Unique Tart Warmers

Candle Licious has the most beautiful tart warmers which are also referred to as simmer pots, tart burners or melting pots. Some use electricity to heat up and others use tea lights.

Shown here is the Willow Pattern Tea Cup Tart warmer. It depicts a famous Chinese love story and has the classic blue style familiar in England. It’s only $16.00 and at 2 lbs it shouldn’t cost much to ship.

My favorite is the Egyptian Tart Melter depicting golden pharaohs. Both could be used for either their melting hearts or scented oils.

Candle Licious has so many other products including their “Melting Hearts” which is their trade mark for their tarts. They are highly scented heart shaped wax potpourri. The benefit of heating tarts is that a stronger scent than candles can be safely achieved, although their candles are triple scented so are highly fragrant. They have a secret wax blend recipe that enables them to do this. They offer tea light trial packs which is a great way to try a few different scents at once.

If you’ve ever looked at a pile of junk and thought, “This is just trash,” Thomas Deininger might have something to say about that. Based in Rhode Island, this incredibly clever artist has a knack for turning what most of us would toss in the bin—think broken toys, bits of plastic, even old electronics—into jaw-dropping pieces of art. What’s wild is how his sculptures often look like realistic animals or landscapes from a distance… but when you step closer, boom—you’re hit with the chaos of everyday debris woven into a detailed scene.

I first came across his work when I was scrolling through some recycled art ideas, and his “Striped Bass” piece totally stopped me in my tracks. From far away, it’s like you’re looking at a photograph. But up close, you start spotting action figures, bottle caps, and tangled wires all working together to make up the image. It’s mind-blowing.

What I really love about Thomas’s approach is how it blends creativity with a message. His work is fun and clever, sure—but it also hits on bigger things like overconsumption and the mountains of waste we create. He somehow manages to make that message stick without being preachy, just by showing how beautiful and meaningful our “trash” can actually be.

Whether you’re into environmental art or just love seeing imagination come to life, Thomas Deininger’s work is definitely worth checking out. It’s inspiring, a little chaotic, and totally unforgettable.

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