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Last of the Crafting

Recycled wax candles. I made a couple of solstice candles that turned out to be too airy and burned right through in half an hour (too much ice- now I remember you add it to the wax a bit at a time). So we remelted them, added some wicks, and voila- purple candles for our upcoming birthday celebration. Sophie already has plans to make tissue paper lanterns with mason jars. Like these. I love the candle-making. It sums up the whole of the solstice/Hannukah/Christmas tradition with such a simple symbol. We have big plans for next year, including a bonfire if we can manage to get on our land in Maine!

On Christmas Day we crafted some gifts for our beloved birds, taking this great recipe from Zach’s site. They are hanging all over the yard and haven’t seen any action yet, but they are awfully cute to look at. Sophie was thrilled to hear that her homemade dog biscuits were well-received by the family canines. We’ve covered most of the bases, between dogs and birds, apple butter and pesto, brownies and deadly-good chocolate chip cookies. There’s only one thing left to say:

CHEERS to 2010!!! Happy last week of the year.