Do the prices for those silicone candle molds make you cringe? Making your own is not that difficult and you definitely have more options than what the store offers. The next time I find a giant strawberry, I’m making a … Read More ...
Yummy Candles
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 … Read More ...
Creating Aromatherapy Candles
Adding a few drops of essential oil to your melted wax before pouring is a simple way to make an aromatherapy candle. Alternately, if you want to add an aromatherapy scent to an unscented candle you can put several drops … Read More ...
Which wax is best?
It depends on what you’re using it for. If you want to make rolled candles, beeswax
is best because it’s more malleable than paraffin. Spiral candles are fun and easy to make. You just warm a beeswax sheet a little … Read More ...
Carving Candles
Tracy Birch shows us how she carves candles in this short documentary on youtube. She does amazingly intricate designs by cutting, twisting and carving multiple layers of candle colors and later glazes it for a beautiful shine. She said she … Read More ...
Grubby Candle Making
If you like grubby rustic looking candles Starla and Lisa’s candle making website offers step by step instructions. A classic primitive country style type of candle is usually made with darker colors on the outside and is achieved by “caking” … Read More ...
Creating and Blending Colors
Different shades can be achieved by mixing the primary colors red blue and yellow together. White can help you achieve a paler shade while black can darken your candle color.
To test your color, try putting a bit of the … Read More ...
Wax Teddy Bears
Wax dipped teddy bears sounds a little cruel but its a new way and exciting alternative for candle makers who get a little stale making just candles all the time. Wax teddy bears come in kit form to get you … Read More ...
Gel Candle Horror Stories
Gel Candles have been around for some time now but very little is known about their safety. You might have heard stories of how safe they are and horror stories too. In my opinion I believe them to to be … Read More ...
Faux Food Candles
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 … Read More ...