abraham-Hicks:
Use whatever excuse you can to vibrate in harmony with those things you've been saying you want. And when you do, those things that are a vibrational equivalent flow into your experience in abundance. Not because you deserve it, not because you've earned it, but because it's the natural consequence of the Law of Attraction. That which is like unto itself is drawn. --- Abraham
Excerpted from the workshop in Silver Spring, MD on Saturday, April 19th, 1997

Kindle Cover

Part of wellness for me is my need to express creativity...

I recently got a Kindle e-reader. The Kindle covers I saw online were not very interesting and seemed expensive, so I decided to make my own.

I had been at my local library book sale (Mill Valley Library Book Sale) and picked up some old books for $.25 a piece. I happened to have one that was the perfect size for my Kindle.

Next, I took a single-edged razor blade and cut out the pages.

this book was dedicated to someone who knew Greek!

this book was published in 1958, 
so the binding tape was old

book lays flat with pages gone

select some type of padding, like bubble wrap,
 or thin foam

I selected a small piece of fabric from my stash, covered the padding and glue-gunned it in.  Then I found some gold tape and glued that in position to hold the Kindle.
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* My Kindle is protected in two ways: the actual screen is protected and the Kindle is 'hidden' in a book!  


Thought for the Day from Abraham Hicks: "When you reach for the thought that feels better, the Universe is now responding differently to you because of that effort. And so, the things that follow you get better and better, too. So it gets easier to reach for the thought that feels better, because you are on ever-increasing, improving platforms that feel better."

--- Abraham
Excerpted from the workshop in San Francisco, CA on Saturday, March 11th, 2000