Green Candles for Whirled Peas

I would love to have a candle with subtle, not strong, sage aroma. Very Wilka, too, I think :)

I want to give you a great big old hug over the election the other night! I wondered where you were when the final results came out.

I would go with lemongrass and mint.

This is a FANTASTIC idea. My first thought for scent would be patchoulli, but that's the hippie in me talking.

Are you considering selling any of these? If so, please let me know!

Frankincence and Myrhh are the holy scents. Lavendar is calming. Sage is a blessing scent to send away the bad spirits and keep all from harm.

I loved the idea of reinforcing and implanting the message.

In addition, tell them that this election and the work you did is your gift to them. That's how I feel about the little bit I did.

Bless you hun.

I like flower-y scents, not food scents. (A couple of years ago, somebody gave me body wash that made me smell like a gingerbread cookie. I was constantly hungry, all the freakin' time!)

So, I guess I'm not much help, is my point. Yay, me. Sorry, Wilka -- let's call this, "Me stopping by and leaving some PantsLove™."

Vick, I was invited to the party down at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, I heard afterward from some folks that it was sincerely a grand and rewarding night.
But, being 52 and deskbound (read slightly out of shape?) and after working the polls till about 8:15, I then went home and plunged my feet into hot water, wrapped hot towels around my knees, and climbed into the internet to feast on the incoming data. In the left hand, cuervo shots (lined up--you know, instead of aspirin???) in the right hand, the mouse, busily clicking from CNN, to the guardian, to MSNBC, to the Obama page...

I like the idea of sage...and lemongrass is always good, think I could blend them? Is one scent considered more manly? I gots me lotsa boys on the list, I raised mine right, but there's others...you know how it is?

Blessed be.
Wilka

Patchouli, but of course....no young hippie of the 60's would be without the smell of patchouli.

Any scent would do as biblically incense represent prayer which would be appropriate if one so believes. Specific to peace one would want to search our some roasting meat scent.

Envision Whirled Peas

Just me. Mint? I could do me some mint. I'll look into that, too. I may do more than just one scent....

Leslie: I have patchoulli sticks and oils for around the house. Love it. Also, flashin' back to the hippie thing. It makes me feel good. MUST be something in it? Good memories, maybe? I remember a party where some gal brought patchoulli scented brownies--needless to say, I passed on those... (((smiles.)))

Blessings to you both!
Wilka

Sharon, my friend...
They already know that. I raised me up a passle of rebels, some thinkers and some thinking rebels. They were working the campaign too. Don't know how it happened, but I couldn't be more proud of how they turned out. We practices by coloring outside the lines all our lives.

...I'm working on my rainbow icon, but I just can't give up my bluebird of happiness yet. I'm so content, excited, and at peace with the nation. It's been a while, and I'm basking in the glow of national intelligence and affection. I know we didn't reach all of our goals, state based, but I think we'll be more open to thinking legislature in the near future.

Goddess Blessings on your curly head!
Wilka

D.B.D: being vegan, my kids would know something was off. That's really not an option here. If we want to make a heart felt, positive change, we have to struggle to get past the cynicism and grow our grasp of "possibles." (Some folks call it Hopositive, like a blood type.)
Peace On.
Wilka

Pants! My kids gave me a cinnamon roll candle....they were hinting at a momma bake-off, because the next Sunday morning, they rolled back into the kitchen, and asked for the cinnamon sticky buns. Food scented candles are great. I wonder if I could shape a scent that smelled like bread baking in the oven? That's one of my very fav scents. There goes the low carb diet! LOL!

Smiling at you from St. Louis, Ms. St. Cranky Pants!
Wilka

I like your gift ideas. And Dad will do the illustrations? Family gift event growing even better.
Don't know if you have access to Cottonwood buds where you are but they're smell in the very early spring (Feb--March) is the whisper of peace in the making for me. from it's sticky buds we make the Balm of Gilead. My youngest daughter always brings in the wind blown branches to make her Easter Tree, snow everywhere, many weeks before warmth or outside green. With in a few hours the house is filled with the airy sweet scent and days later, new baby greens. If you are near cottonwood in midrange climate, the sappy buds might be ready for Christmas.
Good on ya, homemade rocks!

