My candle crave this month

This is the scent I crave....SEASIDE....

straight coconut and blue coconut, which is a combo of vanilla and coconut all

combined into one

of our stained glass candles, so YUMMY....

Oh how I miss the beach! Be looking for another candle giveaway this week!

Meet Daphne and Charlie

Charlie~

adorable

not the sharpest tool in the shed

loves his red cowboy blanket

wants to be held constantly

barks when there is absolutely nothing to bark at...

Daphnee~

loves to go to Starbucks

is obsessed with any kind of food

likes to get dressed,but hates her santa suit

constantly chases her mini tennis ball

has a tendency to pack on the pounds

she's brilliant....

Daphne and Charlie in the studio window curled up on their blanket, taking a snooze, waiting to bark at unsuspecting customers when they come in the door. Our studio has gotten the reputation as being,"that store with the dogs!"

Have a wonderful weekend!

Rosemary Shortbread

I got to stay home yesterday and clean the house while Dave went to the candle studio! I really don't like to clean, so in order to do so I have to motivate myself. I went and bought my favorite Meyers lavender all purpose soap, rearranged my living room, and made these cookies so my house would smell good. I had an over abundance of Rosemary as you can see in the picture below. The recipe said it would make 5 dozen cookies. I must have done something wrong, I ended up with crumbly dough that wouldn't roll out right, maybe too much flour? After all of my efforts were exhausted, the dough ended up getting squished in my hands and pounded onto the baking sheet! The result was around 1 dozen cookies....They ended up looking a little rustic, but they were yummy!!! Here's the recipe if you want to try it, just go easy on the flour............... Rosemary Shortbread
2 sticks of butter softened

2/3 cup confectioners sugar sifted

3 cups all purpose flour

3 Tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary

Preheat the oven to 325. Beat the butter in a mixing bowl until creamy. Gradually add the sugar, beating constantly until blended. Beat in the flour until smooth and stir in the rosemary. Roll the dough 1/4 inch thick on a lightly floured surface and cut into rounds using a small round cutter. ( This is where I decided to take matters in to my own hands(no pun intended), but for those of you who are less challenged in the kitchen I am posting the original instructions.

Arrange the rounds on a lightly greased baking sheet and bake for 16 to 18 minutes or until light brown around the edges. Cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes and remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in airtight container.

A Time For Rest

Today was our first Monday to be closed at the studio. I wasn't quite sure what to do with all my free time! I walked outside to a wonderful smell and realized that four of our gardenia bushes were blooming right in front of our house and I have been so busy I didn't even notice!

We took Alexa & Faith, our neighor Chris and the two chihuahuas swimming at the Cahaba River! Nobody got wet.....
For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank of angels-everything got started in him and finds it's purpose in him

Colossians 1:16

Have a wonderful and purpose filled week!

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My Latest Creation

Here is my latest creation....I don't mean Alexa, she was God's wonderful creation 15 years ago!

I am referring to the necklace made by MOI!!!

I designed it for my 72 year old mom to wear to a party last night. As you might imagine by the style of the necklace she is no ordinary 72 year old! She has amazing style and doesn't look a day over 59.

Vintage Treasures Of The Week

I have fallen in love with all types of vintage purses! As soon as we find them and put them out for sale at the studio they sell almost immediately! Sweet and simple, no brand names, usually no labels, used but not broken, made with the finest materials of the past, beauty with age, what more could one ask for? Quite simple, the desire to have the characteristics of a vintage purse!

Alexa's Recording Session

I hope everyone had a fantastic Memorial Day! I don't have a whole lot to say about the candle studio today because of the long weekend! We have been in the recording studio with Alexa our 15 year old, who plays guitar and writes beautiful praise and worship music. Tony at http://www.audioczarproductions.com/ is in the middle of producing two of her songs. He brought in some extremely talented musicians, George Vinson(guitar) and Jimmy(drums) from Nashville, Kenny Talley from the Goodfellas (keyboards)from Birmingham. They are all incredibly talented. Tony even cooked for us!!! Much thanks to Karie Mitchell http://www.kariemitchell.com , my favorite photographer who is always there for us, Love You Karie!!!

