Candle Making in a Weekend: Inspirational Ideas and Practical Projects - Softcover

Spear, Sue

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581800096 ISBN 13: 9781581800098

Publisher: North Light Books, 1999

Synopsis

Make your own candles at a fraction of the cost of store-bought ones! With the help of Candle Making in a Weekend you will learn quick, easy, inexpensive and fun ways to make your own candles and decorate plain ones. 20 projects, covering a range of candle-making and decorating techniques, include how to dye wax wonderful colors, pour it into unusually shaped molds, perfume it, model with it and embed it with decorative objects. The basic techniques are very simple--the possible variations, endless. Includes lists of all the materials and equipment needed; plus colorful gallery pages showing a variety of handmade candles for adding charm to holidays, weddings, romantic dinners, bubble baths and other special times.

About this title

Review:

Beginners can easily jump right in and turn out very good-looking candles with the clearly presented instructions in this guide. Nice color photos illustrate both finished products and every step along the way as we learn how to create marbled, layered, aromatic, embedded, appliqued, chip, and several other variations of candles. Most project designs are fairly standard but are nevertheless attractive; a few are more innovative, such as the stacked candle or the lantern candle with embedded dried fruits. Additional ideas (though no instructions) are provided in the six "candle galleries"--double-page spreads showcasing themed tableaux of container, embedded, Christmas, decorated, multiwicked, and floating candles. An introductory section covers all the basics of materials and general techniques. --Amy Handy

About the Author:

Sue Spear has been making candles since 1968, when a friend came to dinner and brought a handmade candle rather than a bottle of wine as a gift. She lives in the United Kingdom.

About this edition

• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1581800096
• ISBN 13: 9781581800098
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80