Candle Making in a Weekend: Inspirational Ideas and Practical Projects

by Sue Spear

Make your own candles at a fraction of the cost of store-bought ones! With the help of Candle Making in a Weekend you will learn quick, easy, inexpensive and fun ways to make your own candles and decorate plain ones. 20 projects, covering a range of candle-making and decorating techniques, include how to dye wax wonderful colors, pour it into unusually shaped molds, perfume it, model with it and embed it with decorative objects. The basic techniques are very simple--the possible variations, endless. Includes lists of all the materials and equipment needed; plus colorful gallery pages showing a variety of handmade candles for adding charm to holidays, weddings, romantic dinners, bubble baths and other special times.

Genres: Crafts

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Sue Spear is the owner of "Candles", a well known London shop, and she also makes customised candles for leading interior decorators.

She has been designing and making handmade candles for many years and travels the world i search of innovative ideas for new designs and techniques.