3 Layer Candles! Nude Beach (top), Kiwi Daquiri(middle),Blue Coconut(bottom). Dave did an amazing job blending these, so tropical, of course they smell delicious! The color combo was inspired by.........

this great full size comforter I found for Faith's bed this week at a yard sale for 8.00, that I bought to match............

these Maik prints that were in my bedroom when I was a little girl. I had to have them reframed on acid free matting.

For all of you who are not at the beach this week, these candles are a great alternative! I hope you have a wonderful and safe weekend!

Saturday Night Candle Making

We really enjoyed getting to know these ladies and one lucky man, Tony! They made some really beautiful creations!

Everyone filled their molds with endless possibilities of scent and color combinations, to create their own custom candles!

Two gorgeous b'day cakes, champagne, jazz music and the most wonderful company. What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday night!

Congratulations to Donna of Evansville, Indiana! She is now the proud owner of a creme brulee blackberry hand poured candle. I want to thank each and every one of you for your kind comments and taking the time to enter the giveaway. We'll be doing another one again real soon!

~ I love anything that makes a bold statement!~Sweet leather vintage hand tooled purse I found New arrivals this week! Red vintage Dingo's, the tan are Texas Brand 1980

I love everything about Friday's. We always serve Sweet Tea and moonpies at the studio. Today the weather was gorgeous, We just unmolded a new candle scent that is coconut kiwi daquiri, smells yummy! Today is the last day to sign up for the candle giveaway if you haven't already. I will post a winner tomorrow. Thanks so much for your wonderful comments!

Behind our studio is this great little alley where little flecks of light shine through the trees. It's my favorite place to go to just get away for a minute. There is always a stray cat or two to play with, discarded junk to look at, a slight breeze, which carries the scent of freshly made candles out the side window and down the street. Monday's aren't all bad.......

Wildflower Wax stained glass pillar candle giveaway!

This week we are giving away one of our 4x4.5 stained glass Blackberry Creme Brulee candles, hand poured at our studio in Birmingham, Alabama! The smell is amazing and will fill your house! Retail value $23.00. Please read the rules below carefully:

TO ENTER: Have a look at the products available at: http://www.wildflowerwax.com/ ,leave a comment telling me which would be the pick for your family. For Additional Entries to increase your chances, do one or all of the following, but leave a separate comment for each!)~ 1.Follow our blog (Wildflower Wax)~ 2.Blog about this giveaway, with a link back to me. Make sure you give me the link to see it!!~ 3.Follow me on Twitter (Wildflowerwax)and tweet about this giveaway (send me the link to see it too)* Contest will end May 15/2009 at 9pm CST. I will contact the winner via email, and post the winning name here on our blog. The winner will have 72 hrs to respond, or a new name will be drawn. Make sure your profile is set to 'public', or leave your email address in your comment. Either way is fine, but if I have no way of contacting you, a new entry will be chosen.CONTEST OPEN TO U.S.A. RESIDENTS ONLY!! Thanks!

Mother's Day Gifts

I can't believe Mother's Day is on Sunday! My mom and mom in law always get candles of course! However, here are a few of my other favorite ideas you can purchase at Wildflower Wax:

1. Papaya Arts Stationary, so much fun to write on. Their products are so cool and artsy I wasn't sure the postman would deliver, but he does! For $15.00 you get 12 cards with 6 different designs.





2. Blue Girl Beading vintage lockets embellished with rhinestone crosses, peace signs, butterflies, etc. have been flying out the door! They look great with everything...





3. Every mom needs a pair of Cowboy Boots! I just got my mom a pair of black Tony Lama Python's, really hot! She's 72 and loves them.





4. Tokyo Milk perfume out of L.A. is perfect for the mom with a little edge. You will love their cute graphics and packaging, with names like dead sexy and gin and rosewater.

