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.

Hurricane Candles!!!

This was my first hurricane candle! I have always wanted to try one of these. I used a paraffin wax with a melt point of 160F. I should have added some micro but did not have any at the time, so I will see what happens with out it. As you can see the edge is uneven and ugly. There was shrinkage (have to figure out why) and I had to pour the wax out from the middle of the candle after the wall appeared solid and there was a skim of wax on the center top. To even it out I turned it upside down on a skillet to smooth it out. I also put some rice in the middle of the hurricane candle, so when the tea light burns it will not melt the bottom of the hurricane. I haven't tried this before but I heard it works. Next on my list is one made with coffee beans!!!!

Water Candles!!!

These water candles were really fun to make. The pillars were made from a paraffin wax with stearic acid added, no color and Apricot Freesia as the fragrance. The wax around the pillar was paraffin wax with vybar 103 and a bit of an orange color block. I am wondering if a pigment or liquid dye would have produced more vibrant colors? Many books suggested using micro wax but I did not have any on hand so I kept searching and found that someone had tried vybar 103 instead. Hope it works just as well. I can't wait to make some more of these!!!!!!

Toilet Paper Air Freshener and Floating Candles!!!

This is an example of what some of my students will make in this class. Pictured here is a toilet paper roll dipped in scented paraffin wax, three floater candles and three hand molded floater candles. I found that it is better to use an ivory or cream color for the toilet paper roll as it will blend in better with the whiteness of the toilet paper. The molded stars were made from the same wax as the toilet paper dip. The hand molded floating flowers were colored using a pink block and cut-n-carve was was used. It's always fun to be creative and use different waxes to see how they work! This will be a very fun class!!!

Hand Molded Floating Candles!!

These hand molded floating candles were a bit challenging to make. I used cut-n-carve wax and dyed it lightly with a pink color block. I did not use use any fragrance for these because some fragrances are not meant to be on the skin. These do take some practice but are really fun to make. I made one rose, two flowers, one pull apart flower and one very thin petaled flower. Timing is everything when making these flowers. If anyone needs some tips on how to make these just e-mail me. Happy Candle Floating!!!

Coffee Mug Soy Wax Candles!

A customer came to me and asked if I could fill some of her special mugs with wax (I used soy wax) and they turned out great. I filled theses with Coffee, Vanilla Pear and Chardonnay & Vanilla fragrances. I left the wick a bit long on these because she will be displaying them for a while. In soy wax candles, the soy wax tends to separate from the fragrance and raise up. If your wick is too short and this happens you may loose your wick. You can fix this problem by running a heat gun or blow dryer over it and the wax level will go back down. This is a great way to display your favorite mug!

Dipped Beeswax Birthday Candles!

These hand dipped beeswax dips were fun to make. I made them for my son so we could celebrate his birthday at school since his birthday is in the summer. I tried two different size wicks and did not like how they burned. I want them to burn slower and longer with a smaller flame. Both candles burned about eleven minutes and only one of them dripped a bit. They were a bit thin on the bottom as I dipped them. This was probably a result of the wax being a bit hotter near the bottom of the dipping vat although easy to trim off when done. I was trying to use the least amount of wax when dipping-big mistake. Sometimes more is better and I can reuse the rest of the wax for other dips. If there is not enough wax in the dipping vat you may start to get lines at the top of the candle because with each dip there is less wax in the vat, lowering the level of wax. Will give it another try when birthday candles are needed again!