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30

Clay Heart Tea Light Holders

August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This is a fun simple project for families to do together. Here’s an example of an easy way to decorate a  candle holder.
It was made by rolling sculpey clay and cutting the heart shapes with cookie cutters. Just bake for 30 minutes at 250 F after placing them into position on a glass holder. It’s [...]

Aug

29

Bayberry Candles

August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

There’s some interesting information on bayberry candles at Relaxation at Home’s website. For instance did you know it takes 15 pounds of bayberries to make 1 pound of wax? No wonder it’s so expensive. They’re perfect for dipped tapers, burn well and have a low melting point.
If you want to try making some hand dipped [...]

Aug

27

Pillar Candles with Cookie Cutter Hearts

August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments

Beeswax sheets are perfect for cutting out shapes to decorate your candles. Today I used a heart shaped cookie cutter to add to a beeswax pillar I had made.
To make the pillar I simply cut a purple beeswax sheet in half lengthwise and wrapped it tightly around a #1 cotton wick.
Then I wrapped the second [...]

Aug

26

Novelty Candle Holders

August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

There are some interesting candle holders at GenericGifts.com. If you’re a a bird lover there are a pretty pair of bird tealight candle holders.
I particularly like the cardinal. We used to see them all the time at our bird feeder. This is also something you could have fun with shaping with clay.
There are pretty palm [...]

Aug

23

SanteFe Beeswax Candles

August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

If you love beeswax candles, check out SantaFe for good quality affordable candles. Their website is also extremely well laid out and informative.

I learned that any candle maker can label their candles beeswax even if it only contains 10% beeswax.
There’s also some interesting information on bees and the benefits of beeswax to our [...]

Aug

22

Stage Glow Candles

August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Stage Glow Candle’s containers come apart so for each burn you start with a shorter fresh candle. What a great idea for a clean burning candle!
They’re made from soy wax with cotton wicks and have three different stages. You just take off one level and the lid fits right back on to start fresh again. [...]

Aug

21

Ice Cream Sundaes at Gelluminations

August 21, 2008 | 3 Comments

These Sundaes look so real and you can make your own with an ice cream sundae gel candle kit from Gelluminations.
The kit makes six differrent sundaes and includes the dishes, embeds, toppings, ice cream scoops and wick. Other novelty gel candle kits include beer mugs, margaritas and banana splits.
If you don’t want to make those, [...]

Aug

20

Tin Can Candle Holders from Steven Montes

August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Steven Montes the artist contacted me to let us know about his original artistic candle holders made out of tin food cans.
I previously posted about punching holes into a tin can with a hammer and nail but that looks primitive compared to Steven’s gorgeous tin can candle holders.
If you want to check out more one [...]

Aug

19

Firestarter Candles for Camping

August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

We just got home from camping and I couldn’t get online anywhere. It was fun but it’s good to be back.
We made some fire starter candles from dryer lint and wax. This is a great way to recycle egg cartons and dryer lint and it’s more effective than newspaper alone since it doesn’t burn out [...]

Aug

14

Manly Man Candles New Scents

August 14, 2008 | 4 Comments

Manly Man candles have some new scents out now, which I found out about through their blog Manly Man Candle Company Presents: Manly Thoughts. Here are the newest additions so far. Sports Injury, Dad’s gum, Manilla and Bob’s Eucalyptus.
I also received an email with a request for some ideas for new manly scents. The man [...]

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