{"id":3769,"date":"2014-12-31T16:55:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T00:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3769"},"modified":"2014-12-31T16:55:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T00:55:51","slug":"fire-starters-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3769","title":{"rendered":"Fire Starters Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago I made fire starters for folks who have woodburning fireplaces. I used pinecones from my garden, cedar shavings (result of running cedar planks through a planer), wax, twine, and cinnamon sticks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/2012FireStartersIMG_3259.jpg\" alt=\"Firestarters 2012\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year I thought I would try something a bit different. I have boxes of dried plant materials from my garden. I collected and dried them to use in my work. I haven\u2019t found a need for them. I had thought about tossing them in the recycle bin, but decided to use them for fire starters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/FirestartersInProgressIMG_0964.jpg\" alt=\"Firestarters In Progress\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I lined some old muffin tins with cupcake papers and filled them with dried materials and cedar shavings. Then used cotton twine for wicks. The wicks are bound around cypress pods. Then the lot was topped with paraffin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/DetailIMG_1938.jpg\" alt=\"Firestarters Detail\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also made a few pinecone fire starters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/FirestartersBasketIMG_1043.jpg\" alt=\"Firestarters In Basket\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Placed the fire starters in baskets lined with tissue and filled with cedar shavings. Everything can be used for starting fires, including the baskets.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n<p>I was curious how the fire starters would work, so, I set some alight.<\/p>\n<p>First a cupcake fire starters\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/FirestartersIMG_1904.jpg\" alt=\"Firestarters Cupcake 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/FirestartersIMG_1942.jpg\" alt=\"Firestarters Cupcake 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then a pinecone\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/PineconeIMG_1428.jpg\" alt=\"Firestarters Pinecone 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/PineconeIMG_1876.jpg\" alt=\"Firestarters Pinecone 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/PineconeIMG_1881.jpg\" alt=\"Firestarters Pinecone 3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had more fun watching them burn than making them!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago I made fire starters for folks who have woodburning fireplaces. I used pinecones from my garden, cedar shavings (result of running cedar planks through a planer), wax, twine, and cinnamon sticks. This year I thought I would try something a bit different. I have boxes of dried plant materials from my garden. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3769\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fire Starters Then and Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,30,15,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craft","category-gardens","category-materials","category-processes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3769"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3780,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3769\/revisions\/3780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}