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Bored with my guest bath



The closest I’ve ever gotten to ‘decorating’ our guest bathroom was adding towels to the towel bar and putting up a metal Ikea shelf that was originally meant for  the kitchen before we switched gears there. So, I just attempted to start the process of decoration and I’m hoping I’m struck with a vision during the process. Step one was get something, ANYTHING up on that sad shelf. So, this is what I’ve done. My good friend Liz was sweet enough to bless me with this giant fake mason jar that I’ve seen at Target (and carried around in my target basket trying to talk myself into letting myself buy it). That beautiful giant mason jar has sat on my kitchen shelf without purpose or direction for too long. So, I filled it up with white bars of soap, and set it, some toilet paper, and a few towels up on the shelf. It’s just a start. I have so far to go. But don’t you just love the soap in the jar?
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Any ideas for what to do next? Color suggestions? I’m a little lost.
xoxo,
Adora

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DIY Mason Jar Candle



I know some people prefer candles set in glass jars, but not melted into them. I am not that person. I love when the glass jar and the candle it contains are one. If you’re like me, then this project is for you. If not…I don’t know, check out this video of a cat standing up I guess.
1Go to dollar tree and get yourself a candle and a mason jar. Come back home and set a small pot of water to boil.
2Get that candle in there. Mine wouldn’t fit in one piece, because I was trying to get a large candle in the jar…so I chopped off the sides and kept hacking until I could fit the center of the candle in the jar. Then, I added back the pieces on all the sides inside the jar to try and recreate an even candle.
3Sit the jar inside the boiling pot of water
4If the center part of the candle with the wick starts to pull to one side, use wooden skewers to keep it centered
5When it’s mostly melted (mine was 15 minutes) take it out CAREFULLY with oven mitts.
6Try and get the wick mostly centered using the handy dandy skewers and let it harden back up.
7Mine kind of came out with layers of colors, I don’t mind.
8Let it burn.
9Extra credit for painting the jar, especially if you do a better paint job than I did here.

Side note: if you have wick on hand, this is also a good way to add all your extra bits of almost finished candles together, to make a whole brand new candle.

xoxo,
Adora

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