I love to burn candles, especially during the colder months, but I wanted to try something new for scent. My seventeen year old daughter is really into incense and she?s got me feeling nostalgic for when I used to burn it in college.
I thought I?d make myself some incense holders using oven bake clay and they turned out pretty cute, I especially like the patterns in the clay and the gold speckles on top.

 
The materials and steps are so easy. I used oven bake clay (from Michaels), liquid leaf paint, a butter knife to cut the clay, and a tall drinking glass to roll it out. The colors I used were a mixture of olive green, white, black, and gray.
I followed the same steps for cutting, mixing, and rolling clay like this tutorial for making mini clay marble dishes.
I used mini oven safe dishes I had in my kitchen as the mold. Before baking in the oven for 15 minutes, create a little hole in the bowl with the base of a stick of incense at the angle you want the incense to burn. It helps to reinforce the back with extra clay for stability.
Once they were baked and cooled, I added flecks of liquid leaf paint and also painted the edges too.

I was so proud of how my little clay incense bowls turned out?
But then I realized something after burning two sticks of incense in my studio.
 
I don?t really like the smell of incense.
Its too pungent for me and if it burns too long, it gives me a mild headache.
So?.. I will return to burning my milder scented candles.
And I?ll be u...