CANDLES GALORE: SHOPPING GUIDE

If you know me, you know that I am obsessed with candles. They are not justan object to place in a corner (to make the room smell good), candles are part of the decor me. I am so obsessed with them that I have actually have a drawer dedicated to my candle hoarding. You all know I am obsessed with diptyque candles, but there are so many more varieties out there. Tory Burch and Jo Malone candles just smell heavenly. But, if you want a decor piece, look no further than Jonathan Adler candles, where he mixes his beautiful  pottery with unique fragrances. My new obsession is Fornasetti candles though, I mean how beautiful are these graphic votives. Click below for the direct links to the candles!
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Red Cirque Candle, Currant Cassis

Fornasetti Architettura Candle

Diptyque Rosafolia Candle, 190g

Jonathan Adler Muse D'Argent Candle

Jonathan Adler Gold Muse Candle

Halcyon Days Enamels Scented Candles

Jonathan Adler Muse Candle

Cire Trudon Mademoiselle de la Valliere Tuberose

Fornasetti Soli e Lune Nero Scented Candle

Fornasetti Bacio Candle

Tom Dixon Scented Candle Collection/Set of 3

Michael Aram Vincent Candle

Fornasetti Giardino Segreto Scented Candles & Room Spray

Tory Burch Tory Burch Tile-Print Scented Candle

Fornasetti Giardino Segreto Three-Wick Scented Candle

Diptyque Baies, Roses and Figuier set of three mini candles

Dolce & Gabbana Velvet Sublime Fragrance Candle/6.7 oz.

Jo Malone London Blackberry & Bay Candle, 200g

Diptyque Boxed Set of 3 Votive Candles

Diptyque Baies (Black Currant & Rose) Candle

Jo Malone London English Pear & Freesia Home Candle, 7 oz.

Fornasetti Scented Candle

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A visual shopping guide to Designer Candles.

DIY: CREATE YOUR OWN WALL ART FOR GALLERY WALL

I have been seeing a lot of prints everywhere, especially with the popularity of the "Gallery Walls". A good gallery wall is a combination of art and photography, and even some fun quotes. Not wanting to purchase yet another print I decided to get a little creative and made my own art!

Now it is NO secret that I love Diptyque. I have stumbled upon some diptyque candle prints online, some on sale and some people have done just for fun. So I decided to give it a shot, and here it goes step by step!

Materials:
1. Blanks piece of Paper(s), depends how many you want to do
2. Pencil
3. Fine Black Artist's Pen (I got mine from Chapters Indigo on sale!)
4. Diptyque candle votive (optional)- instructions below

Now place the piece of paper on the candle and simply trace out the pattern. This can be a little tricky so do it lightly with a pencil, and then refine with the Artist's Pen later.

However, if you don't have a diptyque candle (because well they are a kind of expensive) you don't have to go buy one, follow the instructions below:

1. Simply Google "dyptique candles", or click Here

2. Click on the candle you like

3. Trace the outline from the screen!

4. Remember to trace the glass outline and the candle inside

Once you have the rough outline of the candle, darken it with the Pen

Fill in the details and embellish the letters. I went for the rough look, but you can make it sleek and polished, and voila! How easy is that!

Once you are done one, it is so much easier to the rest, because now you just have to trace the paper. Or better yet, you can photocopy the pattern and write in the name of the candle later, saves you so much time, and gives it a dark professional looks.

Here is the final product. DIYs for beginners like me :)

Move Over Diptyque

First of all, another apology for disappearing again! There seems to be a lot going on in my personal life (good things..thankfully) but it's had completely derailed my blogging schedule. I know I probably won't be able to blog as often but I will surely make time to at least post a few times in a week.

Okay soo, I have recently fell in love with peonies. They looks so efforlessly chic! I mean they are not prissy, they are not overly elegant, they are so relaxed looking looking flowers as if they know they are beautiful and they don't even have to try!