Candle Party At The Studio

Last night was a blast! We met 18 fantastic ladies who know how to throw one incredible b'day party! They used the studio for the evening, and made their own custom candles. They picked which scents and colors they wanted, put their design skills to work, and were able to see first hand how we make our candles. They also enjoyed trying on our fun selection of boots, jewelry, and clothing. Pictured is the strawberry cake with sparklers! Let us host your next event or girls night out! Give us a call for details.

Candle Scent That Absorbs Odor?

Many times I have been asked the question, "Do you have a candle that takes away pet odors and such?" There are a lot of companies out there marketing odor absorbing candles. Our Spa Blue scented candles are great for this purpose! We don't market Spa Blue as odor eliminating, however after our chihuahuas came along I have found this scent to really do the trick! It is available in our soy wax mason jars and also in pillar form (pictured). Prices range from $6.00 for one of our square chunkies ,to $23.00 for our 4x4.5 which will burn over 100 hours and is my personal fave! Our candles are not like other candles! They will scent your room when they are not even lit.

Saturday's Treasure Hunt

I absolutely love yard sales, looking for little treasures that people discard as junk, and then capturing the joy in photographs! So that's what Alexa and I did today. You will notice she is smiling this time! I found these little black strappy heels for her for $5.00, which she loves and they look brand new. This little dress was $4.00 and the vintage necklace was a find that we have had in the store for a couple of months that has gone unoticed hanging on the wall, I have been tempted to take it home. The beads have some sparkle and the necklace is hand knotted between each bead. If your interested it's a steal at $15.00!

Today has been very productive but exhausting. We finally have a dressing room, so no more trying clothes on in the bathroom! We had to ship our broken candle melter back to the manufacturer which is slowing down our production. Alexa hates modeling these clothes for me, which stinks because she is really good at it. She had a very bad attitude today, which explains why you don't see her face in any of the pictures! Faith absolutely refuses to be included in any of my joy of picture making.

Shiraleah bags are bright and colorful, very affordable and durable! Amazing Grace tank by Salt Of The Earth Clothing looks great with jeans or leggings.

Salt Of The Earth Apparel & Red Snakeskin Boots

This shirt is so incredibly soft! On the back it reads, "a peace that surpasses all understanding." The red snakeskin boots are a size 7.5 and in perfect condition!

Messy But Fun Day

Well, I sold the really cool hot pink and turqoise boots today! It was a really fun day, posted is a picture of what a mess a couple of ladies excited over boots can make! I absolutely love my job and no I am not being sarcastic!

Salt Of The Earth Clothing

This is a new clothing line we are carrying in our store called Salt Of The Earth, which everyone is completely in love with! I will be posting more pictures soon. Their ministry is fashion grounded in faith! "Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed." Proverbs 16:3. The turquoise shirt is a burnout tee that says, "Sing Praise". The grey hoodie says, " The Earth Is The Lord's and Everything In It."

These boots were made for walking.....FORWARD!

Everyday I look at the collection of boots in the store and wonder where they came from and who wore them. I bought these black and white boots in Fort Lauderdale in 1990. I wore them almost everyday for a couple of years. They went with me backstage to meet Metallica and Queensryche, to Pantera and Marilyn Manson at the Button South in Miami, through countless disfunctional relationships. When I met Dave I was wearing these boots, with Daisy Duke shorts! After a couple of years I stopped wearing them. They sat in my closet for over 15 years, but I could not part with them. I started wearing them again a few months ago. I am so glad that God does not forget about us, wonder where we have been, look back on our past, or remember the wrong places where our feet may have taken us. Now I wear these boots to church to worship an amazing God! My daughter Alexa wears these boots when she spreads God's love through her music.
Sometimes we can't seem to part with God like I was not able to part with my old boots, but do we really want to wear him?

Evie

Shelly, one of my very best friends from highschool came by the studio today with her precious children Evie and Quin. This is Evie wearing her mom's Frye boots holding Daphne!

April Scent Of The Month

Every month we offer a special scent at a discount. April's scent is Seaside, which is Coconut on top with a ribbon of North Ocean Blvd., and Sun and Sand on the bottom. This is my favorite new scent, it will remind you of the beach!

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