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Candle Making Supplies 101

Whether you decide to take up candle making as a hobby or as a business venture, you first have to know what materials you need before you can actually start the process. Here is a list of candle making supplies that you have to put together to make your own candles.
Wax: The foremost candle making […]

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Preparing for Advent: Creating an Advent Wreath

 Candles and religion have gone hand in hand for centuries.  Even after the invention of light bulb, churches around the world still light candles for the services.  Candles have for centuries been used to mark special occasions and Advent is no different. 
 In fact, Advent is so connected with candles that the Advent wreath has 4 […]

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Making Deliciously Scented Candles

By adding scented candles to any room you can set the mood for people in the room.  Scented candles can stimulate, relax, and help to bring back memories of good times.  A very subtle scented candle is more attractive to many people. They can bring about a change in mood without bringing awareness to the […]

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Making Scented Candles at Home

A great many of my friends have been asking me to share the secret of making a scented candle at home, though I tell them repeatedly that it is no great secret. Any web site or online manual can teach you the basics of making scented candles at home, and once you have mastered those, […]

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How to Make Gel Candles

            They smell sweet, look great, and have a lot of variety to them, no it’s not your significant other, and it’s the ever popular gel candle. Gel candles are made with 95% mineral oil and 5% polymer resin. Gel candles typically work under a simple rule of thumb, the more thick they are the […]

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Candle Making: Hobby or Business?

I remember the day I made my first wax candle at home, with supplies bought from a local store. I just couldn’t get over my amazement at how much like a ‘real candle’ my effort looked, just as I could not believe how relatively simple it had been. It was my friend Charlene, an aromatherapy […]

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Candle Making: Create Your Own Home Décor with This Fun Hobby!

Candles bring an air of elegance and softness to any room in which they are used.  They serve many purposes from simple illumination to creating a centerpiece for a table.  Candles have been around for centuries.  No one knows just how long they have been around.  Egyptians were some of the first to use beeswax […]

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