Pinterest Success - Coffee Scent Tealights

I won't hide it. I'm addicted to Pinterest. Why? I don't even know, but I love to pin. I especially love the DIY ideas. I've done a few (I guess I should post the rest too some day), but this one was the greatest success yet! Granted, it was really easy and required no talent. But still, it was fun to do!

Coffee Scented Tealights .... basically all you need to do is fill any shaped container with coffee beans, push in a few tea candles, and once lit, the heat of the candles allows the scent of the coffee beans to fill the air. It's a subtle scent but very nice- plus it looks pretty!

To see the idea I coped from Pinterest, you can look here and here.

Alright, that's about it! Check out my photos below and let me know what you think.

DIY Incense Burner - Pink

You may remember a DIY Incense Burner I made earlier this year. I never expected this, but that post gets read every day! It's actually one of my most popular posts. Since it seems to be something so in-demand that readers are searching for, I decided to make a new burner. You can read about my 1st DIY Incense Burner here.

Supplies for your Do-It-Yourself Incense Burner:

empty terracotta pot

paint

synthetic stones

sand

This time, instead of using a sponge to apply paint to the terracotta pot, I tried a new method I saw on Pinterest. I didn't follow this method exactly, but rather used my own technique with the paint idea as inspiration.

As you can see, I placed my empty terracotta pot upside down onto a cardboard box to catch the excess paint. Then, I placed circles of paint onto the top of pot (technically the bottom!), layering colors as I applied. The paint was then supposed to become so heavy that it would pour over onto the sides of the pot. But because my pot had a hole in the middle, it didn't work! So, I let each color of paint drip down the sides of the pot in more of a scattered line formation (instead of the awesome "pour-paint" look.)  Still, this alteration is just another option, right?!

Once the pot was dry, I just filled it with sand and then topped it off with stones.


The Process in Photos:

DIY Incense Burner - Blue

There are many ways to burn incense. The classic flat piece of wood with a hole, the round ash catchers, the long coffin boxes, fancy burners from specialty stores, or even inside empty bottles.  I found that a lot of my standard burners like the flat piece of wood and the ash catchers didn't really catch ash all too well. So, I decided to make my own altnerative.

Supplies for your Make-It-Yourself/Do-It-Yourself Incense Burner:

empty terracotta pot

paint

sponge

synthetic stones

sand

Instructions: I used an empty terracotta pot from a plant that had died. Then, I cleaned the pot of all dirt. Once it dried, I took blue paint and used a sponge to apply the blue paint all around the external sides of the pot. Let the paint dry. Next, I filled the pot with blue sand to match. On the top layer, I placed blue stones over the sand. Now, I can place my incense sticks into the sand and all of the ash will fall into the terracotta pot.

It's been working well and I don't have to deal with ash falling onto my table anymore! It's also just nicer to look at because the stones are pretty.

What does everyone think?