Melt your old candles into new candles

I recently took a bunch of half burned tapers in beautiful blues and made them into fresh candles. It took a while but it was easy!

• Buy candle wicks (you can get 100 for less than $10)

• Collect glass and ceramic yogurt containers, cute teacups, tins, etc.

• Use a double broiler or, like me, an old glass jar in a pot of simmering water

• Melted the old candles down (Tip: cut down the burnt wick first!)

• Attach the wicks to the bottom of your clean container

• Pour the melted wax into the container with the wick (use chopsticks to keep the wick upright).

• Play with it! I layered shades of blues in the clear jar. I also tried to make scented candles using essential oils and was not that successful. Next time I will order specialized fragrance oils.