Pine Candle

So, I usually only light this during December, but it's a nice and earthy pine scent!

Yankee Candle Apple

This Yankee Candle doesn't have a set 'name' but has some general "apple" related terms listed on it. They have a few variations like this available, but I've only seem them in HomeGoods and never in the actual Yankee Candle store. This apple scent is really nice and refreshing. It's sort of an Autumn scent but I like to use it whenever!

Chocolate Peppermint Truffle

This smells sooo good. The fragrance is Chocolate Peppermint Truffle by BetterHomes & Gardens. It's quite fragrant, filling the air with a minty, deep chocolate scent. So nice for winter time!

Wax Tart Burner

Another wax burner to burn your home fragrances in! Do you like this one?

Apple Pumpkin

I don't really smell pumpkin at all and only a hint of apple with this fragrance wax, Apple Pumpkin by Yankee Candle. But, it's really good! It's very, very autumn-like and the best word to describe the scent is "spice." It has hints of cinnamon, spice, and potpourri. It's also very fragrant and I can smell it throughout my space, rather than having to sniff it up close. At the moment, this is my favorite autumn scent so far!

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.

Pumpkin Pie

Woooooah, Pumpkin Pie home fragrance wax tarts by Yankee Candle are amazingggg.  Seriously.  This scent was extremely fragrant right away (check plus!) - I didnt even need to wait for the whole tart to melt.

The room was filled with the smell of pumpkin plus a cinnamon hint, but also had a cider hint to it... like an apple cider pumpkin pie! Geez, so good.

Harvest

I looooove Autumn and anything Autumn themed. So I may have went a little crazy during my latest shopping trip to Yankee Candle and purchased a whole bunch of seasonsal scents. The first one I tried is called Harvest. It's very subtle but has a great cinnamon, deep autumn type scent. Anyone else try this one?

Almond Cookie tart

Alright.... this home fragrance tart disappoints me! Almond Cookie, by Yankee Candle, sounds like it would be so delightful, but I couldn't smell a thing!! And I have a very sensitive sense of smell where I can pick up any faint scents... but when lit I couldn't even smell this at all! I kept sticking my nose close to the burning tart and still couldn't smell anything. Oh well.

Root Beer Float

Um, heck yes! This home fragrance wax by Yankee Candle is named Root Beer Float- and let me tell ya- it totally smells like root beer! So awesome!! It does take a while for the scent to penetrate the air... longer than other fragrances, but once it works, it smells good!

Cherry Lemonade

Cherry Lemonade fragrance wax by Yankee Candle is such a delicious home fragrance. It's so summery and fruity. While it was burning, I kept sniffing the air because it was so sweet. It made me think of picnic time. A+.

Sun & Sand

Woohoo! Sun & Sand by Yankee Candle is such a fun scent! I haven't used the fragrance wax yet, but I've been using the fragrance oil this week and it's great!! Now, I will say it does not linger the way that other scents do the day after. However, I don't mind simply because the fragrance is so good when lit. It truly smells like the beach. I can't place if I'm smelling the sun, the sand, sun tan lotion, or what- but the name is just very accurate. Stuck at home but want to be on the beach every day like I do? Then I really recommend this scent. Geez, this sounds like an ad. Can you tell I'm a fan of summer scents?!! The refreshing fragrance of summer is so relaxing!

Creamy Vanilla Candle

Sorry for the horrendous photos but I had to share how yummy this candle is! Creamy Vanilla by essentialhome smells like a cupcake delight.

Another Fragrance Burner

I've posted pics of other fragrance burners in the past and explained how to use them (if they are new to you, check out that post!).  I bought another burner that I really like. It's fairly small and you can burn wax cubes and tarts or home fragrance oils. Do you like this better, or one of the previously posted burners?

Vanilla Lime

I'm always drawn to scents like Vanilla Lime because I basically love all lime and lemon scents, tastes, colors ... everything! This Vanilla Lima home fragrance wax by Yankee Candle smells great. I will say that the lime is dominant over the vanilla. At certain times, I can't smell the vanilla at all. Yet, it doesn't just smell like lime alone. It's a fruity mixture of two pleasant scents.

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:

Orange Buttercream Cupcake

Orange Buttercream Cupcake home fragrance wax cubes by Better Homes and Gardens = delicious. But here's the thing....

Whoever invented the formula for this scent = genius. 

Whoever branded the fragrance title = super confused.

Seriously! This home fragrance smells sugary sweet and delicious. It's really enjoyable and the scent lingers the day after you use it. However, it doesn't smell like orange buttercream cupcake! It doesn't even smell like any of those things by themselves - I couldn't detect orange, buttercream, OR cupcake. I did seem to recognize the scent and finally figured out why. It smells exactly like Fruit Loops cereal! Has anyone else used this fragrance and thought the same thing? It's too funny!

Coconut Leaves

Coconut Leaves home fragrance oil by Slatkin & Co. smells summery and fun. I was expecting the scent to be earthy and natural. I guess the word "leaves" in the name led me to believe that. Instead, I found it almost smells like a pina colada. For some reason, I'm not just smelling coconut here but also pineapple. Am I crazy? Maybe so, but I like that it smells like a tropical vacation.

Hawaiian Pineapple Cilantro

Hawaiian Pineapple Cilantro home fragrance wax cubes by Better Homes and Gardens is a very tangy fragrance! It smells fresh, fruity, tangy, and tart all at once. I can't totally pick up on the cilantro scent, but I could tell there was something there beyond just your typically pineapple. This is another scent that really lingered the day after I burned it. Yum!

Coconut Sun

This home fragrance by ScentSationals is so great. By now you know that I love fragrance wax cubes. This fragrance is called Coconut Sun. These packages come with 6 cubes and you an re-use them a few times before the fragrance runs out.

Coconut Sun smells really fruity and tropical. It was fragrant enough for us to really notice it throughout the night and even from other rooms. It almost smelled beachy and clearly smelled like summer. It wasn't just 'coconut' - it had the extra steamy, sweet scent. I think the name Coconut Sun is perfect for this fragrance cube!