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Store Bought

• Try painting with sponge cut-outs
• Sprinkle on some glitter
• Decorate with buttons or charms
• Glue cinnomin sticks around the bottom half of candle
• Paint or stamp a design on white tissue paper, then glue to outside of candle
• Apply studs or beads

Wax Crystals

• No time to melt the wax to make the candles? Try the new wax crystals on the market. Just pour into heat resistant container (think of oven safe items because candles do heat up!). The wicking for this type of candle is a waxed wire core.
• Wax crystals can be scented with oils or colored with food coloring. Just place crystals in a zip lock bag and add the oil or color and shake!
• Try layering different colors of crystals and using a blunt tool like a spoon or butter knife to create patterns or designs. This method is much like working with sand.

Beeswax

• Still no time to melt down some wax? Try the great natural smelling beeswax sheets. These candles are usually hand rolled. Place soft or unwaxed wicking onto one edge and roll the sheet into a candle. The real trick is making sure the first roll is very tight. Keep top and bottom edges even.
• Beeswax is naturally adhesive. Sprinkle glitter to a rolled candle and the glitter will adhere all by itself. Lightweight items like dried florals, buttons, and ribbon will also stay stuck without adding glue. Remove flammables before lighting candle.
• Beeswax may have a dusty white coat. This is called Bloom. All you have to do is lightly heat the sheet of wax with a blow dryer to have the bloom disappear.
• Did you find the time to melt the wax? Then try the new heating bags available for no fuss, no mess melting. Just break up wax and place in the bag. Now place the bag in low boiling water! Pour melted wax into molds. Melted wax can be colored with dyes, crayons, or scrap colored waxes for tints.

Candle Tips

• Place candles in the refrigerator at least 4 hours before burning for a longer, cleaner burning candle.
• Never throw out scraps or ends of candles. Melt them down when making new dipping candles. Dipping candles are made by melting wax in a double boiler and repeated dipping the wick into the hot wax. Layer after layer builds the candle. The last few layers can be clean, unused wax.

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