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Lit Pivotal Moments Christmas candle with its etched PM logo glowing gold in front of a green holiday tree

Christmas Candle Scents: The Fragrances I Light...

The three Christmas candle scents I light every December, what each one smells like, where I burn it, and how to choose Christmas scented candles for your own home.

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Christmas Candle Scents: The Fragrances I Light...

The three Christmas candle scents I light every December, what each one smells like, where I burn it, and how to choose Christmas scented candles for your own home.

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Pivotal Moments room and linen sprays in matte black 4 oz bottles

What Is Linen Spray? How I Use It in Every Room...

What linen spray is, how it differs from room spray, and every way I use room and linen spray at home: couches, curtains, floor vents, the guest room, the tree...

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What Is Linen Spray? How I Use It in Every Room...

What linen spray is, how it differs from room spray, and every way I use room and linen spray at home: couches, curtains, floor vents, the guest room, the tree...

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Lit Luminosity candle on a silver tray beside a candle snuffer

How to Put Out a Candle the Right Way (and Why ...

How to put out a candle without smoke or splatter: how to use a candle snuffer, what to do without one, and why I never blow out a candle.

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How to Put Out a Candle the Right Way (and Why ...

How to put out a candle without smoke or splatter: how to use a candle snuffer, what to do without one, and why I never blow out a candle.

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Pivotal Moments room and linen sprays in matte black 4 oz bottles

How to Make Your House Smell Good All the Time,...

How I make my house smell good all the time: a candle for every room, linen spray on the fabric, the floor vent towel trick, and the small spots most...

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How to Make Your House Smell Good All the Time,...

How I make my house smell good all the time: a candle for every room, linen spray on the fabric, the floor vent towel trick, and the small spots most...

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Holiday coffee table with a gold mirrored tray, champagne coupes and a lit Pivotal Moments gold candle

Black Friday Candle Sale: 25% Off Candles, Room...

Every Pivotal Moments candle, room spray and gift set is 25% off with free shipping, November 27 through Cyber Monday. Here are the sale prices and gift ideas at every...

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Black Friday Candle Sale: 25% Off Candles, Room...

Every Pivotal Moments candle, room spray and gift set is 25% off with free shipping, November 27 through Cyber Monday. Here are the sale prices and gift ideas at every...

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Heat gun wrapped in Pivotal Moments ribbon, used to fix candle tunneling

How to Fix Candle Tunneling (the Heat Gun Trick...

A tunneled candle is almost always fixable. Here is my three-minute heat gun fix, the blow dryer backup, and how to keep candle tunneling from happening in the first place.

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How to Fix Candle Tunneling (the Heat Gun Trick...

A tunneled candle is almost always fixable. Here is my three-minute heat gun fix, the blow dryer backup, and how to keep candle tunneling from happening in the first place.

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Wicker gift basket with two olive green throws, a Smoken Vanilla candle, sourdough wrapped in a bread cloth, cider syrup and mulling spices

Hostess Gift Ideas: The Basket I Bring When I'm...

The basket I give my own guests, and bring as a thank-you when I'm the guest: a candle and room spray, homemade fig and thyme butter, sourdough, wine and a...

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Hostess Gift Ideas: The Basket I Bring When I'm...

The basket I give my own guests, and bring as a thank-you when I'm the guest: a candle and room spray, homemade fig and thyme butter, sourdough, wine and a...

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Thanksgiving tablescape with a fall leaf runner, faux autumn leaves, dark rattan pumpkins and mocha linen napkins

Thanksgiving Table Setting: How I Set My Table ...

How I set my Thanksgiving table in three layers, from the base to the place settings to the personal touches, plus the candle trick I use before every holiday meal.

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Thanksgiving Table Setting: How I Set My Table ...

How I set my Thanksgiving table in three layers, from the base to the place settings to the personal touches, plus the candle trick I use before every holiday meal.

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Jeannie Jacobs showing a guest her black, gold and bronze Christmas tree

How to Make Your House Smell Like Christmas, Ro...

My room-by-room plan for making the whole house smell like Christmas, including the tree skirt trick that makes an artificial tree smell real.

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How to Make Your House Smell Like Christmas, Ro...

My room-by-room plan for making the whole house smell like Christmas, including the tree skirt trick that makes an artificial tree smell real.

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Yuletide Balsam Whisper balsam candle in a gold vessel by Pivotal Moments

What Does Balsam Smell Like? The Scent of a Fre...

What does balsam smell like? Fresh, resinous and softly sweet, balsam is the scent of a fresh-cut Christmas tree. Here is how it compares to pine, fir and cedar, and...

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What Does Balsam Smell Like? The Scent of a Fre...

What does balsam smell like? Fresh, resinous and softly sweet, balsam is the scent of a fresh-cut Christmas tree. Here is how it compares to pine, fir and cedar, and...

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How to trim a candle wick with a matte black Pivotal Moments wick trimmer and gold candle

How to Trim a Candle Wick (and Why It Matters)

Learn how to trim a candle wick to the perfect 1/4 inch, avoid the mistakes that cause soot and tunneling, and get hours more from every candle you love.

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How to Trim a Candle Wick (and Why It Matters)

Learn how to trim a candle wick to the perfect 1/4 inch, avoid the mistakes that cause soot and tunneling, and get hours more from every candle you love.

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Behind the Scents: The Story of Pivotal Moments Candles

Behind the Scents: The Story of Pivotal Moments...

The Memory That Sparked a Brand For me, scent has never been just fragrance—it has always been memory. Growing up, certain aromas marked the chapters of my life: the clove-filled...

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Behind the Scents: The Story of Pivotal Moments...

The Memory That Sparked a Brand For me, scent has never been just fragrance—it has always been memory. Growing up, certain aromas marked the chapters of my life: the clove-filled...

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