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Octolabra

The Octolabra is a lovely candelabra shaped like an octopus. It has eight legs, but only holds four candles. What? You’d think that for $785, they could have a candle for each tentacle! Link -via Everlasting Blort

Drawing with Fire

Steven Spazuk draws with fire by holding a candle up to pieces of canvas, then adjusting the soot with brushes, knives, and his fingers to create images. I really like his impressionistic works, like the one above. But from a technical perspective, his massive composite portraits consisting of hundreds of smaller pieces demonstrate the magnitude [...]

Sesame Street’s Grover Gives Isaiah Mustafa a Run for His Money

Fabio couldn’t hold a candle to the Old Old Spice Guy, but Grover… well, Grover might be a worthy competitor. Link

Orange Candle

A candle made out of an orange? I think I’d like to try this. The ingredients are things you probably have around the house now, and the instructions are so simple they are related almost completely in photographs at Snowhite Blog. Link -Thanks, Kittens Pet Team!

Light Bulb Candles

You see long ago before Swan or Edison invented the lightbulb, people used candles. When lightbulbs became the norm, the candle went the way of the wind. DUH right? Well I’m feeling a bit nostalgic so I’m keen on The Light Bulb Effect – a wax candle shaped like a bulb. The interior cavity melts [...]