Vintage Delft Blue Finger Candle Holder

A vintage Delft blue finger candle holder. Blue pattern of flowers. Excellent vintage condition. This is another Delft blue product bought in Chiengmai, Thailand. I have two of this in my delft blue collectibles.

Kinderpyramide

A product of original handicraft made in Germany, high standard quality and exclusive design.

Each article is unique and embodies the long tradition of handcrafting products of wood in the mountains of the Erzgebirge in Germany.

When the candles are lit, the impeller slowly begin to turn creating an enchanting play of light and shadow.

This is another collectible I do not remember how I come to possess it.

Candle Holder

During my daughters' appointment as cabin crews with the Emirates, I had a chance to visit them several times. Each visit, I had to drop by at the souvenir shops. This is one of the Dubai collectibles that I bought from The Arabian Treasures wing of City Centre on the first floor. It is made of brass and oyster shell.

Lantern

A candle night event in Osaka supports lights-out initiatives of the Earth Hour campaign which aims to raise awareness of climate change issues. The Earth Hour campaign gives people a voice on the future of our planet and working together to create a sustainable low carbon future for our planet.

While Earth Hour was conceived by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, a small group of people in Japan have managed thousands of people to turn off their lights and use less electricity through the Candle Night Event since 2003.

Let's enjoy quality time with our family and friends while turning off the lights during Earth Hour. With a small candle lit in the dark, it is time to retrieve "connectedness" with people, nature and the planet.

Please note that candles are obviously not supposed to replace the electric lights during awareness-raising events like this, they are only part of the fun. Make sure that beeswax candles are used. Beeswax candles are smoke free, non-toxic and non-allergenic. They are also made of natural products, not petroleum-based materials, so they are effectively carbon neutral.

My eldest daughter bought this brass lantern on her flight to Osaka in 2005. Although she didn't buy it on the Candle Night event, this collectible reminds me that people in Osaka are front runners of the age.

Snowman Candles

Though a snowman myself, standing alone in the bleak midwinter can be too shivering. Standing together with my so-called twin makes me feel warmer.




Can anyone tell me who made the first snowman and came up with the idea of placing snowballs on top of each other and using a carrot or cherry for a nose, sticks for arms and stone for eyes? To date snowman has become the symbol of wintertime fun which appears everywhere on almost everything, from christmas decorations to greeting cards to seasonal sweaters to sock etc. And now I proudly present these two snowman candles.

I got these collectibles from Pi Yao (my so-called twin) when she travelled to Germany in October 2004. She bought these candles from a souvenir shop which was located opposite Shopping Chocolate Factory Outlet Centre, Lindt, Aachen. Because these candles are so cute and because I don't want my memory of Pi Yao's thought of me every time she travels, to melt away , I never light them. It's me who has been lightened up everytime I look at them.