**I received The Original Prize Candle from Tastemaker Mom in order to complete an honest review.  No other compensation has been received.  Any opinions expressed are my own.**

I love scented candles.  I keep a stash of them in my house.  It’s something about the feelings a particular scent evokes and the ambiance a burning candle can provide.  I tend to lean towards soy candles because they burn cleaner and have less smoke.  Now give me a great scented candle and tell me it has a prize in it if I burn it…well I’m all over that.

I received a Prize Candle to review as part of the Tastemaker Mom blogger program.  I didn’t know what scent to expect.  I had never tried a Prize Candle before.  I received a 9 oz  Prize Candle in the scent Jasmine Neroli.  Honestly if I were to have chosen my own scent I would have chosen this one.  My husband loves the scent of Jasmine and has got me hooked on it as well.  The Jasmine combined with the Neroli gives this candle a beautiful soft floral scent.  I think the look of the box it comes in as well as the candle itself is elegant.  This would make a gorgeous gift.

I began burning my candle almost immediately.  The scent was lovely. Not overwhelming  just  hint to let you know it was there.  The candle burned evenly.  After a couple days of burning I started to see the capsule that contained my prize. Can you see my prize peeping out?

I let it burn just a bit longer to ensure the was around it was soft enough to remove my prize.  I blew out the candle and took a wooden stick and tried wiggling the capsule around to loosen it up.  It was stuck in there pretty good but I was eventually able to get it out.  That thing to the left the of the candle in the picture below was the capsule that held my prize.  There was two foam stickers on the side that I’m guessing held the capsule in place in the candle. Probably why it also took some effort to get out.

When I opened the capsule my prize was contained in a smaller zip bag.  I took it out to finally reveal my prize.  A ring.  The unique thing about Prize Candle is that they give you a code with your prize.  You can go to the site, type your code in and get an instant appraisal on your prize.  Mine was a $10 prize.  Pretty ring but the size was bigger than what I wear. It was too big for any of my fingers.

I initially didn’t even see the tiny paper with the code on it.  It was also in the capsule and had some wax over it.  I had to scrape some of the wax off with my nail to review the code I was to type in.  I really enjoyed my Prize Candle.  It’s always fun to get a little surprise and the scent was amazing. I’m definitely going to try more scents.  For now I’m going to finish burning the candle I have.

If you want to purchase your own Prize Candle visit PrizeCandle.com Oh and PS, this link is my referral link. When you use my link you get $10 off your first purchase!

I received the below mentioned products as part of the Purex Insiders.

Before my two youngest kids were born and before I got into blogging I used to love to do paper crafts.  Truth is I still do.  As a matter of fact I kept a whole tote of all my supplies thinking that one of these days I’m going to get back to it.  My favorite thing to make was cards. When I had time I’d sit down and make up all kinds of cards: birthday, get well, thank you, blank notes, etc.  I didn’t have to buy cards and they were unique.  Then when I needed a card I’d just pull one out.  I loved it, it was a way for me to express myself.

Spellbinders Celebra’tions Collection by Richard Garay is a complete collection of dies, stamps, paper, inks, and accessories.  All pieces are created to work perfectly with each other.  I was sent 2 kits to try.  When I saw that one of them was the Celebrate Party Hat Card, I couldn’t wait to try it.   The kit came with everything but the glue I needed to put this cute card together.

The pink polka dot paper was actually 2 sided.  The other side had a sort of polka dot confetti look to it so I decided to give that a try rather than sticking with the pink side.  It had easy step by step directions and I had this card together in no time!

I decided on the less pink design because I plan on using this card to go along with a baby gift I bought.  I think this will be cute to write a note about celebrating new life.  I may even punch a hole in the corner and tie it to the gift bag with the excess linen thread that came with the kit.  This card is a cute size to use as a gift tag.  What I like about the kits I received is you don’t have to be crafty or have knowledge of paper crafts to get the finished product.  I love paper crafts too because you can just use the picture or directions as an inspiration and go your own way if you want.

Spellbinders also sent me the Spellbinders Celebra’tions Clear Polymer Stamps.  If you’ve never used clear polymer stamps before, you need to have an acrylic block to stick them to to stamp. The acrylic blocks come in different sizes and you can find them at about any craft store that sells paper crafting supplies.  I found some at Michaels for $1 a piece.  I probably use the 2″ x 2″ in the most but you can get bigger ones to create phrases and things with more than one word stamp like the ones included in my kit.

The polymer stamps self stick to the block and are easily removed to reuse.  Don’t forget to clean your stamps off before storing again.  You can clean them with soap and water but they do make special stamp cleaners that also help condition your stamps so they don’t dry out.

Do you do paper crafts?  Have you ever wanted to try?  What crafts are you into?