Making Candles Create 20 decorative candles to keep or to give

by Ditchfield, Sarah

• ISBN13: 9781782214298
• ISBN10: 1782214291
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-05-01
• Publisher: Search Press

Summary

Candles are a much-loved feature in the home, and make thoughtful, handcrafted gifts for friends and family.


Sarah Ditchfield shows you how to make beautiful, unique candles for all occasions, using traditional and modern materials and techniques.

This indispensable book features:

20 gorgeous candle projects, from taper candles to ice pillars
Concise and colourful instructions on candle-making methods
Ideas and inspiration for decorating and packaging your candles

Author Biography

Sarah Ditchfield started making candles in her kitchen after her husband bought her a kit for Christmas. She then started organizing candle-making evenings at her home, and this led to a string of commissions from restaurants, hotels and independent shops. She also began selling candles across the UK and overseas, and her English Rose candles even went with some of the British Forces to Afghanistan.

In 2012 Sarah and her husband launched Candle by Parties (candle-making birthday parties) for children, which developed into events for schools as well as adult parties, including hen nights, Bar Mitzvahs, Women’s Institute groups, anniversaries and Diwali festivals.

In 2013 they had their first big corporate event for a pharmaceutical company and since then they have not looked back. Now trading as Candle by Events, they run company ice-breaker sessions, team-building and family fun days and have recently been asked to run an event in Los Angeles for a group of 400. Sarah has also demonstrated candle making at the Country Living Fair in London, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6
Tools and materials 8
Techniques 14
Projects 20
Beehive candle
Coconut shell
Flower pot with wood wick
Mason glass candle
Octagon pillar candle
Rolled beeswax candle
Valentine heart tealights
Wax bead candle
Clamshell rose petal wax melts
Wedding votive
Butterfly candle stack
Gel candle
Halloween pumpkin
Floating maple leaf candles
Christmas pudding
Dipped taper candles
Ice pillar candle
Layered glass tumbler candle
Wax chip pillar candle
Upcycling and recycling 72
Decorating your candles 74
Packaging your candles 76
Burn-testing 19
Trouble-shooting 78
Index 80