Candle Making Classes

Explore the art of candle making!!! I currently offer candle making classes in San Antonio, Texas through Northside and Northeast Community Education.

Candles taught include: Container, pillar, tea lights, votive and tapers using soy wax, palm wax, beeswax and paraffin wax.

Contact me through my blog if you have any questions regarding the candle classes.

Candle Smiles!!
Jamie

Pine Cone Fire Starters!!!

These Scented Pine Cone Fire Starters were very easy to make and make wonderful winter gifts! I used a six count muffin pan, sprayed the pan with mold release, filled each cup with some dry leaves, filled it half way up with scented/colored pillar palm wax, added wick and then set the pine cone or pine cones in the wax and let set. These are scented with a pine forest scent and smell wonderful!

Scented Snowball Votives!!

These are Peppermint Patty Scented Snowball Votives! The votives are made from pillar palm wax. I added peppermint patty scent and no color. Then I melted a pillar paraffin wax with some steric acid. I added peppermint patty scent and no color. I waited for the paraffin wax to congeal and started to whip it like icing with a fork. When it started to get clumpy, but still very hot to the touch, I gobbed it on my votive. I made sure to get every inch of the sides and on the top. If all parts of the sides aren't covered well, then you could have a blow out and have hot wax spilling out from the side of your candle. This votive burned beautifully! It burned slow with a nice steady flame. The palm wax, a clean burning wax, burned and left a soft shell that was the paraffin wax. These still need to be treated like a pillar candle when burned and fold in the edges of the candle when warm if needed. It also needs to be burned on a candle holder in case there is any wax spillage. These are going to make wonderful holiday gifts!

Hurricane Coffee Bean Candle!

I made this Coffee Bean Hurricane Candle for my friends birthday. I used hurricane paraffin wax with a melt point of 156 F and added steric acid to it. I also made Chai Tea scented soy wax tea lights to go with it. This way you are burning a clean burning candle inside. I added a layer of rice to the inside bottom of the hurricane candle after I made it. The tea lights sit on top of the rice and absorb the heat from the metal tea light container. This ensures the tea light will not melt the bottom inside of the hurricane candle.