How to make your first candle !

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Great article writen by candles by lisa is live now :D

Enjoy !


http://articles.ukcraftwebsites.co.uk/2007/04/27/to-make-your-first-candle/


Big thanks lisa :sm:

[swirlyarts]

Ooooh - fantastic. Off to read it now!

[icecreamgirl]

Very good, well done you!!
Very interesting.:)

[kipper workshops]

Just read the article no making a candle. Makes me want to give it a go. Got loads of ideas I'd like to try. But Clare would kill me if I start yet another craft!! Great article though, really enjoyed reading it.

Steve :)

[candles by lisa]

Thanks everybody for your comments - word of warning my kitchen isn't usually as clean as the pictures show - generally candle wax and crap everywhere - if you are thinking of taking it up it is mighty messy and you need a lot of space - but if you feel like it - go for it.

Cheers.

Lisa

:mf:

[Andamento]

Hi, a good article - lots of invaluable tips that only someone with loads of experience would know - very kind of you to share. Like Kipper I've already too many crafts on the go (I wish - just not enough time in the day!) so won't actually be trying this one... or perhaps... hmmm!

[craftymate]

Well l am going to have ago thanks for that very informative.
l want to make melts so l can use them as wedding favours so wish me luck

[candles by lisa]

Well l am going to have ago thanks for that very informative.
l want to make melts so l can use them as wedding favours so wish me luck


Good luck - you'll love it.

Cheers.

Lisa

:D

[incywincy]

Great article Lisa ;)

[Seahorse]

Great article, makes me want to give it a go.

Cant wait to see my purchases from Lisa, seeing the process will make them more interesting to look at.

[Pebbles]

I got a candle making kit when I was younger, it was great, came with three molds, a bag of flaky wax and some colour sticks. I had great fun and my parents still have some of the candles I made. My favourite was the chimney, where I made a red square candle and topped it with some frothy wax for smoke when it was almost set. The only problem was that I was too impatient and my 'smoke' went pink instead of white.

I had three molds and I would never wait for them to set properly and ended up with funny shaped warped candles.

It's similar now if I glue anything, I can't wait long enough and end up pulling things apart before the glue is dry......

[candles by lisa]

I had three molds and I would never wait for them to set properly and ended up with funny shaped warped candles.



I am not the most patient person in the planet either but I have had to learn to be!! I want that candle and I want it now doesn't work the wax isn't scared!!

Hehe.

Lisa

:mf:

[craftymate]

I am not the most patient person in the planet either but I have had to learn to be!! I want that candle and I want it now doesn't work the wax isn't scared!!

Hehe.

Lisa

:mf:

Love it l know what you mean :D

[yiota]

good work Lisa. I like articles with how-to pictures! thanks!

[cherry nelson]

i'm always afraid of doing it. not sure if i'll overheat it or not....... does anyone know about making candle using sheets of beewax??? i saw it at the store the other day, it looks simple. they've heart shaped, round shaped..... also, they use it to make sushi-like candles...

does anybody know how to do it??

[Pebbles]

bees wax candle is pretty simple if using sheets of bees wax.

Take one sheet, lay wick down one edge, then roll, kinda like sushi (without the rice)

fyou can also cut the sheet into a triangle (a right angled triangle) and place wick on edge "a" as defined by the Pythagorean theorem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem)). Then roll, looks pretty, you can even cut up edge "c" a little to make look more pretty

How good am I at explaining stuff? Yeah! Rubbish

That is the second time I have used the pythagorean therem since year 10 maths! I must email my old high school and apologise

[presentationmall]

Its excellent.Really its nice.

[resmi]

Can you share some photos of that candle??.

Regards

[fruitshoot]

Very useful article thank you.