It's a Work of Passion

How blessed I am that I still get tingley when I think about creating a new candle or product line. I love every part of the process. It starts when I go to the flea market or estate sale looking for beautiful vintage items that would make great one of a kind candles. Oh the thrill of the hunt! I never know what treasures I'll come home with...a beautiful teacup and saucer, a vintage sugar bowl or an old peanut butter jar! I bring them home and clean them up shiny and new. Then depending on the season ( or my mood ) I choose which fragrance I want to use. It always fills my kitchen with the most wonderful aroma, and I get so excited knowing that when the candle makes it to it's new owner, that it will fill their home with the same aroma hopefully making it a better day! T o view my boutique, just go to www.annasilluminaries.mybisi.com

Winter Whites at Make Mine Pink's Pink Friday

Pink Friday ~ Winter Whites
I love winter~ long January days where the snow stretches until it blends with the low white clouds. No definition of distance, just shadows to foretell what is to come. Winter is clean, cold and refreshing. Snowy whites and creamy ivory swirl together creating a sense of calm. The air is still. The whole world seems at peace. As nature rests under a blanket of snow, time is spent in thought. There are books to be read, journals to be written, rooms to refresh, plans to be made for the garden. But nothing needs to move to fast. We have time. Winter is here and we can take things slow, time to relax and get lost in dream world of all white.In January I always want to paint everything in the house a shade of white or ivory, maybe even beige or pale gray thrown in for interest. It is not cold and stark but rather clean and cozy. A late evening fire in a winter white room gives each item a glow~ the shadows are soft and relaxing. Plush white linens and fragile ivory lace beckons gentle serenity. A well appointed bed with piles of winter white linens topped by a cashmere throw just tempts me to open the window and listen for the stillness brought on by a blanket of snow. Then, just when one thinks the winter will never end; brave flowers peek up through the snow, the Jonquil, the Lenten Rose and the Prairie Pasque Flower. Their delicate flowers even more precious against the white snow, and the season begins to change.

Join me this Friday for our Winter White Pink Friday event on Friday the 30th. Go to http://www.annasilluminaries.mybisi.com/category/Pink-Friday_84314_Page1.html. Then visit all the boutiques at http://www.makeminepink.com/pink-friday/.

Check Out My New Product Line!

I'm now making a new Aromatherapy Spa line. It comes complete with a soy blend candle infused with pure essential oils in a vintage, reusable container, and 2 bath teas. The bath teas are large tea bags filled with the herb of chamomile, and is scented with essential oils. The benefits of chamomile are incredible. It is a natural anti-inflamatory as well as a calming agent. To see the different fragrances go to www.annasilluminaries.mybisi.com . They are all therapeutic and will benefit in different ways. Try one today!

Check out this website!

I read about this website on the Make Mine Pink forum and wanted to share it with you. She's also doing a promotional contest on her blog right now...you should check that out as well. You'll find the most beautiful whimsical treasures like the apothecary bottles. Also, the faux pastries look incredible. I'd love to display them with my daughters tea set!
http://treasured-heirlooms.blogspot.com/