Sticky buds...now there's a scent that makes me peaceful.

We're probably not talking about the same plant though...

Lavender.

We had this huge cottonwood tree on the dam of the pond, out on the family farm. Back in the 60s we'd go out every weekend. All six kids, grandma & grandpops, and the aunts, etc. Mom and dad gave us the very best. I love that tree...we called it the Bee Tree, cause a huge colony had set up shoppe in the hollows and cranies of that monsterous wood icon. I'll have to drive out there some day, to see if it's still there? The folks sold it when Mom got Ahlz...and dad didn't see into the future very far.

I wonder if there is a commercial (hippie) place to pick up the scent? It's too late for me to catch the budding before xmas, of course.

I was thinking along the lines, too, of the Gold Canyon candle scent: Cotton.

MJ...my head tells me not to ask...but I will anyway. To which buds might you be referring?

Nancy, Lavender is one of my favs. I have several of my own, for relaxation. Does it represent peace, too?

HEART-felt Blessings to you.
Peace out!
Wilka

sounds like a wonderful gift, whatever scent you end up with

Hi Kathy, yes, lavender is a scent that represents peace. If you Google "scents associated with peace" you'll find sites that sell incense and list what different scents represent.

Hello again,
The "Buds" from the great Paper or Black Cottonwoods (birch family buds) are the still tightly closed tips on the branches left from the previous seasons growth. You want to gather them when its still quite cold/ pre sap rise. Loved your picture of the tribe of six traipsing out to the farm. What ever the scent (lavender is my second favorite. Sweet Dreams) it's a wonderful project. And so glad Dad can be a part of it. Stirs my embers for small gift ideas to create with my Elder Ma.

There are 3 scents I'm being given for you:

Wood Smoke (for a family evening around the fire or woodstove)

Home-Baked Bread (for that soul-reassurance all humans can relate to)

Lavender (for inner peace and outer calm)

I think I'd use the lavender in the candle - like, actually, pieces of dried lavender in the beeswax, and maybe a pea-green strip of wax that whirls up the length of the candle. That's the one in MY mind - I'll be eager to see the one in YOUR mind! (c:*

Wilka, I'd have to go with either Lavender or Frankincense, both of which symbolize peace. Sounds like a great idea!

There are several binding methods for little books. Anything from holes punched and attached with plastic ties to what they call plastic combs, which are annoying if you don't have a machine for it. There are binding glues, but they will usually give you a bad headache...

These ideas are fabulous

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Thank you for all your very excellent comments.

Lisa, I was thinking of doing the plastic "teeth" binding--like a comb, is that what you're talking about? We have one of those machines at work that line up all the little teeth... We used to use them for sales and training booklet bindings. Also, then the kids can take out a picture if they want to. Great idea on the binding. Thanks... My next questions to you would be "paper stock?" I was thinking of thicker paper, like in a good quality sketch book. And it wouldn't have to be 8-1/2 x 11. Although that would work best in my printer here at home.
Thanks Lisa, for loaning me your know how.

Wilka

Adrian...last year (Pix posted here on gather) the grandbaby Layla and I (yes, I raised my children on Eric Clapton...) used old mismatched wine glasses, (goodwill or salvation army store, $0.25 each--decopage, and tissue paper to make really cool xmas votives. All different shapes and sizes of wine glasses. She got to tear the tissue, overlap it, paint the glue on it...and add some glitter. The same can be done with any transparent tissue, it could even be hand painted first...and the gold/silver/white tissue as an overlay.
Five year old fingers managed that just fine.
I did some afterward (sans glitter) with a snowflake pattern made from gold and white tissue paper, with blue around the top for sky...looked grand with the candle lit.

Have fun with your momma. She might enjoy making stuff for the local shelter kids. They always need love, especially around the holiday times. Special kid size and doll size blankets are a big hit, along with either a store bought or hand made doll. Soft materials, and don't use buttons or those glue on google eyes.

Makes us all feel wunnerful.

And, Yes, I'm thinking lavender and mint. It is also one of my kids fav scents. My house will smell so good pre-holiday.

Blessings--all great ideas.

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love it Wilka!

Olive branches symbolize peace.

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