Happy Birthday Pie and Smoothies = Great Candles

We had a rather late birthday celebration for my Christian last night. We ended up having birthday pie (real pie) at nearly midnight when the birthday girl was conked out! We managed to save a whole pie as the little ones were playing video games and the rest of us were way too full on cheese enchiladas and beef tacos to indulge. Then there were the smoothies!

Since we had four birthdays every two weeks from February until yesterday, Christian decided that she wanted to have a pie for her birthday instead.

So today, my candle inspiration is pie and peach smoothie. I'm gonna get breakfast (late) and some coffee (Starbucks just tweeted that their House blend is in the house until noon). Then I'm gonna make a pie and smoothie candle. The pie, I've done a number of times but this will be a first for the smoothie candle, and I've already got an idea as to how I'm going to do it. Stay tuned to our tweets to find out our newest candle releases. We just did a tart melt version of the Edible Arrangement earlier this week so the smoothies will be posted there. You can find us @everythingdawn on Twitter or visit our Facebook Page and like us there.

God bless!

There's No Place Like Home

Home...there's no place like it. It's the place where my children throw their toys in the foyer, knock over their drink and wipe up half of it, placing a towel over the area so that no one will slip on it, and where the toddlers scream and leave fingerprints pretty much everywhere.

Okay so it's not a perfect home but it's home. Sometimes, when it's quiet, i think about all of the in things that make my home a "home" and I'm convinced that there's nothing like it. I miss the noise. I miss the sticky little fingers, and I definitely couldn't begin to imagine how much I'd miss those sweet little hugs and kisses that I always get from my little ones. If it were any different, it wouldn't be home.

Real Dessert Please

At six and a half months pregnant, I've been having crazy cravings for turnip greens and kit kat bars (not at the same time). So my candle creations this week have been centered around chocolate. I suppose if there were turnip greens that could be turned into some kind of tempting dessert, I would have figured it out by now but when I imagine turnip greens, I imagine them cooked in ham juice with bits of ham. I just can't see how you could make that into dessert.

Yesterday, as I was working on the hot fudge brownie sundae candle, my eight year old son comes up to me and says, "I should've never come over here." I couldn't help but laugh. The children are loving these dessert candle creations but they wish Mommy would make some real desserts.

My house smells like a combination of chocolate, vanilla, caramel and apples right now. It's not working well with the pregnancy but nobody else seems to mind. My first project for the morning was my white chocolate/strawberry/fudge cupcake candle. Then I decided to do an apple caramel crunch cupcake candle. Still no real food.

I've learned that candle designs and real baking absolutely cannot happen at the same time lest you end up with yucky candle tasting real food. Oh well, the little chilies will have to wait a bit for the real cupcakes...maybe the weekend?

Peace When the Enemy Tries to Steal It

Holidays are very special days. Easter is particularly special because it's a day when we commemorate the rising of Jesus Christ as Savior. It's a true acknowledgment of who Jesus really is. It's not accepting Him as a prophet but the true, living son of God.

Yesterday was a very difficult day for my family. There's not enough in the budget to do what's necessary. There were disruptive and self centered attitudes and complete disregard for what we were celebrating in the first place. As Christians, every day should be a day where we think about what Christ has done for us personally. If we are truly living a lifestyle as followers of Christ, we will be able to understand that each and every day there is a necessity to serve The Lord wholeheartedly. However, the enemy always has a way of distracting our attention from what is really important and getting us to think about the things that are not so important. It was a difficult day for my family.

There is, however, a peace that comes with knowing who Christ is. It's that peace that enables you to go outside of yourself and seek Him despite how you feel or how someone else tries to ruin your day. Then, once you have sought the Lord, you will find that He sustains you and He will righteously deal with the situation at hand. There is an evil in this world that only Christ Jesus can fix. I'm so glad that I have Him in my life to help me through the times when the enemy wants nothing more than to kill, steal, and destroy.

May the peace of Christ be with you this Easter holiday and throughout the rest of the year.