Crash Candles Featuring Angela Adams Line

Artist and designer Angela Adams has created a line of eco-friendly scented soy candles in glass tumblers that feature painted natural scenes. Angela also designs hand-woven rugs, bedding and home accessories.

There are eight different designs and scents in the line, but the one I received (shown here) is called Cloud. The artwork depicts whimsical painted clouds and birds in blue. The soy candle is smartly packaged without plastic in a pretty decorated cardboard box.

Since this scented candle is 100% soy wax, it lasts a long time and the beautiful tumbler is of course reusable. The cotton wick burns brightly and the lavender scent is more earthy (hippie like?) than floral.

My preference leans more towards the floral, but it’s still a pleasant fragrance. The men in my family were mad about it!

Candle Purchase Information

The suggested retail price of each 7.5 oz. tumbler is $24.95. It’s a little pricey for a candle, but not if you consider that you’re paying for a unique and permanent painted design.

Crash Candles is featuring the line, so visit their website to view the remaining candle collection. Crash also features several other candle/art collections by contemporary designers including Zuz Design, Binth and Lotta Jansdotter.

Alternately, you can see Angela’s home décor products along with her candles at Angelaadams.com.

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The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]

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