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  • Lemon Candles

    Lemon Candles

    The soft light and sweet aroma of candles always make a room more inviting. You can easily make your own naturally scented votive candles from hollowed-out lemon skins a...

  • Frosty Salted Pillar Candles

    Frosty Salted Pillar Candles

    Basic Epsom salts give blue candles an icy charm. Finish the scene with pinecones and bits of winter greenery.Tools and MaterialsRimmed baking sheet or trayEpsom saltsSm...

  • Swirled-String Candles

    Swirled-String Candles

    Decorate inexpensive pillar candles and you will have a display for your table and presents, too.Swirled-String Candles How-ToWorking in sections, warm the surface of a ...

  • Easy Sand Candles

    Easy Sand Candles

    Pay tribute to the Stars and Stripes (emphasis on the stripes). Red, white, and blue bands of sand dress up votive candles to make flickering lights that are cheerful an...

  • Light Up a Table With Floating Candles

    Light Up a Table With Floating Candles

    There's something magical about fire dancing on water. Reflected in the liquid's shimmering surface, the flickers of a candle's flame appear doubly radiant and twice as ...

  • Handmade Votives

    Handmade Votives

    Handmade votive candles are wonderful small gifts, and making them is a good way to use up beeswax left over from other candle making projects. Just about any small, sha...

  • Tree-Shaped Candles

    Tree-Shaped Candles

    Candles adorned with beeswax trees create an enchanting winter landscape indoors. And you don't need to melt any wax in order to make them; both taper and topper are mad...

  • Basket-Weave Candles

    Basket-Weave Candles

    Transform basic pillar candles with strips of beeswax and a simple under-and-over weave. Beeswax sheets come in a range of colors. We found that using natural shades of ...

  • Molded Squash Candles

    Molded Squash Candles

    Use hollowed-out squash shells to make whimsical candles that echo nature's masterpieces.. Acorn squash  Melon baller  Wax (we used old candles) Candy thermome...

  • Container Candles

    Container Candles

    These wonderful candles are a fun project that will leave your home beautifully lit and wonderful smelling.Tools and Materials2/3 cup Hydrogenated soybean wax or food sh...

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