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Wildflower Wax Studio on NBC13 today with Brook Smith at 11:30

The interview we did with Brook Smith will be airing today at 11:30!

convicted...

I know this has nothing to do with Wildflower Wax, however, yesterday I was doing some shopping in a lower income area, with bags in hand, walked out of the store to see a man in a wheelchair with no legs, beyond middle aged, tired, weathered and worn, holding a cup. Without thinking, I immediately reached for my purse fumbled around for some money and dropped it in his cup. He was so sweet, looking back I could tell he wanted someone to talk to. All that was going through my mind was, I hope he doesn't spend it on booze, drugs, or bingo. I drove to the other side of the parking lot to Mcdonald's, all of a sudden with hamburger in mouth, started crying. I realized that over the past year my heart had started getting hard, something that I never thought would happen to me. A year ago I would have sat down and asked him his name and if he needed anything. My philosophy has always been that people in suits and ties are not always the ones with the answers. I probably missed a really great conversation. Jesus didn't wear a suit and tie, or have a college degree. I have challenged myself this week to search and find what has made my heart hard, and fix it quick! What is your heart condition like? Please don't make the mistake I did.....

I've been holding out.....

We got these in last week and it hurts me to post them since they are my size! My meanie husband won't let me keep them, he says that I have enough boots! Well what woman has enough boots? These are hand pegged JUSTINS and these patterns are a thing of the past. They will fit you if you are somewhere between a ladies 8-9. Hurry in and try them on or email me if you have any questions jennifer@wildflowerwax.com

Kimmidoll's

The Kimmidoll Collection is a brand new product just introduced out of Santa Barbara, I am thrilled to be the first store in the Southeast to have the honor to place these little cuties on my shelf! The beautiful girl pictured is Celeste, she was in today and made her own custom candle with a few charms! There are 18 different dolls, with different encouraging words, they make the perfect gift for all ages at just $10.50. My 15 year old has started making her Christmas list already!!!

Don't forget the farmer's market tomorrow in Helena from 8:00-12:00! We will also be opening the studio at 9:00.

Atlanta Market

America's Mart,aka the stuff mart as we call it, in Atlanta is beyond fun for us! It is not only a place for us to go look at all of the new fun things that people have been known to act like ravenous vultures to write orders for ,so that they can be the first and only in their zip code to carry the products. It is a place where Dave and I can hang out, eat, drink coffee, laugh at the disgusting things we find in the downtown Atlanta hotel rooms, such as unidentified stains on the ceiling in not your traditional colors, huge bleach stains on the carpet of a 4 star hotel in the shape of a body, flies, and my favorite a half smoked joint on the balcony(no we didn't finish it off!) It is a place to meet new friends or bring friends to help you make decisions(Allen and Dawn we missed you terribly!) I can't wait to show you some of the new lines we picked up, 5 of them are based out of Cali!

This was the best part of Sunday night! Our trip to Azio, pizza with sausage and green olives, a tradition my friend Alisa and I started around 4th grade, a great combo. I will be posting the pics of some of the new products that come in as they show up. Have a wonderful day!

Wildflower Wax Studio presents....Alexa Rankin!

Stop by the studio in Helena tonight for an acoustic set from 6:30-8:30.........we'll be open tonight until 10:00!

Alexa playing at the studio Friday night!!!

Alexa, our sweet and very talented 15 year old, will be doing an acoustic set on Friday night at the studio from 6:30 until the movie in the park starts across the street around 8:00. This is a video of the song she wrote last week called "Reap What You Sow". I have to say this is not the usual praise and worship music that she writes, it seems to fall more into the country music genre! However, sometimes the drama in life inspires creative moments....... If you would like to make a candle tomorrow night before the movie, it will be ready to unmold after the movie is over. Remember, we stay open until 9:30 ish on Friday's. Bring a date, your kids, whatever you like to drink, we will provide the ice and cups!

Daphne & Brutus? New Boot's This Week!

our sweet daphne & i think his name was brutus! she moves pretty fast! the little town of helena was packed with fun on the 4th. the farmers market kicked everything off, we had blueberry pancakes and sausage for breakfast,made by the civitan club, we bought homeade cinnamon sourdough bread, and a pot of basil from the herb lady, beautiful weather, perfected limeade made by the Underwood family, ending with the best fireworks I have seen and we were able to watch them from our studio!bye bye adorable,pink,size 7, flower inlay justin boots...these went on the shelf on Friday and were gone by Saturday afternoon. the brown boho boots on the left just arrived also, distressed to perfection, with a 2 inch heel! the good news.....we have 2 more pairs of vintage justin's arriving at the end of next week!

size 8.5-9 white and red butterfly inlay's, very comfortable, great condition!

beautiful soft leather, really cool uppers, two shades of brown, men's 10 or 11....

To many exciting things happening for someone challenged with ADD!!

Did i mention that i am in love with this new little neighborhood called Old Town Helena! in this photo is the little wedding chapel across the street. you can kind of see the blurry little statue in the back, that's LJ! someone very clever and sneaky dresses him for all the different holiday's and they have never gotten caught. I still think his skirt looks like Judy at the Monkey Basket's window treatments! Very cool place, more to come later on Judy and her cute store. This week LJ is cross dressed in a red white and blue dress with a flag halter top! Come make a red white and blue candle with us today and tomorrow. Tonight we are open until 9:00pm.....don't you dig the vintage coke bottle caps Dave added to these beauties!

