| Candles in Glass with Flowers |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-106 |
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Lynette Reed, the owner of Illume Candles Inc., shows how to make an easy but attractive craft: a candle laden with dried and pressed flowers and placed in a heat-tempered decorative glass. Lynette also demonstrates how to make a rolled, two-toned beeswax pillar candle as well as how to apply a pressed flower to a rolled beeswax pillar candle. Materials:
Hot plate/stove
Metal pitcher
Thermometer to gauge wax temperatures
Old skillet
Pliers
Hair dryer
Artist's paintbrush or tweezers
For the floral glass candle:
Heat-treated glass container
Appropriate-size wick for diameter
Wick clip
Pressed flowers
White glue
Melted pillar wax (wax should be as clear as possible, with a 128-degree melting point)
Candle fragrance
For the rolled beeswax tapers:
Hot plate/stove
Thermometer to gauge wax temperatures
Three beeswax sheets, solid, in two colors
Appropriate wick
Clear wax
Pliers
Blow dryer
Floral Glass Candle
Caution: - Melted wax is hot. Avoid spills and splashes, and wear protective covering and gloves.
- Melt the wax in a metal pitcher on a hot plate or stove top until clear, using the thermometer to determine the appropriate melting temperature of 128 degrees.
- Prepare a clean, heat-resistant glass for flower application. Dab a small amount of white glue on the pressed flowers. Align flowers inside the glass and press (figure A). The white glue will dry clear.
- Place the metal-clipped wick at the center of the glass bottom (figure B). If the wick is not sturdy enough to stand up straight, tie the top to a pencil, then rest the pencil across the top of the glass.
- Pour clear melted wax into the glass (figure C).
- Allow the candle to cool. When it has solidified, clip the wick to 1/4".
Rolled Beeswax Tapers Caution: - Melted wax is hot. Avoid spills and splashes, and wear protective covering and gloves.
- Melt the clear wax in a metal pitcher on a hot plate or stove top until clear, using the thermometer to determine the appropriate melting temperature of 128 degrees.
- On a clean surface, lay out one sheet of beeswax (the main color). Remember that the width of the sheets cannot exceed the height of the pitcher.
- Use a blow dryer on the sheet for a minute or so--just enough to warm the beeswax so it is pliable.
- Lay out a length of wick along the edge of the sheet. It should extend by at least one inch on either side.
- Tightly fold the beeswax over the wick, and roll the sheet. It's important to roll the beeswax as tightly and evenly as possible (figure D). Once it has been rolled to approximately 3/4" of the desired diameter, cut the sheet.
- Cut two beeswax sheets (one of each color) half the length of the candle. Lay the half sheets side by side, with the edges butting against each other at the halfway point of the candle. Place the candle on top of these two sheets at the edge, and roll the two sheets around the main-color sheet that's already been rolled onto the wick.
- When the candle has reached the desired diameter, dip it briefly into the pitcher of clear, hot wax. Use pliers to hold the wick as you dip the candle.
- Allow the candle to cool. When it has hardened, clip the wick to 1/4".
RESOURCES :
Owner of Illume Candles Inc.
Illume Candles Inc.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone: 800-245-5863 Retail
Fax: 877-245-5864 Catalog
Email: questions@illumecandles.com
Website: www.illumecandles.com
Candle-making supplies
General Wax & Candle Company
N Hollywood91605
Phone: 818-765-6357
Fax: 818-764-3878
Email: outlet@genwax.com
Website: www.genwax.com
Pressed, dried flowers
Angelson Enterprises
Omaha, NE 68127
Phone: 402-339-3922
Fax: 800-553-5065
Candle-making kits
Angelson Enterprises
Omaha, NE 68127
Phone: 402-339-3922
Fax: 800-553-5065
Pressed, Dried Flowers
Colorado Blossoms
Website: www.coloradoblossoms.com
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