Posts Tagged ‘candlemaking’

Homesteading and Hazardous Chemicals

Posted in Food & Beverage, Garden, Household, tagged , , , , on January 2, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

I wrote this book review addressing the challenges regarding potentially hazardous chemicals in our everyday products. We have discussed how we would like to lessen any unnecessary chemical exposure in our home. Our homesteading work has done a lot to give us chemical-free options. Our organic garden gives us food free of herbicides and pesticides.  We […]

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Candlemaking: Attempt #1

Posted in Energy, Household, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

After receiving this wick material and these wick tabs I was anxious to start making candles! Here at Independence Homestead we try to reuse as many materials as possible, so I had the idea that we could make candles in containers using repurposed glass food jars.  We have quite the collection of baby food jars, […]

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Book Review: Candle Making in a Weekend by Sue Spear

Posted in Beekeeping, Household, Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

As I embark on a candle making adventure, I picked up Candle Making in a Weekend by Sue Spear to pickup some pointers. This book was a good overview of candlemaking.  It had instructions for a wide range of projects.  The instructions were simple and easy to understand, plus there were helpful pictures.  I feel […]

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