The most exciting news of the day. La Reunion coffee shop opened across the street!!!Hallelujah!!!Let me tell you, it is fantastic, the owners are as nice as they can be, and the atmosphere is so charming. They just opened this morning and I have already tried a mango strawberry smoothie, a Reese's cup frap, Iced Coffee, and a ham & cheese croissant....

movie night tonight in the park across the street at dusk....Over The Hedge is the feature...Stop by before the movie and make a candle. It will be ready for you to pick up after the movie! We will also open our doors bright and early tomorrow for the farmer's market. Look forward to seeing you!

Thrifty Thursday

This is my first time to participate in Thrifty Thursday.... I am not exactly sure what I am doing, but here goes...I know the green silk curtains are pretty cool, since they were a splurge at pottery barn they don't count! OH WAIT!!! The tie back for the curtains is a child's hand tooled leather belt for .50... This is our lounge at the studio, which everyone is welcome to hang out in, the chihuahua's and the kid's have grown quite partial to it! The retro lamp would be my thrifty find of the week. I purchased it from Mission Possible Bargain Center for $14.00, like brand new, it is the exact shade of green as the curtains... The chairs and table came from Goodwill, a total of $30.00 for all 3 pieces, not beautiful, however extremely comfortable. The plan is to recover the chairs and possibly paint the table, I'm always very open to suggestions....

Welcome to the studio....

1. Choose the size you want your candle to be... 7 sizes and shapes, prices start at just $6.00!
2. Choose from a variety of scents, shapes, chunks, embellishments such as charms etc.
3. Put on some gloves and create by filling your molds. It will take an hour or two for your candle to be ready to unmold. Hang around with us while you wait or come back and pick it up. No reservations required, if you bring a large group a heads up would be great! We are open until 9:00 pm on Friday nights. Bring a bottle of wine, your friends and create!
   
   Sundance chunks to make our stained glass pillars. A wonderful scent of lime, mandarin and basil....
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Made In The USA.....

The sermon at church this week really got me thinking.....The pastor listed at least 20 big companies that seem to be American made, however are NOT, here are a few examples: Levi's, Banana Republic, Budweiser, Fruit Of The Loom, Holiday Inn, Trader Joe's and almost everything at Walmart, and the list goes on and on! Here are a few of our favorites that were created here in Helena this week........pretty cool huh! Alexa made this stained glass pillar using charms and wax hearts.....scented blackberry and creme brulee..... We have all kinds of embellishments for you to choose from, charms, vintage bottle caps, initials, wax scented shapes and vintage keys! The possibilities are endless, come in and create with us!

stop by the blog tomorrow, can't wait to show you around the studio...

Opening Day In Helena...

We had a wonderful first day at the studio in Helena! The community has reached out to us with open arms and have been such a huge blessing. I didn't know much about this little town when we decided to set up shop. In all of our years of traveling,I have never seen so many people who absolutely love their neighborhood! We are so excited to be a part of that. We were thrilled to have Brooke Smith from NBC 13 come to the studio today to do a spot on Wildflower Wax and make a candle. I am pretty sure it will air on July 27th, we'll keep you posted.


I hated to see these beautiful turquoise Frye boots sell today, however, a lovely lady named Leigh, who they will look fabulous on took them home! She has a note worthy blog I found called Tales From Bloggeritaville. So much has happened over the last week, that I have so much to share. My brain is in overdrive, I am exhausted, so there will be more to come later.

Progress?

I have to say, I am a touch skeptical! This is what the studio looked like today after lunch ,and we are opening on Wednesday. It's a good thing Dave and I work best with a short deadline! My mom helped out a lot today by bringing us Moe's for lunch and getting the boots in their correct places. Of course, she also had to tell us we were doing it all wrong and painting everything the wrong color, because that's what mom's do. After pointing out the negative I have to say that she is a blessing and we are very thankful for her. My sweet Faith worked so hard in the back room today painting baskets for the different scented wax chunks to go in.

and.....the hardest workers of all....Charlie and Daphne asleep in the window

Tahitian Vanilla Candle Giveaway Winner........

Katie from Kissimee Florida is this month's winner! Thank you so much to everyone who entered. We absolutely love hearing your comments, so please send them our way anytime! Look for another giveaway next month....

New Studio.....

well...here it is. The before pics of our new studio! We are thrilled to have found this old building. It used to be an old dairy. It sits right next to the railroad tracks. They have movie nights in the park across the street on Friday nights. On our block there's a day spa, shaved ice stand, two restaurants, a gift basket store, a gift store, a wedding chapel and my passion, a coffee shop right across the street! It was painted an awful green color on the inside with a faux finish wall in the back. We are in the process of giving it the white treatment. It has old bead board walls and ceiling. Can you believe we plan on opening this coming Wednesday! Please send lots of prayers our way....

Candle Giveaway! Tahitian Vanilla

1-4x6 hand pouredTahitian Vanilla candle pictured above, up for grabs! Sold at our studio for $29.00. You will love this! Please read instructions below to sign up. Thanks!

TO ENTER: ~ Leave us a comment. You can check out our website wildflowerwax . To increase your chances: 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 Wednesday June 17/2009 at 10pm 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!

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!