• 2008
  • Oct
  • 30

Votive Candle Holder

This is an abstract from an article written by Sarah White & Danahinders

Looking for a unique votive candle holder? There are many different varieties of holders available for candles of all sizes. Sometimes you can even make your own candle holders to give your candles a distinctive look.

Why Votive Candles are Special

Votive candles are a great choice for any decorating situation. You can put them just about anywhere, whether you have a lot of space or even want to hang a candle on the wall or from a tree.

You can also find a lot of different scented and unscented votive candles in a range of colors, making it possible to find candles that suit your décor and your scent preferences. Sometimes it can be difficult to find unscented jar candles, for instance, but it is still pretty easy to find unscented votives.

One votive candle alone is pretty, but a mass of these pretty little candles makes a great centerpiece for the table that everyone will be able to easily see over.

Choosing a Unique Votive Candle Holder

There are many different styles of Votive candle holders available as well. You can commonly find simple candle holders such as plain glass or wrought-iron holders with holes cut into them to let light through at your local craft store or gift shop.

But, if you want to find a unique votive candle holder, you might have to dig a little deeper. Home décor shops, antique stores and even flea markets are great places to look for candle holders that aren’t the same kind that everyone else has these days.

You might also want to seek out a local artisan who works with ceramics or glass. If they make candle holders, it’s likely that each one is unique. You can also feel good about supporting local artists.

Another way to shop for unique candle holders is to look online. If the products aren’t available in stores where you live, at least your choices will probably be unique compared to those found in the local shops.

Make Your Own Candle Holders

One of the easiest ways to get a unique candle holder is to make it yourself. For a votive candle holder, you can use a glass baby food jar, or even a purchased clear glass votive holder in whatever shape you like.

You can decorate the jar or holder using paints, beads, sequins, markers, or stickers. You can paint on any holiday decoration you choose, write your name, or draw or paint an abstract design. Another good idea is to try decoupaging paper onto the holder, using several colors to make a stained glass motif. Once you start decorating votive candle holders in this way, you’ll want to have a set for every holiday and every room of the house so you’ll always have great glowing décor wherever you go.

This project is great for kids and adults alike. The finished product makes a great gift for grandparents or anyone else who likes one-of-a-kind art. When giving a candle holder as a gift, remember to include an appropriate candle that will fit in the holder.

This is a great, quick craft project that you can probably accomplish with items available in your house. If you have a really crafty kid, making these candle holders would be a fun project for a birthday party; just make sure you also teach the kids about candle safety if you’re giving them candles as well.

Decorating with votive candles and unique candle holders is a great way to bring a little light into your life while expressing your own personality.

  • 2008
  • Oct
  • 17

Google hates me…

It looks like google hates me.. for some reason my PR seems to ge going down and down… I thought google liked blogs… Am I wrong??

  • 2008
  • Sep
  • 12

Beer contains female hormones

Last month, National University of Lesotho scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer.

Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption.

The theory is that beer contains female hormones (hops contain phytoestrogens) and that by drinking enough beer, men turn into women… lol some men will love this..

To test the theory, 100 men drank 8 pints of beer each within a 1 hour period.

It was then observed that 100% of the test subjects :

1) Argued over nothing.
2) Refused to apologize when obviously wrong.
3) Gained weight.
4) Talked excessively without making sense.
5) Became overly emotional.
6) Couldn’t drive.
7) Failed to think rationally.
8) Had to sit down while urinating.

No further testing was considered necessary.

  • 2008
  • Sep
  • 12

The History of the Middle Finger

Well, now……here’s something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to pass it on to my more intelligent friends on the internet in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Isn’t history more fun when you know something about it?

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as “plucking the yew” (or “pluck yew”).

Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since ‘pluck yew’ is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F’, and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as “giving the bird.”

IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY!

And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing. lol…

  • 2008
  • Sep
  • 3

20 crazy things people do to get Wi-Fi connections

In their quest to get Wi-Fi Internet connectivity, people have done some pretty desperate things over the years.

Then there’s a whole other level of desperation that comes while some people are searching for the almighty Wi-Fi access point. The evidence: an August 2008 survey of 300 remote employees who work on company-issued laptops.

The survey asked these road warriors: “What interesting or out of the ordinary things have you ever done to get connected to the Internet and/or company network, when working remotely?” Of the open-ended responses, here are the most noteworthy:

1. “Stolen Wi-Fi from a neighbor.”
Editor’s note: Nothing says “Howdy, Neighbor!” more than “I’m stealing your Wi-Fi!”

2. “Had to climb on my mother’s roof once. It was so fun. I actually saw a naked neighbor girl.”
Editor’s note: Is that considered a two-for-one?

3. “Drove 15 miles away from Old Faithful Geyser to achieve a complete Internet connection, due to static from Geyser emissions energy.”
Editor’s note: I hate it when that happens.

4. “Driven to the local coffee shop and purchased a muffin to use their wireless.”
Editor’s note: That seems reasonable.

5. “Gone to coffee shop without buying coffee.”
Editor’s note: Cheapskate!

6. “Had to ‘hack’ into a phone line at a hotel to get dial-up to work (many years ago).”
Editor’s note: Easy does it, Mitnick.

7. “I have plugged my laptop into a hospital Ethernet line because the wireless was down.”
Editor’s note: Glad it wasn’t the oxygen line.

8. “I have researched hotels that do not provide Internet but are nearby wireless hubs to get connection freely.”
Editor’s note: A little too much time on your hands, sir?

9. “Plugged into the back of a cash register.”
Editor’s note: Really? You can do that?

10. “I went up to the top of a mountain and worked for a week from a tent.”
Editor’s note: Grizzly Adams meets Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame).

11. “Turned someone’s TV antenna into a wireless internet antenna.”
Editor’s note: Now that’s talent.

12. “Logged into hotel conference rooms to get the connection for free.”
Editor’s note: Who hasn’t done that?!

13. “Paid for a cab ride while I worked on the Internet.”
Editor’s note: That seems a bit “unfare.”

14. “Plugged into electricity from the city of Seattle that was on a pole on the sidewalk, but only for a few minutes.”
Editor’s note: Well, as long as it was just for a few minutes.

15. “Held my laptop out a window to get the Wi-Fi next door so I could send an important e-mail.”
Editor’s note: Hope it was one of those rugged notebooks.

16. “Sat outside an airport for 4 hours so I could use the free wireless across the street.”
Editor’s note: Good thing her flight was delayed.

17. “I’ve done a lot of crazy things but I’ll never be able to admit it or I’d lose my dignity.”
Editor’s note: Tease.

18. “Moved throughout my home because of connection problems, I found myself sitting in a ducky chair in my toddler’s room because that is where I got the best connection.”
Editor’s note: That’s just quackers.

19. “Using dial up.”
Editor’s note: That’s desperate.

20. “I think a laundromat is the strangest one I ever hooked up to.”
Editor’s note: We agree.

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