A New Craft From Me to You :)

Candle-Making.

An art.

A craft.

A fun way to make cheap (and cute) presents!

MATERIALS YOU SHALL NEED

1. Whatever little container you want to put your candle in. I went to a thrift store and bought quite a few teacups and saucers to put my candles in. (I thought it would be fun!) and the grand total of all those little cups and such ? $3.00

2. You need microwavable soy wax. You can buy any time of wax you want, and you buy much smaller containers depending on how many you want to make. But the best place to buy this? Michael's! (my fav store ever maybe?) It will run you about 12 dollars.

3. This is optional. But if you want color or smell in your candles you need to get these little guys. They are about two dollars each. The Cinnamon one smells great by the way!

4. You certainly need this! (also at Michaels). You need this to glue the wick to the bottom of the container before you pour the wax in.

5. You need a thermometer. You may not need to buy one if you have an old meat one, or any one you don't use anymore. Just one that goes up to at least 200 degrees F.

Now that you have what you need, it's super easy! Use the tacky wax to glue the wicks (which you buy at michael's too: really cheap!) Hold it down for about thirty seconds with your fingers. If you're using teacups like me, make sure they are already washed out and dried well.

After that, warm up your wax in old microwaveable safe container. You'd probably be best not using a bowl that your husband uses for his food ....because it may be hard to get the wax out! (haha..ooops). You can def. get the wax out with some work though. Depending on the wax you get, the amount of time you warm it up will be different. For me it was about three minutes. You basically are warming it up until it becomes completely liquified. After you take it out (be careful it's super hot!!!) Put the thermometer in it. You want to let it cool to 180 degrees and then put the dye into it. Keep the thermometer in there and let it cool down to 140 before you add the scent. (Do not add more than a few drops of scent to soy candles!) After it's 140 degrees you can slowly pour it into the container with the wick already glued to the bottom. It takes about thirty minutes for it to completely harden. You may want to go over there and make sure that the wick isn't leaning too far to one side. Try to keep it centered. If you made a lot of wax you can make more than one candle at a time.

This will probably happen to you too. The wick will fall over to one side while it's hardening, as long as you catch it in the last stages and center it...you'll be fine.

VOILA! My own little teacup candle!!!!!!!! I love it!

One Red and one white but both delightful! :) I have been burning them on and off for a week now and they are awesome, look great, and will make great gifts! Super fun and people do not believe that you actually made them! Just think of all the fun things you can make candles out of!

If you have any questions, just leave me a comment. I'd love to help!

Happy Crafting!