| candles are the perfect ones to use to create an | | | | shape. This means that you may have to trim some |
| ambiance of elegance. You can get tapered candles | | | | of the wax from around the wick each time you |
| as scented and unscented. If you want to have a | | | | want to light the candle. In order to make your own |
| candlelight dinner it is best to use unscented taper | | | | taper candles at home, you first have to heat the |
| candles so that the scent won't interfere with the | | | | wax to a temperature of 145°F. This is done in a |
| food. You will also want to use dripless candles so | | | | double boiler so that the wax does not come in |
| that you won't have to worry about wax dripping on | | | | direct contact with the heat of the stove and burn |
| your expensive furniture. You can buy the taper | | | | onto the pot you are using. You will need to have a |
| candles in a store or online, or you can get really | | | | bowl of cold water close to the boiler as well. To |
| creative and make your own at home. Taper candles | | | | start making a taper candle, dip the wicks you are |
| are long and slender and require a candle holder with | | | | using into the liquid wax so that they are completely |
| a small hole in which you insert the end of the candle. | | | | covered. Then dip them into the cold water for a |
| They cannot stand on their own like pillar candles and | | | | few seconds. This helps the wax to harden. Keep |
| are not enclosed in a jar. A tapered candle can range | | | | dipping the wicks into the wax and alternating with |
| in length from six to twenty inches, so it is important | | | | the cold water until you have the tapered candles |
| to have the proper candleholder for the candle to | | | | the size you want. Once you get used to making |
| ensure that it won't tip over. If you don't have | | | | taper candles at home, you can experiment with |
| dripless taper candles, you will have to clean the wax | | | | various colors and scents. You can also experiment |
| from the candleholder and place a doily or cloth | | | | with decorating the dripless taper candles. Most |
| underneath the holders. In pioneer days, taper | | | | people start off making their own tapered candles as |
| candles were made from animal fat. The fat was | | | | a hobby, but when others see the creations, they |
| boiled into a substance called tallow. These tapered | | | | put in requests. Then the hobby of making taper |
| candles were yellowish in color and were very sooty | | | | candles can blossom into a full-fledged business. This |
| with smoke coming from the flame. Today a taper | | | | is how many of the popular candle companies of |
| candle is made from paraffin wax to make it dripless. | | | | today, such as Gold Canyon Candles and Faroy |
| Taper candles made from this kind of wax leave | | | | Candles, got started. |
| very little residue, but they do burn in a mushroom | | | | |