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Candles are a delightful addition to any home. Candle light itself adds warmth, but candles can also be attractive even when they’re not lit.  I’ve found some  ideas for candle projects at Candle Making Crafts. Here’s an idea you can use to create decorative candles from ordinary materials.
This project has several things to recommend [...]

Today, candle makers most often use molds to shape their candles. Using a mold, a candle can be made in virtually any shape imaginable. 
There are two characteristics of a potential mold that need to be considered when evaluating a candle making mold and shape. These characteristics are draft and undercut.
Draft is the easier [...]

Things seem to go in cycles, and what was once old becomes new again. That seems to be the case with home candle making. I recently visited a page (Home Candle Making) that made it pretty clear.
At one point in time, people had to make candles at home, at least if the family wanted to [...]

There is a great deal of information about candlemaking that can be found online, and while you have to check that it is indeed good information, the wealth of knowledge at our finger tips is unbelievable. For example, you can find out how to make beeswax candles, or you can find out why soy candles [...]

Many people enjoy highly scented candles as a gift simply because it is something they can use all of the time. Making a gift yourself always makes it feel personalized and special to the person you are giving it to. Not only is it a lot of fun to make your own candles, but it [...]

People starting out in candle making are often surprised, if not outright bewildered, by the many types of candle making wax available today.  While the following description is by no means encyclopedic, it does list the most common and popular options.
Paraffin Candle Wax
Paraffin is the workhorse of waxes. Most commercially made candles are made [...]

People have highly valued beeswax candles for centuries. When all lighting at night was by candles, the most affordable material was tallow. Tallow burned with a heavy soot and had an unpleasant odor. Beeswax candles were quite the opposite, but because of their expense were generally available only to the wealthy. Even with the advent [...]

Beeswax remains one of the best candle making materials. People have valued its mild aroma and clean burning characteristics for centuries. We have a lot more choices today yet beeswax is still considered a premium candlemaking material. Here’s how to make beeswax candles using a simple and easy to learn method.
The usual way of [...]

Lots of people all over the world are learning how to make candles. There are all kinds of options from pillars to dipped tapers to votives, and all sorts of colors and scents. Choose from traditional paraffin, beeswax, or exotic waxes such as soy. Anyone can make a candle!
You can create small scented candles, practical [...]

Soy candles, compared to other waxes are easier on the environment and can be considered “green”. Most candles are made from petroleum by-products, and their manufacture produces gases that aggravate the greenhouse effect. Soy candles can be used for all your lighting needs just the same as standard store bought candles. Because they are made [...]