dear january // cozy soups, vintage dishes, DIY floral fire starters, cool flowers garden

Welcome! There’s nothing like a home cooked meal, a cozy home, fresh flowers, and making your friends and family feel happy and loved. In today’s video we are spending the first week of January doing cozy and fun activities to embrace the snowy season. I’m sharing a new tradition called Soup Sundays and one of my favorite new cookbooks. We’re going to be making DIY fire starters with dried florals and then we’ll be talking all things seed starting. I’m sharing all the seeds I will be attempting to start this season. I hope you enjoy spending a cozy sunday in New England with me.

IN THIS VIDEO:
Erin French cookbook Big Heart Little Stove:
Dahlia Shed, Dahlia Tubers for sale:
Floret Website:
Northlawn Flower YouTube Channel:
Johnny’s Seeds:
French Blooms Garden Book:
Johnson Brother’s Soup Bowls from Replacments.com:

DIY Fire Starters
Silicone Cups:
Cotton Wicks:
Candle Wax: is the exact one I used. If you don’t want to buy that large amount, you can use this similar wax from Amazon:
Dried Botanicals:
Cinnamon Sticks:
Clothespins:

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F
2. Spread out silicone cups on a baking sheet. Fill each cup about 3/4 of the way full with the candle wax.
3. “Bake” in oven until wax melts, about 10 minutes
4. Once was has melted, remove from oven and place wicks in the middle. Use clothespins to center the wicks.
5. Begin adding your botanicals, working quickly before the wax solidifies.
6. Let wax melts cool completely before removing from the molds.
7. To remove, gently pull the sides and the wax melts should release easily.

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About Caitlin Blue:
Hi, I’m Caitlin, I’m so happy you are here. I live just outside Boston, MA and I love celebrating the seasons here in New England. I am happiest when decorating my home, tending to my flower garden, making home cooked meals, and searching for ways to add more beauty and joy into my daily life. I hope that by watching my channel, you’ll be inspired to live a more beautiful everyday life.

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