Featured this week at Mitchell's Farmers Market: world map trivets and vanilla macadamia nut coffee candles!  

My obsession with maps spans more than a decade.  It stems from a combination of their alluring graphic design and the dreams of travel they invoke.  For Christmas last year, I made coasters from similar materials for fellow teachers and close friends, so when I came across the vintage-style pieces of map paper this weekend, I knew exactly what to do with them; it was serendipity! 

The candles were a new venture.  Thrift store coffee cups have always been a major attraction for me, so I pick them up whenever I can.  My cupboards hate me for this, so I decided to clean them out (to make room for more!). I've never made candles before, so these six are the result of my latest experiment.