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How to Make a Celebration Candle

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Diane Gilleland, contributor

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Customize a pillar candle with decoupage and trim to give it the perfect touch for your party.

Diane Gilleland

You can use any size and most colors of candles. And this is a great project for using up old wrapping papers and interesting ephemera.

Diane Gilleland

I mixed two kinds of Mod Podge to give my candles a little extra shimmer.

Diane Gilleland

Customize a pillar candle with decoupage and trim to give it the perfect touch for your party.

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Then, brush another coat of Mod Podge, this time over the top of the paper—this saturates the front side. Make sure all edges of the paper are fully saturated as well. If the paper wrinkles, just smooth it out with your fingers.

Leave this section to dry for 10 to 15 minutes before proceeding to the next. When the Mod Podge has turned from milky to clear, you can proceed.

As each section dries, move on to the next.

Repeat this process until you've glued down all the paper motifs. Let the last section dry for 10 to 15 minutes.

Brush another generous coat of Mod Podge all over the candle.

Lastly, stand the candle up and apply one last coat of Mod Podge, covering the entire surface. Don't get any Mod Podge on the top or bottom of the candle.

Press ribbon or trims into the glue to add some dimension.

During this step, you can also press some ribbon, lace, or rickrack into the glue. (Be careful, though—test your trim for color-fastness by dipping a piece into the Mod Podge. Make sure the color doesn't bleed.)

Allow the whole thing to dry completely (this will take several hours).

Burning your Celebration Candle: Because of the decoupage on the sides, you'll need to burn this candle a little differently than others. Let it burn until you have a well in the center. From that point, you'll place a tealight in this well and burn that. Just replace the tealight with a new one whenever you need to.

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Comments (3)

CraftyJana writes: Happy to see that someone else is making creative candles for special events.
I also make personalized candles.
Have made them for my children, grandchildren & friends. Have been used for baptisms, adoptions, weddings etc. They make nice keepsakes for future use.

However I make a design with computer graphics, then add the names, dates, etc.
attach this to the inexpensive candle. I have only done white candles.
Heat 2 large squares of wax (the kind we used to use for jelly)
I use a kettle as a double boiler and place the wax in a metal coffee can.
Carefully melt all of the wax. Take from fire...
Tie a string to the wick of the candle
Dip the candle in the hot wax. I usually give it two dips. You want it completely immersed in the wax.
Let it cool.
Makes a beautiful personalized keepsake.
I have not had a failure yet.

Posted: 2:55 pm on June 26th

NancyWard writes: Hi!

Today I posted an entry on my blog with a link to this tutorial.

Would you let me know if that's OK?

Thanks,

Nancy Ward
http://paperfriendly.blogspot.com
Posted: 10:11 am on June 24th

Teks_Glutes writes: Oh man, you gave me a great idea! Thanks!
Posted: 11:44 pm on May 15th

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