When anyone walks into our homes, their senses give them a quick survey of the atmosphere.  If it’s dark, gloomy, and smells of moth balls they may turn and run! However, if there’s a warm glow with light, and it smells fragrant and fresh, they’ll feel welcome.

I told you earlier this week about my sweet friend who keeps me supplied in the latest Yankee Candle products – well, this week she brought me a tart warmer.  I love it, because its ceramic base is pretty, but it doesn’t jump out at you.  There’s a little toggle plug on it that lights up (see below) to remind you it’s on, and the tart melts inside a plastic container, so you don’t have to mess with the melted wax in order to get it out.

The scent that is burning in mine is a pumpkin something-or-other, and it smells heavenly!  No flames, or dangers that way.  I have it sitting on my desk and it fills the house with its fragrance.  I highly recommend these!

Here’s what it looks like with the melted wax.

I have told you all before that I have to have lots of light in my home.  Curtains are opened first thing in the morning, as well as the front door so  the sunshine can spill inside!

Now that it gets dark so early in the evening, I have lots of little lights burning all over the house.  I had one dark spot that was a problem, and that was my foyer.  There’s no outlet there, so I can’t plug in a lamp.  I have burned candles on my foyer table when I have guests, but I don’t want to burn one all the time.  I needed some kind of light.  THEN IT HIT ME!  LED lights that are on sale for Christmas will be perfect!

These candles are really bright.  They are what I have in the front windows of my house.  I burn them all year long to light our house up on our country road.  Whatever time you put the batteries in is when they’ll turn on each day and will burn for many hours – perfect for daylight savings time!  I love how it brightened up the foyer.

If you need a light in a place where there’s no outlet, grab an LED candle now while the Christmas decor is out.  It seems they sell out quickly, so grab them while you can!  I got mine for $4 at Big Lots.

I’m a fanatic about light and smell in my home.  What’s important to you about your home?

With love,