I always just throw them in with the rest of the laundry.

Just a small amount of cold water will do.. We’re going to melt that wax out!.Stir it around a little with a butter knife or something to ensure all the wax gets melted.. Pour all that melted wax mixed with hot water out and into the bowl of cold water..

It separates really easily so if you don’t have a strainer to use for this, don’t worry, a spoon will work just fine.. Just a few seconds of work and your jar is perfectly clean!Bonus: Your kitchen will smell amazing instantly if it was a scented candle.. Peel the label off and clean your jar as usual.Now wasn’t that easy?

You’re ready to organize, craft or display with your new jar!Have you been noticing all this Red Cross (and black cross, and beige cross) type of decor around lately?I thought I had, so I went and looked it up in Google Images, and actually, didn’t really find too much.

A few pillows, some little jars and stuff, but not as much as I thought I would find.. Maybe it’s not such a big trend after all, but the few times I’ve seen the design used, it’s caught my eye.

So I took a few minutes and made my own!.Who doesn’t love a good scary story around this time of year?.

Once upon a time, back in 1900 when our house was built, it was just a little farmhouse out in the middle of nowhere.It had only the middle tall part, consisting of (what is now) the living room, dining room, front hall, and the 3 upstairs bedrooms, which I think were 2 bedrooms and a loft area at the time.

No indoor plumbing..The two additions on either side were added on about 80 years ago and 40 years ago.. Alot of families tend to stay in this area and often they can remember or trace back who has lived where for many generations.