Don’t throw away those old candle containers. Recycle them. Lots of people assume that recycling is the process of taking garbage to a recycling plant, a process that can be too embarrassing and troublesome for many people. Wikipedia defines recycling as:

reprocessing of old materials into new products, with the aims of preventing the waste of potentially useful materials

Which means recycling can happen right in your own home. I find ways to recycle everything I possible can. My latest piece is this old candle holder. The first time I set it on fire I knew deep in my groin that it was special and it would stay with me for a long long time; possibly be passed down to my children and my children’s children.

Now, after many hours of scented vanilla lavender bliss I have found a new way to enjoy the container that my candle once resided in. I found it a new home on the counter top of my bathroom right next to the sink as the new home for my Q-tips. The Q-tips fit flawlessly inside, a perfect match. I’m thinking about screwing a little knob on top of the lid but right now I’m gonna love it just the way it is.

If you have a candle that is on the verge of being burnt out and already have a Q-tip holder, then open that creative box inside your head and find your own way to recycle it. A few ideas that come to mind is: sugar caddy, trinket box, hair accessories and cotton pad holder. Feel free to share those ideas with me. Tell me, what are some things that you have recycle? I’d love to know.