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Odor Eraser Candles Wipe Out Pet Odors

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Cozy Illuminations started in April of this year and have candles for just about every occasion you would want. Their candles are high quality, functional and decorative. Cozy Illuminations is a very flexible company and will custom make your order based on the scent, color and symbol you want.
dog candle

Their “I love my dog!” candles are a fun addition and they have tons of breeds to choose from. I have always wanted a Newfoundland dog and here is an example of the logo on the candle from that breed. They have over one hundred breeds to choose from and their special odor eraser formula leaves a fresh spice scent without the worry of damaging powders and sprays on children or pets.

Bill from Cozy Illuminations was most helpful when he dropped in to advise me when I was having troubles getting a strongly scented candle. In case you missed it, this is what he shared. “If you are trying to make your own candles using soy, to get the best possible scent throw cold or hot try getting the wax to around 170 degrees when you add in the aroma.( this helps attach the aroma to the wax, and will prevent weeping candles) Another important thing to keep in mind is to use enough scent. This was a mistake I was making in my first few candles you want to use around 1 to 1.75 ounces per pound of wax.”

They also have a wide selection of scents and customizable jar candles but the odor eraser sounded good to me to start with since I want something really strong.

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Make Your Cross Stitch into an Iron On Patch

A while back I made a little rainbow cross stitch pattern and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it, so I turned it into a patch. My idea was that it could be used on a jacket or backpack, or you could add a pin to the back and wear it temporarily on a shirt or elsewhere. 

But what if you want to make your design more permanent? Is it possible to turn a piece of cross stitch into an iron-on design?

It turns out yes, it is, and Sirious Stitches has done it so I didn’t have to try to figure it out on my own. 

The way they did it was by using HeatnBond, an iron-on adhesive that attaches fabrics without sewing. There was still sewing involved to finish the edges of the cross stitch fabric and make it look like a purchased patch. The post shows how to do this by hand or with your sewing machine. (I just did blanket stitch edging on mine, which doesn’t look like a “real” patch but is also a lot faster.)

Once you have the patch prepared it’s a pretty easy matter of using the fusible adhesive to the back of the patch so you can then iron it onto whatever jacket, pair of jeans, bag or whatever else you might want to add it to. 

I guess I’m a little paranoid about the washability of cross stitch projects, though you could hand wash anything with an iron-on cross stitch patch as you might need to with a purchased iron-on patch, anyway. But this does look really cool and is a great option if you know you want to permanently add a cross stitch patch to a garment of bag. 

Get the full tutorial over at Sirious Stitches. Would you add an iron-on cross stitch patch to something? I’d love to hear what you would use this technique for!

[Photo: Sirious Stitches]