Note to self: Carving holes too low in a hanging lantern can be a disaster if the candle drips. Good lesson to learn. I was trying to determine if the wires would get too hot while the candles were lit – the good news is that they don’t and I can test some aluminum wire (better looking) because the steel wire I was using started to rust. The bonus was learning that I shouldn’t put the holes so close to the bottom. Back to the drawing board. Or the carving table, in this case.

I pulled this set of 4 cups out of the 8 that I made – the other 4 are for me to keep because I really need some cups! But I think I’ll put these on the “sell” shelf, they did come out nicely. I know it is only June, but I need to kick it into gear to have enough things to sell for the holidays.