I Found Some

Hello friends.

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

We have had some wicked weather come

in lately and I am not fond of it.

Remember when I first posted about my

circa 1700's courting candle.

For those new to my blog,

these candle holders were placed in the 

parlor or drawing room.

Folklore states that a father would set

the candle for when he wanted his daughters

suitor to leave.

Just remember candles were highly expensive

 in this time period, so we are not

exactly sure this was the exact purpose of these candles.

Tales over the years have made mention

this was their intended use, but no factual

truth to this have I been able to find.  

In the antique world we all call these courting candles.

Now when I purchased this one, the candle

that was included was not one that would move

up and down.

It was too thick.

For a long time I searched daily on both Ebay and Etsy

trying to find the correct candles.

I knew these would need to be replicas.

Voila...success finally on Etsy.

Set of seven including shipping cost me $22.50

for this set of 7.

$3.21 per candle.

I knew it was a bit pricey,

but what the heck...just cannot go to the 

dollar store to get these. LOL

Was not sure if I could find them any cheaper

if I scoured the internet anymore

so I purchased them.

I placed one further down the shaft.

Now I can lower and raise this candle.

The others I tucked away in my desk.

Too bad my daughter is grown...

I may have used this when she was dating. LOL

In other news.

Thank you for your wonderful comments

 on our guest room.

My mom will be surprised today

when she comes in for the weekend.

Bob and I celebrated our wedding anniversary

this week and we went out for a steak dinner.

Am getting the urge to start decorating for Autumn.

The days are now getting shorter and Fall 

is my favorite time of year.

My Halloween orders have been coming in

steady at the gift shop now.

Am getting excited to redo the store

into a fall and Halloween place to be.

14 days for the opening.

I have one more week of work and then

 the following week I transform the store.

Mom and I also go on our yearly antique jaunt

later in that week.

She no longer gets out of the car on my stops,

but at least she still goes with me.

We talk and eat out and it is a fun 2 days.

Have been furiously finishing up my

crocheted pumpkins for this year.

Each one had two color combinations.

Will show later in an upcoming post.

Well my friends,

I hope you all have a fantastic weekend.

Friday Blessings To All!

Janice