Beeswax Candles
With the weather turning off cold today I decided it was time to try my hand at something I have wanted to do for years...make candles! I accidently over ordered beeswax a while back, but hey it wasn't a bad thing after all. I made 100% pure beeswax candles with some added essential oils. I tried a couple of different things...candles in jars, citronella in a bucket, and birthday candles. As the beeswax cools it shrinks a bit and pulls away from the glass giving the opportunity to dump the candles out and have them free standing on a plate. I am so pleased with how these all turned out and other than a bit time consuming (waiting on the wax to melt) it was pretty easy.
Now I'm thinking with all this beeswax I can make candles for my family for a long time...great for when the power goes out.
Blessings,
JM
that's really neat......is there a link to instructions you followed?
ReplyDeleteNo, sorry I've read about making candles for years, so I just winged it on my past reading. I'm sure there are lots of tutorials you can find. All I did is melt the wax and pour it into the jars (putting the wick in first of course:)
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