I saw a really cute idea today from Food Network on making container candles. They used cleaned cans from Thanksgiving (like pumpkin) and made a scented pumpkin spice candle in the pumpkin can. I...
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Thanks for the tips...it didn't seem that scary but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I'll be making "Fire Starter Baskets" for Christmas gifts this year!
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I have to say that your articles on making candles (especially the one on tapers) gave my husband and me enough of a push to do it. We've collected all our old wax and have done it twice now. Our...
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As kids we helped a couple make candles. They did all the wax and wick handling, but us kids made the candles themselves. We had a box of sand, dug out shapes, put in trinkets, bark, stones and a...
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So the candle set, and shrunk and HUGE well formed. More wax to be added soon and the color stayed! The food coloring held. What a surprise. Hope the computer stuff gets ironed out on the cheap!
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So, I did it all wrong and I can;t wait to see the results! I used food coloring-WRONG! And essential oils. also WRONG! It was an impromptu moment of inspiration, 'I'll melt my old taper candles ...
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I am allergic to scents. But I love the thought of cinnamon or some safe scent that is not related to flowers, although I love the scent of flowers.
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In reply to Marlene. Hi, Marlene! I'm planning to do more posts on candles with "spec...
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How do you make fancy container candles, like sparkles in it that will show or something like that.
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When my mom taught me to make candles she used old cans to melt the wax. Each can was cleaned and the rim was crimped to make a spout. This way we made several different colours at the same time,...
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