Shedding Light on Soy

When I returned from Christmas in England, the lodge was full of mason jars. They were everywhere, on every surface, and throughout the kitchen. They smelled phenomenal. It was Becca's new project - soy wax candles.

Using soy for candles instead of wax has several benefits for your home (less soot than parafin wax), your bank balance (longer burn time so buy candles less often), the environment (the wax is biodegradeable, and soy is a renewable resource), the economy (supports soybean-growing American farmers, and your health (non toxic and little or no carcinogens produced). Plus they smell strong.



Becca bought her soywax from Mill Creek Soy Wax Candle Supply who have a great step by step instructional page on how to make the candles. She bought the essential oils fromScentable.com.

Becca bought a ton of different fragrances. Although Lavender is one of my most favorite scents in the world, the candle didn't seem to do it for me. Jeremiah and I both agreed that the Nag Champa was our favorite. So Becca made us an extra one to pack in our suitcase and bring with us to California. It is burning right now as I write this and is the same mason jar in the first picture on this post. We have been in California for two months now and I have burned it every night for at least a couple of hours. It has been one of the longest burning candles I have ever had the pleasure to relight.