Beeswax ornaments will last a lifetime if you’re gentle with them – just keep them wrapped in tissue when not in use, and if “bloom” begins to rise to their surfaces, rub them softly with a clean rag  or run a hair dryer over their surfaces to warm them.  Bloom is an indication that beeswax is pure, as these are – it is simply the natural oils in the beeswax rising to the surface over time.  Same thing apparently happens with high quality chocolate over time, though such chocolate has never last long enough in our house for us to be able to verify this phenomenon.

Worker bees secrete beeswax in flakes, and it takes about 800,000 flakes to make one pound of beeswax.  We separate the honey and the beeswax while we’re extracting, and begin filtering the beeswax, heating the beeswax several times over and skimming natural impurities (such as dirt, dead bees, and grass) out of it before pouring it into these ornaments, which smell like honey and sunshine.  We don’t add a thing to them, just a raffia ribbon to hang them with.

How many of your ornaments smell like sunshine and honey, are created from a reneweable resource, handmade, and not made in China?  Hmm.  Click the "order" link above to see our full collection of beautiful beeswax ornaments.