Make Your Own Eco-Friendly and One-of-a-Kind Gifts

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Make your own eco-friendly and one-of-a-kind gifts this year by turning antique teacups, vintage egg cups, and old tins and other containers into candles! 

We love this!!  What a creative idea this is, featured in the holiday issue of Country Living (on newsstands now). There are so many beautiful, interesting, and wonderful items around the shop that are just begging to be incorporated into someone’s modern daily life, but so many times we can’t quite figure out how to get more use out of these beautiful antique items. 

As the holiday season rapidly approaches, we are all trying so hard to come up with thoughtful and unique gifts for our loved ones.  What could be more unique than personally choosing a beautiful teacup, transforming it into a handmade candle and even personalizing it further with different scents and colours for that tricky person on your gift-giving list who seems to have everything! 

And how lovely would your dining room table look on a special Sunday Brunch with egg cup candles flickering amongst the gorgeously prepared food!  What a memorable (and easy) way to make a statement! 

Finding new uses for antiques and vintage items is also a great way to help out the environment.  Its just another reason why antiques are green, and should be taken seriously as a great alternative to buying new.  The best part is that when the candle has burned all the way down, they can either make a new one or use the teacup, egg cup or tin for its original purpose!  Its like two gifts in one!

For a how-to-guide for making your own unique candles, see the Holiday 2009 issue of Country Living, or visit www.countryliving.com and come explore Toronto Antiques on King to find the perfect containers for your own candles! 

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