Pinterest. The place where I spend way too much time browsing and repinning amazing things to my various boards. The recipes, creative ideas, and inspiration are endless, and I just...
LOVE it.
One of the things I'd seen here and there, and eventually pinned to my "Crafty" board was using the hollowed out skin of half an orange to make a candle. While I have found (and pinned) many projects I want to try, this one was something I could easily accomplish without making a special trip to any store. Lately, we almost always have oranges in the house.
So, on Saturday, after choosing the squishiest orange from our fruit bowl and following the easy instructions, I ended up with:
Which is rather cool looking, but disappointingly not orange-scented. At all. It did, however, impress my husband with its 8+ hour burn time.
It had been burning a few hours when I wondered if maybe adding some orange essential oil would make it fragrant, so I did just that...at which point the whole thing kind of caught on fire. Oops. That experience has me suggesting you add that when you pour in the olive or vegetable oil. I couldn't smell orange even after adding the essential oil, but maybe it all burned off in the subsequent inferno *smile*
Honestly, I probably won't be trying this again, but it was a fun experiment. It would definitely make a pretty (and easy) addition to centerpieces for a summer or fall themed dinner table, though, so there's always that.
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