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Upcoming Candle Retreat at Village Craft and Candle

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Candles

Village Craft and Candle is holding their annual candle retreat from Saturday, April 30 to Sunday, May 1, 2011 in St. Mary’s Ontario.

On Saturday you’ll learn how to make votives, blend colours and mix fragrances. They’ll also explore packaging ideas and soy candles.  (Candle photo by Nerry Burg)

The afternoon is all about making cookies, ice cream and cinnamon bun candles. They encourage you to come just to explore this fun hobby or to help expand your candle making business.

Sunday sounds fun because they’ll be making hippie candles and hurricanes. In the afternoon you’ll get lotions, bath salts and warming foot oil. All supplies, instruction booklet, refreshments and lunch are provided.

Village Craft and Candle is my favourite Canadian place to purchase candle supplies because they have an extensive variety of products to choose from and their prices are reasonable. They’re also always very friendly and helpful if you ever have any questions.

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New Year’s Resolutions for Cross Stitchers

As the year comes to a close, you might be thinking about things you want to do, or do differently, in your life in the next year, and your crafting life should definitely be part of whatever resolutions or goals you set.

I feel like one of the most common goals for crafters of all varieties, not just cross stitchers, is to be more organized. Earlier this year I shared a post about organizing cross stitch supplies, and in the vault you’ll find ideas for storing embroidery floss in particular, as well as this post about how one cross stitcher uses a Caboodles box to keep her projects contained.

You might also want to finish projects that you’ve started but abandoned in the past, or to let go of some things that you know you’ll never finish (if you need help decluttering your craft supplies, I’ve got an ebook to help!).

Making more time for your crafts is another good goal, and may be especially important if you’re trying to avoid the news or social media. Start small, with scheduling in an extra 10 or 15 minutes a day, or declare that after supper is craft time, or whatever you need to do to hold that time for yourself. Doing something like a 100 day project is an easy way to commit to working on a craft regularly.

Another resolution you might consider is learning new skills or trying more difficult projects. I’m guilty of staying in the beginner zone when it comes to cross stitch for a really long time, but writing about it here has inspired me to try bigger, more colorful and more difficult projects, which is the challenging kind of fun. If there’s a project you’ve always wanted to do but were afraid to try, make this coming year the time you do it.

And if you are still learning the basics of cross stitch, check out my learn to cross stitch guide over at Our Daily Craft.

Do you have a cross stitch related resolution or something you want to learn this year? I’d love to hear about it!