Candle Making Craft 4u

It seems that you have either decided to start a candle making business from home or you are considering doing so.  I just love working from home and have done so for over 12 years now.  I admit I have done several small businesses in finding something that I really love doing and you may find the same thing.

I have always been a believer that you should work at something you enjoy so that when you get up in the morning you just love going to work and most of the time you are a happy person becuase you love your job.  This reflects on your relationships, business and personal, and on your family.  My stress levels sky rocket when I am not happy with my work.  For example, I have held a real estate licence and owned my own office, but I just did not enjoy that at all.  I love deal with real estate but not selling real estate. I love the challenges of it, property investing, renovating and Read the rest of this entry »

There is such a craze on scent candles that you almost stop and think about making candles unscented.  But you know, there are many times that you might not want to have a scented votive candle.

For example you may not want to confuse scents if you were going to have votive candles near a bubblebath because you might like a favorite scent in the bath instead.  Also if you were having a dinner with succulent food you might prefer to have candles unscented so that the smell of the food is not tainted with the perfume of the candles.

For this reason, if you have a home candle making business you might prefer to have a range of scented votive candles and some unscented votive candles so that your clients can choose as their needs require.

I have got a bit of a thing about votive candles, I always think they look so cute.  Don’t ask me why, I don’t know.  It is always the softer colored ones that I like so much, must bring out the romantic side in me!

Candle making is such fun and so inventive with all the colors scents and various shapes you can make.  Many people will use all sorts of candle moulds to make their candles even more interesting.   If you have a candle making home business you may be pushed for time to get too inventive with your candle making, but during times leading up to special occasions during the year it is fun to break out and make a few different ones.

As we know, melting your wax if items don’t sell is so easy.  So much better than cutting up a dress that doesn’t sell, isn’t it?!

There are just so many things you can use:

• all sorts of moulds from the kitchen
• items from the garage Read the rest of this entry »

I wanted to put up these pics for you as I just love the way these eggs have been displayed.  In truth only the first pic has a candle in it but I could see wax candles being painted like this as well and wanted to give you some ideas for Easter Displays.  Have fun and enjoy.

The V-shaped ice candle

Unfortunately I don’t have a picture now, but one candle with a difference that I loved was the V-shaped ice candle.  The bottom of the V became the top of the candle when it was taken out of the mold.  I do wish I had a photo because I would love to put it up for you to see.  Start with a light colored wax at the tip and as you build the candle change to a darker color so that when you turn the candle over the darker shade is at the bottom.

One problem that you have to sort out using a V-shaped candle mould is that you need to support the mold until the wax is set.  Putting the mold into something like a cut off milk carton works well.

Don’t forget to make sure the wick is coated in wax.

If you try this let me know how you got on.  PS.  If you want to make it even more different, once you have the candle out of the mold you can dribble wax down it as well.   Looks cool!  I always used to use various shades of pink candle wax (dyed), blue or purple, but even mixing colors like green and purple look fantastic.

These candles look so cool that you can leave it as an unscented candle too because everyone will be blown away by the effect of the candle.

Make some egg shaped candles for Easter and let the kids decorate them and make a display.   Read Amy’s comments on how to make Easter egg candles.

Put some candle fragrance in the Easter egg candles and your display will make your room smell beautiful throughout the Easter period.

Easter egg candles do not take a lot of candle wax either so they are quite an economical way to occupy the children with craft hobbies.

Making Easter Candles can be a lot of fun and are certainly something that the kids will enjoy being involved with.  You will be able to get the kids to decorate up the candles with glue and ribbon, with dimensional glues and also paint patterns on them.  This is the ideal kids candle making project.

Once all the decoration has been done making an Easter Egg candle display will also be a lot of fun – of course just before Easter weekend some chocolate ones can be added too!

Read Amy’s comments on how to making Easter Egg candles.  I am sure there will be lots of fun for the family making these candles.

For a home based candle maker to make money selling at craft shows there are a few basics that need to be in place.  I would not display my candles like the ones in the picture. It would look much more attractive if there were half the candles were displayed with some space in between each grouping to show off each group to its maximum.  This display just looks like it has been thrown together to get the candles out of the carrying boxes.

A good burn means repeat business

One of the most important aspects that make selling candes or any craft successful is that it must be of good quality.  As far as candles are concerned the most important thing for repeat business is a good burn to the candle.  This is not an obvious feature to the buyer at the show, but if you want repeat business then a good burn and a good scent throw, if you have scents in the candle, are important.

Candle colors Read the rest of this entry »

Making sure that you can cash in on all that may come your way, keep in touch with what is happening out in the market place.  If you live where winter is going and summer is on its way you are probably heading into wedding season.

You might well ask, so what?

Votive Candles

Well  if you are selling candles now would be the time to market fragrant votive candles as they are just wonderful for wedding settings. If you have a good display of candles that suit the current craze in Read the rest of this entry »

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Keeping the wick straight when candle making is important for a good burn.  It really is not so difficult to do.

When you have your mold and you have attached the wick at the bottom, take the length of the wick up through the centre of the mold and wrap it around a flat pencil or chop stick until the wick is taught.  You can leave the wick like this while the candle sets, then cut it to length afterwards.

When you have a home candle making business it is important that these tricks are learnt so that your candles are of an exceptional quality all of the time.