Esther ter Reehorst

That's so much fun! I never heard of distaff day, thanks for enlightening me.

Have a great day! You are a huge inspiration, I'm sure for many.

By the way, here in Georgia (Asia) it's Christmas today. And in a week it will be 'Old New Year'. The first workday of the year is still a loooong time away... ^^

Nicole Alderman wrote:
Weeeell, I'm not skilled at maze making

Haha, that must be the underestimation of the year! This is awesome. Thanks for sharing it, it's inspiring me to try to bring more fun and creativity into our day today :).

Ela La Salle wrote:

Esther ter Reehorst wrote:

Holy macro! Those are lovely! You gotta have A  LOT patience ! LOL
P.S.
Bees wax is very expensive here. Just like nuts and many other goodies.

HAHA! You'd think. In fact I had a deadline and people depended on me, but there is a reason I don't think I'll ever do 140 again 😅.

Too bad about the beeswax. Here in Georgia it isn't very cheap either. What about soy wax? Some is actually produced in a eco-friendly way, even though it needs to come from far. Now I come to think of it, I didn't use soywax for the labels but rapeseed wax, a local alternative (back when we lived in the Netherlands) and just as nice to work with. And quite cheap.

Heidi Schweitzer wrote:
Lovely! How do you make the wax stamps?

You melt wax (soy, bees or rapeseed), add some oils for a nice smell, pour it in some sort of mall (I actually used silicone cupcake malls).

When the wax is still molten but starts to solidify, you add the decoration. I used pieces of dried citrus, dried flowers and those little cones you get from a tree that I don't know the English name of .

Then you hope it turns out nice. I actually used a blow dryer (that I had to borrow 😂) to sometimes melt the top a little extra so I could make some adjustments.

I used orange, clove, cinnamon and pine oil to give them that nice and wintery smell.

That's all!

If you try it, be sure to let me know how it turns out!

This is such a fun topic! Thanks everyone for the input . It makes me eager to see what I can do this year, especially now we are settling into a new country and trying to get to know our neighbours..!

Last year I made these cute little packages that went in the mail. Not edible, but kitchen made . A little more than 'just' a Christmas card, and they were very well received.

They have a tiny beeswax candle, a 'wax label', which is scented with essential oils (you could also experiment with whole spices) and a little tin of hand cream. Everything decorated with stuff we found in the woods (except the grapefruit slices, sadly. ) and packed with some 'woodwool'.

I made them with my kids, who loved it. We made them as a relation gift for an company and even made a little money on the side, even though it was ofcourse way to much work. I'll probably never do 140 again, but it was a lot of fun!

Hey!

We currently live in Georgia, Asia, and here they make a beautiful sauce named Tkemali, from a kind of small, sour plum. There are different varieties of this plum, and the sauce is very ketchup like. I guess you can use all kinds of plums, even unripe ones are commonly used.

Here's what a quick search gave me: https://happykitchen.rocks/tkemali-georgian-plum-sauce-khmeli-suneli-seasoning-recipe/

Good luck trying out all the different options! Looks like there should be something that suits your taste!

With love from the Caucasus