In preparation for our observance of the Long Night, we made some upgrades to our Solstice Lanterns from last year. We added yellow, to represent the light, to our blue and purple based lanterns. (These lanterns are simple glass jars decorated with tissue paper held on by
Modge Podge.)
Then we rolled beeswax candles to light our lanterns. Here's Zoo Boy's candle prior to trimming the wick and cutting the candle down to size to fit his lantern.
J trims the wick on his candle, while The Map Man works on rolling his in the background.
Meanwhile, I rolled and decorated our "sun candle", the first candle to be lit in our ceremony. I used the verse from "
Mid-Winter Journey" as the inspiration in my design -- the candle is white (like starlight on the snow), it is ringed with budding greed plants (like the life that waits again to grow), and there is a red heart (that guides the way we go). And of course, a sun.
In preparation for our observance of the Long Night, we made some upgrades to our Solstice Lanterns from last year. We added yellow, to represent the light, to our blue and purple based lanterns. (These lanterns are simple glass jars decorated with tissue paper held on by Modge Podge.)
Then we rolled beeswax candles to light our lanterns. Here's Zoo Boy's candle prior to trimming the wick and cutting the candle down to size to fit his lantern.
J trims the wick on his candle, while The Map Man works on rolling his in the background.
Meanwhile, I rolled and decorated our "sun candle", the first candle to be lit in our ceremony. I used the verse from "Mid-Winter Journey" as the inspiration in my design -- the candle is white (like starlight on the snow), it is ringed with budding greed plants (like the life that waits again to grow), and there is a red heart (that guides the way we go). And of course, a sun.
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