| Handmade candles of course are nothing new, the | | | | gone right back to the beginning, but of course it is |
| first were produced out of necessity. | | | | the material that they are mad from that makes all |
| It seems hard to believe to us in this day and age | | | | the difference. |
| that to have light you could not just flick a switch | | | | Handmade candles do not come any better than |
| and have the magic of electricity provide all the light | | | | beeswax dinner candles. |
| you could ever want. Perhaps gas light was not quite | | | | That seems like a bold statement but what we are |
| so convenient, there was the need to use a taper or | | | | talking about are candles that are 100% bees wax |
| other form of lighter to ignite the gas having first | | | | and poured by hand. |
| turned the knob to get the gas to flow. Also gas | | | | When you open the box it is obvious that they are |
| was noisier and flickered which did not always make | | | | not made from ordinary wax. |
| reading a book or newspaper a pleasurable | | | | Removing the paper from each one that is individually |
| experience. Where today we occasionally have to | | | | wrapped reveals an elegant candle that looks too |
| change a light bulb in the days of gas it was the very | | | | good to burn. |
| delicate gas mantle that seemed to explode the first | | | | They look really well in a candelabra used purely for |
| time it was ever lit but then was fine until you | | | | decorative purposes but lit they add a bit of class to |
| accidently touched it, and the gentlest of touches at | | | | any room or occasion. |
| that, to see it disintegrate into dust before your very | | | | You can buy smokeless candles that are also dripless. |
| eyes! | | | | Being non drip there is the bonus that most of the |
| But everything is relative as they say. Gas lighting to | | | | wax is burnt and not wasted by pouring down the |
| us may not seem very convenient or practical but it | | | | side and making a mess of your table setting. Candles |
| was a whole lot better than what went before. Just | | | | with these credentials are first class, of that there is |
| imagine those first handmade candles that were | | | | little doubt. But add handmade and beeswax into the |
| created from animal fat. The smell of fat being | | | | equation and you have something so fine that |
| rendered is not the nicest odour so you can imagine | | | | anyone would be proud to display as their dinner |
| what it must have been like to be sitting having the | | | | table centrepiece. |
| family meal as the wick burned down through the | | | | Although these handmade candles are smokeless |
| animal fat. Delightful! | | | | there is the delicate scent of bees wax that does |
| Thankfully technology moved on in candle | | | | not overpower when used for a dinner party or |
| manufacture to produce something more pleasurable | | | | indeed an intimate and romantic dinner for two. |
| to use but let us not forget that the vast majority | | | | As you might expect, custom made candles |
| of people would not have been able to afford lighting | | | | manufactured totally from bees wax and individually |
| produced using the better materials. | | | | made by hand definitely will not be cheap. But quality |
| From those early days and far from ideal days many | | | | comes at a price and there can be no question that |
| different candles have been produced, wide selection | | | | these are of a high calibre and can only be classed as |
| of shapes and sizes, colours to blend in with your | | | | top of the range. |
| home colour scheme, insect repellent for outdoor use | | | | Where to buy handmade candles? It can be difficult |
| to keep those annoying insects at bay and thankfully | | | | to source genuine handmade candles but there is |
| ones that are smokeless and dripless. It seems | | | | such a variety of candles to buy online so you should |
| strange to think that the highest quality are those | | | | find that a good quality candle shop or store including |
| that are handmade which almost seems like we have | | | | them in their offered range. |