Candles to Cups: DIY upcycle

Lately I've been thinking about how many candles I go through.  It's no feat for me to easily blow through 10-12 candles a month, do I have a problem? I guess I'll leave that up to you to decide. I have been thinking about the amount of otherwise perfectly good glass containers that end up in my trash. What can I do with these? How can I waste less? The idea came to me a few days ago when I was talking with my mom about how over the years most of our drinking glasses have ended up getting broken. Leaving us with mainly coffee mugs and a few plastic souvenir cups to use.  "This could be a way to not only save some money, but also reuse a lot of these old candle jars," I thought to myself.

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Introduction: Get to know me

     Welcome to my blog! My name is Amanda and I'm so glad you've found my page. Before we really get into all the fun stuff I wanted to introduce myself and give a little background to my story.  

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