Next month will be my five-year anniversary of living in the Big Apple!  Expect to see some changes around here, starting with MY FIRST GIVEAWAY and guys, it’s a doozy.  A Helluva Whizzbangin’ Doozy.

FACT:  I love candles.  Reading, knitting, blogging by candlelight….or even those long, hot baths.  Dude.  Perfection.

OTHER FACT:  I love rings.  There is a not-insignificant-sized jar on my dresser containing all of my bejeweled, flower-shaped, frog (yes) rings and some days this girl just likes to put Liberace to shame, y’know?

FACT #3:  When Diamond Candles contacted me to do a giveaway, I nearly peed myself and told my entire extended family (“What’s a ‘blog’?”) about it.

This company, and this product, is class from start to finish.  For starters, the candle shipped and arrived in less than a week.  (Take that, UPS!)  Every element of the packaging was recyclable!  So I was immediately stoked.


Diamond Candles are made of soy, which I also enjoy…mostly eating…but boy does soy make for a good candle.  The scent was much more powerful than any other jar candle I’ve ever had!  My whole (albeit small) New York City apartment smelled amazing in minutes.  Which scent did I choose?  Why, “Apple”, of course.

BUT WAIT.  THERE’S MORE.  Not only is this a lush and full-bodied scented candle experience, THERE’S A RING INSIDE.  After burning for a few hours, you reach the secret compartment where the ring is buried. 

It’s like the prize in the cereal box!  Only instead of cereal, it’s a box of candy.  Because everything about this whole experience is an epic win. 

Rings inside range in value from $10 – $5,000, so it’s like playing the lottery.  Can you get over this concept?  Awesome smelling candle – check.  That’s good enough on it’s own.  PLUS, free ring – check.  That’s a bonus.  The icing on the cake is that you could be winning a SERIOUSLY AMAZING PRIZE. 

My ring is a real sparkler.  My fingers are insanely tiny, so while I’m
sure this ring would comfortably fit a normal person, it currently sits
on my right thumb – which is fine, because it gives me something pretty
to look at while I’m texting (which is, let’s be honest, most of the
time).