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Weekend Ambiance

what did you do this weekend?

Lights out!

the power was out on my whole street, so I lit some candles and watched the storm through my window...

This week... animal print, fur, candles and kisses

Here are some new purchases and updates from this week...

animal print plates from Pier 1

fun mongolian fur pillow Pier 1

zebra print plate for organizing all my pretty things Pier 1

Voluspa candle Chapters

some homemade Valentine's inspired soaps for the bathroom

What I like...

I have been browsing the web like I always do each week, reading blogs and saving pictures to my inspiration folders. Here are some of my likes this week...

Katie's lovely home from five2eight blog

amazing chic look from the sartorialist

loving this look from 9to5 Chic

amazing art deco inspired candles from Voluspa

Vintage Candle

A while back I purchased these great salt containers from value village, they are clear glass containers and they look very beachy and rustic. More on them in a second...

I was making some candles for Lather & Soak orders that I have for pick up tomorrow when I noticed that I had some extra soya wax left over so I remembered the vintage salt container and I poured away! A few hours later I had this...

I hope I have inspired you guys to try your very own DIY candles, pick up any old unique containers, or any neat vessels that you may have around the house and give it a try!

Try Canwax if you need a wax and wick source, they are Canadian!