Tea Cup Candles

These are such a cute idea for a gift, I had Mother's Day in mind. So I decided to embark on an adventure to find cute tea cups for this little project. I went to a thrift store near me and I had no luck. So I went to Home Goods & Marshall's and still had no luck. The last place I went to was Teaberry's, a tea room near me. They have a little retail store and in there I found these gorgeous tea cups that I absolutely fell in love with. They are bone china so of course they are going to be a little pricey, but that was okay with me. 

I stopped at Michaels and got some supplies there. It's really a very easy thing to do, if I can do it... anyone can do it.  

I got some wax adhesive, but you can use a hot glue gun. I tried it and it works the same. 

I got these little guys, they were perfect for the height of the tea cups, and they were pretty cheap as well. Under five dollars!

Can we just talk about how cute these are!

You're going to want to clean the teacups before you do anything, take away any dust if there is any. Then you'll want to pop the wicks on and start melting the wax.

Now, I absolutely love candles... but once they get to the point where they wont burn anymore I usually take the left over wax and put it aside for things like this! I had the water boiling then put my cup to hang from the side so the wax would melt... it takes a couple of minutes, and I was constantly moving it around so it would melt faster. 

I did layer theses, I thought once they started to burn and melt it would look cool once the wax begins to mix. Now, don't do the same mistake I did and cut the wick so short. But hey, on the bright side it will still work!

Afternoon Tea | Pineapple Upside-Down Cake & Minis

Today happens to be a very gloomy day, and I have not been feeling oh so very well, so tea happens to cure everything, and what better way to have tea than with a little pineapple upside-down cup cake?

Ingredients:

For the topping you will need...

1 (20 ounce) can of pineapple rounds

1 can of cherries

1 stick (1/2 cup) of butter

1 cup of brown sugar

You will need to melt the butter, it did it at the lowest heat so it took a couple of minutes, once it is melted set it aside and then slowly add the brown sugar. I used sugar in the raw, once you have that done you will want to place about a tablespoon of the mix onto your cupcake pan. You will then want to cut the pineapple rounds into smaller pieces and place them like below.

Ingredients for the batter:

1 package of yellow cake mix

3 egg yolks & 4 egg whites

1/2 cup of coconut oil

1 cup of pineapple juice

1 tablespoon of chia seeds

I placed everything in a large bowl and beat it for about two minutes at medium speed. 

I then poured it over the pineapple and sugar mix. 

This was in the oven for about 15 minutes, or until it passed the tooth pick test.

I still had cake batter left over, and I did not want to wait for the cupcakes to cool in their pan to make the next batch, so I played around with the pineapples and the cherries and it came out looking a little fancy. 

Enjoy!