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Fruit Salad Candle

March 13, 2008 | 2 Comments

We’re all getting a little antsy here and looking forward to spring but I found a project to brighten things up a little.
This is such a colorful fruit salad candle and you can get everything you need in a kit at CandlesAndSupplies.com. It comes with the melon halves, wicks, gel, scent, wax fruit salad and […]

Here’s a couple hands on projects for those who want to create some yummy candles. CraftBits.com offer many other candle making projects for free. I chose these two because they look so delicious and we can make them smell good enough to eat.
The hot fudge sundae is made with wax and vanilla scent although I […]

You can also do these candles in lemon, blueberry, chocolate or raspberry. They make a great gift idea and would be handy to have a few for unexpected guests or last minute party invites. For this project you will need:

12 x 4 oz tins
12 HTP1″-2″ wick
60 ml vanilla
10 ml of strawberry and blueberry
5 […]

Sweet Tooth Candles

September 25, 2007 | 3 Comments

Jennifer has been busy making her realistic looking yummy bakery candles at Sweet Tooth Candles. This apple crumble pie looks so real that she had someone attempt to cut into it when they received it as a gift.
I love this Jack O’Lantern candle and I bet it smells delicious.
If you only wanted a slice […]

Muffin Candle Project

August 12, 2007 | 1 Comment

Lata Tokhi shared this fun project on Crafters Community
She used chopped crayon bits for nuts and decorations and has tricked people into thinking they were real.
Materials needed:

Candle Making Supplies (Wax, Dyes, Boiler, Wicks etc.)
Paper Muffin Cups (2-3 for one candle)
Whisk
Old Crayons (chopped into small pieces)

She whips the wax until it gets frothy for the icing […]

Fruit Compote Candle

August 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

Isn’t this candle from Flamin’ Dame Candles gorgeous? It looks fun to make too. The supplies needed for this project are:

Fruit Compote Glass
Small flower pot votive glass
Votive candle
LP gel wax
Wax fruit
Wax fruit embeds (your choice)
Scent
Glue gun and glue stick
Thermometer

For full instructions and embed suggestions see Flamin’ Dames creative ideas page.

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Jennifer at Sweet Tooth Candles makes and sells her own hand crafted faux food candles. They’re triple scented, but she will make unscented if you request them. She works from home and started out selling to friends and family, but has expanded to selling on the internet. Jennifer says she’s also willing to do […]

Starla and Lisa share how to make an ice cream float candle. Their instructions are easy to follow and I love the fact that they include many pictures and are not afraid to get down and dirty. Supplies needed for this project:

Metal Ice-cream scoop
Hand held mixer
Knife
Hard paraffin wax
Color blocks of your choice. (Brown is good […]

Yummy Candles

May 23, 2007 | 1 Comment

Candle Bay makes these delicious looking birthday cake candles. I love the one that’s adorned with ice cream cones. They would make wonderful decorations for a birthday party although I would be nervous about having them around younger children because they really do look good enough to eat.
Another one of my favorites is their gel […]

Faux food is pretty popular right now with imitation food being made out of every craft material from knitting to wax.
Let’s start off with lisa’s hot baked apple pie candle, it looks good enough eat thats for sure or browse the online bakery of DC Creations.
If you want to have a go at making your […]

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