Tips for Scented Candle Making
Tips for Scented Candle Making
Tips for Scented Candle Making
Scented candles are a perfect gift to give when celebrating special occasions through out the year. Whether you are considering taking up candle making as a hobby, or as an inexpensive way to make creative and homemade gifts for all seasons of giving, you will find that making your own candles is not as difficult as you may think. This is why so many people who set out on a candle making hobby, find that they not only have a wonderful time doing so, but that in the end it may just turn out to be a profitable endeavour.
Anyone who has ever shopped for candles knows that they can be a bit pricey. Especially the candles with the very great scents. The scent of a candle is a personal preference, some people like the stronger more flowery scents, while others...myself included, prefer the more subtle aromas of spices and herbs. For me, finding just the right scent has always been a bit of a hassle. I finally decided to take matters into my own hands, and expand my hobby into scented candle making.
I had enjoyed the learning process of working with candle wax. If I messed up a particular piece, I simply melted the wax back down and started over. I began working with a kit I had found at my local hobby and crafts store, but the more I learned the more I found that I enjoyed the pieces I created on my own, with my own molds and containers.
I had borrowed a book on Aromatherapy from a friend of mine. After reading through it, I decided that for the first batch of scented candles, I wanted to create candles that promoted calmness...those that would relieve stress. After all, the holidays are just around the corner, and times can get a little hectic. I started as I always had, by cutting my block of paraffin into small flakes. This is a technique that is always recommended as the wax will melt evenly and consistently. I made my own double boiler back when I began making candles, and I still use it to this day. It is simply a big pot, and an old coffee can. The pot is filled with water and the coffee can sits in the middle. I heat up the water to a low boil, and put in the wax.
Once the wax is melted throughout, I add the color. For my first batch of scented candles, I choose to make half with the scent of lavender, and half of them with the scent of coffee. Both those scents always serve to calm me down...plus, I thought I would mix into the wax dried lavender flowers and coffee beans. Since these were going to have the extra texture of the lavender and the beans, I decided to forgo the addition of color.
I had purchased some essential oils, and once the wax was melted I began by adding just small amounts of the oils at a time. While I love the scented candle, too much of a good thing is just an overwhelming smelling candle. So little by little I added the oils until I had the right amount for my liking. Then, for each batch, I mixed in a handful of the lavender flowers, and a handful of the coffee beans. I was not sure how these would turn out, but I was excited to give it a go.
I had the wicks all set, and poured the wax into some large glass vases I had found at a garage sale. I was pleasantly surprised as the addition of the flowers and the coffee beans gave the candles a rich texture that you could see through the glass. And viola! my first scented candle making venture turned out to be quite successful. In the future, I will be working with candle making molds that work for holiday themes such as Thanksgiving and Christmas as well as molds that simply say Get Well or Happy Birthday. The possibilities are endless with the options of molds you can find. Many of the candles I make are simply the right color for my home. Adding scents to candles is not difficult, and in doing so you create a complete and wonderfully aromatic addition to your home for all occasions.
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