I am getting ready for Christmas and Winter Solstice. I wanted a lot of lanterns and candles around the house this year but I really did not wish to buy anything. So I am making lanterns.
I am saving all our metal cans from the kitchen: condenseded milk, whole tomatoes, chili. Cleaning them. Filling them with water and freezing. I take the labels off.
I then take a hammer and a nail and punch holes in them. Once I have punched holes where I want them, I empty them of all the ice and make sure there are no sharp edges.
Then I add a candle. This is a tea light so I do not have to clean up any wax.
Is it not pretty? I have more to make this weekend. After a mai tai, another sling, more receiving blankets, ..... It could be a very busy weekend.
And somebody else likes Grandlady's shawls as much as Grandlady. The smallest short person sleeps the best under a Grandlady shawl!