| Who told you that you have to spend at least 5 | | | | are ready to take things to the next level, you can |
| bucks for a nicely scented and colored candle when | | | | buy a candle mold at a store. It can prove to be a |
| it's simple to make homemade candles at home, by | | | | helpful tool, but it's really not necessary. |
| yourself! Making candles in the comfort of your own | | | | My favourite part about making candles at home is |
| home can turn out to be a fun hobby, whether you | | | | that you are free to customize them however you |
| want to create some for yourself to enjoy or make | | | | like. When you shop for candles, you'll find that you're |
| them as gifts for your loved ones. This craft is an | | | | normally stuck with only a single colour for a particular |
| awesome way for you to make sure that you have | | | | scent. For instance, coffee and cinnamon smells might |
| candles that have the perfect blend of fragrance and | | | | be brown while ocean scents may be blue and melon |
| colour that will suit your taste, plus, it's a wonderful | | | | might be green. What if you are a big fan of |
| way for you to let your creativity shine through! | | | | honeydew scents but are not fond of the colour |
| Making homemade candles normally requires a bit of | | | | green? If you plan to purchase your candles from |
| effort and experimentation, but once you discover | | | | the store then you are out of luck! However, if you |
| how to make them the right way, its well worth the | | | | make your own candles, you can make your |
| effort! When I started out creating my own candles, | | | | lavender scented candles red and your melon candles |
| it was at the onset of the Yankee Candle explosion. | | | | purple, and choose colours that will be a nice |
| I am one of those who find the scent of | | | | complement to your home décor. |
| commercially-available candles overpowering and | | | | Now you have a license to experiment and play |
| highly scented. Yet, I don't want to buy those boring | | | | around! Go crazy and change up the shapes, colours, |
| and plain white candles. So I embarked on a "quest" | | | | sizes and scents. If you mess up, you can always |
| and started experimenting. I wanted to create the | | | | melt the wax again and create another one. There |
| perfect candle - mildly scented, soothing and colourful! | | | | are lots of crafts out there that will give you a |
| The more I played around, the more I became | | | | chance to enhance your creativity, but creating |
| hooked to this wonderful craft. | | | | homemade candles is by far, one of the best since |
| The great thing about making your own candles is | | | | you can literally make it up as you go along. You |
| that you need not buy a whole bunch of equipment | | | | need not follow a rigid formula or pattern that needs |
| to start. You just need a heat source (your stove will | | | | to be watched. Just add some fragrance, colour and |
| do), something to melt your wax in, some wicks, | | | | a dose of creativity, and see what happens! |
| wax, scent and colour are all you'll ever need! If you | | | | |