Candle and Soap Making Projects

Creativity Portal has some great free projects to share on soap and candle making like this embossed votive holder shade. It ends up looking like stained glass.
If you want to jazz up your candle jar lid, try this jar lid and candle decoration.
Another attractive project is checkerboard soap bars. I’m going to try this with [...]

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Candle Starter Kits

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Wix End has all the candle making supplies you need to get started with making your own. Shown here is their container candle kit that includes 5-4 oz. jars, one pound Wix Wax, 5 premade wicks, choice of color, choice of 1 oz. scent and complete instructions.
They also have candle making videos and DVDs that [...]

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Recycled Art Candle Holders

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You have probably seen those candle holders that you make punching holes into a pattern on a can. Those are cool but this recycled art I found at BuyRecycled.com takes true talent. It must have been time consuming too. This cross patterned candle looks slightly Celtic to me and I love the little hearts [...]

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Cookie Cutter Candles With Kids

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This is one of my favorite projects on HowToMakeCandles.Info but you could spend a lot of time there learning much about candle making. It is an easy, fun and colorful family project. In this example they have used primary colors but the possibilities are endless.
The wax is melted and poured into cookie sheets with [...]

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Romantic Votive Holder

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DIY Network’s host Dena Fishbein shows you how to create this romantic votive holder from an ordinary juice glass. She used modge podge and a clip art image so any sort of theme would be possible but this one turned out beautiful. Just make sure if you use a glass it is not too thin [...]

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Lumia Organic Candles

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Lumia Organic candles supports organic farmers and were the first company to apply for organic certification for candle wax. All soy wax used is made from certified organic soy oil in comparison to other soy bean oil that comes from genetically modified soybeans.
Organic candles are becoming popular since they are environmentally friendly and socially conscious.
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Simply Soy Hand Made Candles

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Simply Soy Inc. Hand Made Candles pride themselves on having some of the best smelling and longest lasting candles. One of the biggest benefits of soy candles is that there’s little to no soot, which makes them much kinder to the environment as well as people and pets. Anna is the candle making expert at [...]

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Yankee Candle World’s Largest Candle Store

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Yankee Candle began in South Deerfied Massachusetts. It has a huge 90,000 square foot store. Their candle store has over 160 scents to choose from and a multitude of accessories. There’s even a “dip your own candles” area where you can create your own unique souvenir.
Their candle making museum looks interesting and the chandlers demonstrate [...]

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Animal Print Painted Candles

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You can paint on just about any candle as long as it’s clean and you use paint specifically made for candles which you can find in most craft stores.
Debbie Stapley, a DIY Craft Expert shares her painting techniques on how she made these gorgeous animal printed candles at DIY Network.
Debbie’s instructions and designs look fairly [...]

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Candle Wedding Favors

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Catalina Candles have the cutest candle favors for guests to take home as elegant thank you gifts. They would also make a fun display for them to remember the wedding with.
For a unique beach wedding, check out their “beaches” tin pail candle with authentic shells. They feature a pretty scallop-conch-starfish design on the outside [...]

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