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Well being in suburban GTA (Toronto area), it is kind of hard to find these beauties! Luckily there is abundance of them in some of the downtown shops so I can always make a trip and grab a bunch. But what I love even more than the flower itself is its most amazing smell!  These was a flower back in India which had a very similar smell to Peony, so naturally this takes me back to my childhood days and makes me love this flower even more. So you can imagine my excitement when I found this lovely Peony fragrance candle I found at Indigo!

 

And can I just say, I am in LOVE!! Not only does it smell  heavenly, but it fills up the whole house! I have spent money on a lot of candles, and well other than Diptyque they have generally been a disappointment. So I am absolutely thrilled that I can actually a candle that actually delivers!

It also comes in 3 other sizes, ranging from $8 to $24 (for the large one!) - and they are on sale right now for 25% off!

As much as I love Diptyque, my wallet is definitely thanking me for finding this box of happiness!
There are 4 other fragrances. All of them smell so beautiful...I hope to try them all, but thank you Indigo for packing my childhood into a sweet little package.

1. Orange votive: Coconut Fig | 2. Green Votive: Pinapple Orchid | 3. Silver Votive: Orange Flower Citron| 4. Blue Votive: Fresh Water Lily

Pretty little things..

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I, as I predicted on Friday, had a busy one! But all is calm again and I share with you my latest experiment. I have always loved pink, but kind of kept it a secret. I don't wear much pink and there is no pink around the house either, but with all things spring I feel I can get away with immersing myself in Pink without being called "girly". This gives me chance to openly display my love for this colour and it feels great!

I am a tea addict, and I am always looking for ways to make it as pretty as I can. I mean why not right, this is one moment I have to myself and I want to make it as pleasing to my eye as possible..so of course I would do it with a lot of Pink!

My husband laughed when I told him that I bought "Pink Himalayan Salt"..to be honest more for the colour than anything! It is the prettiest shade of blush. It does come ground up or in solid form seen above. And best of all, it comes with the cutest little grater to grind the solid chunks! 

This beautiful flower is actually the lid to the a lovely candle I bought from Anthropologie. Not only it smells heavenly but once the candle has run out, you are left with a blush and white ceramic container..win win!

If you asked me to pick my favorite item from the picture above, I really couldn't tell you..I am totally in love with all of them..

Blush roses.. *sigh*

So here it..my girliest shoot yet and I love it! It is difficult as we try to be everything at once, and try to make things "others" will approve but it is nice to be honest with yourself sometimes so you can get true joy out of things you really love.

Tea Mug: Anthropologie| Square dishes: Urban Barn| Ceramic Candle: Anthropologie| Paris Calendar: Anthropologie via Anna Bond| Himalayan Salt: Homesense 

Home Decor: Diptyque Heaven

It is no secret that I love Diptyque candles, especially Baies. They are a bit expensive but totally worth it. Once you light one, you will never go back to another brand. It fills the whole house with its heavenly fragrance. Having bought my third one, I wasn't sure what to do with the empty containers and I didn't want to just toss them out! So I found some lovely examples of how to use them around the house. No matter what you put into them, they look so pretty.

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Don't they look gorgeous in a simple tray, I would love to have this many candles all at once! But truth is they are pricey and I can only afford one at a time.

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I have done this already, no brainer,  these cute little votives add effortless glam to your vanity

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This is so cool..my pins are everywhere! I love how they stay organized and visible in Diptyque jars

Home decor: Display Trays

I love displaying all the objects I love in trays, mainly because it gives it an "organized" look despite being mis-machted. I am always changing my tray displays though, because I simply get bored with one look or if I buy something new I have to display it so I can admire it!

I bought this sea-urchin from Target last summer and I can't get enough of it. It has moved all over my house but it is always where I can see it and admire it. Another thing I realized once I started putting my favourite things in the tray, is that I clearly have a thing for all things French! For example all the books and water carafe from Indigo are all french inspired. Also, I love peacocks which explains why I fell in love with this tray, also from Indigo.

So here are a few examples of display tray that makes you smile everytime you look at it!