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With toddlers in the house, many birthdays require only a portion of the candles in the package.  I tend to be organizationally challenged, which results in misplacing leftover candles, or putting them in less than ideal locations.  By the time the next birthday rolls around, the box of candles is mangled, or stray candles are knicked and ruined in the silverware drawer.  Inevitably, I have made many an unexpected trip to the store to replace the candles that I thought I had.

Earlier this year, it happened that I put my stray candles in a canning jar.  They have remained easily available and undamaged on the same shelf of my cupboard, easy to find and use.  I used a decorative one-pint jar, and so it even looks pretty!  They're in one place, they're in good shape...works for me!