Fruit Cocktail Gel Candle
Material
1260Pillar wax
Fruit molds
Dye
3-4z wick
Fruit Slices scent
Gel Wax
16 oz jar
Embeds
Melt 1260 wax in a double boiler to approx. 175. Add dye
corresponding with the fruit you are making. We will be making blueberries, raspberries, peaches, melons and strawberries. Let fruit cool completely before using in candles.
Wicking
Place a wick stickum on the bottom of a 3-4z wick. Center the wick in the bottom of the jar. We use a 3-4z wick so the candle tunnel burns and the wax embeds around the outside of the jar are not disturbed. If you want your candle to completely melt out to the edge you need to use a 4-5z wick.
Place the fruit embeds around the wick, layering them evenly up the jar. If you want a lid to fit on the jar, do not layer the fruit higher than the lip.
Gel
Heat gel on direct heat in a candle pour pot. DO NOT WALK AWAY. Stir gel until it becomes the consistency of corn syrup. Add gel safe fragrance and stir well. Cover fruit to the top of the jar. Trim the wick to 1/4”.
Decorate the jar with gingham fabric or raffia for a country look. Add cute label and its ready for the bakery candle display.
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AromaBeads can hold up to 30% fragrance load. Package in a jar with our smelly jelly lids, or in organza bags for a fancier presentation.
Mix 2 drops of liquid dye with 1 tablespoon of fragrance oil and stir well. Add 4 tablespoons of AromaBeads and stir. Seal the jar and shake every so often. The beads will take from 1 to 5 days to absorb all of the oil.
If you want to layer your colours, make the beads separate and once they are absorbed, then layer the colours.
This is our 8oz jelly jar, smelly jelly lid,  5 ml cobalt blue dye and 30 ml pearberry fragrance and 8 oz of AromaBeads. |
Aroma Bead Ornaments
Make the aroma beads as directed above. Choose a metal cookie cutter in a shape you want for your ornament. Lay the cookie cutter on a metal non stick cookie sheet. Fill the shape with the beads, completely covering the bottom and about 1/4" deep. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for about 5-10 minutes or until the beads have completely melted together. (the ornaments will be a bumpy, not smooth) Remove from the oven and let cool. Carefully remove the cookie cutter and peel the shape off the cookie sheet. Using a hole punch make a hole and string some ribbon through to hang.
Spiced Pumpkin Tart Candle
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You can use the tins from small meat pies for individual servings or this can be done in a pie plate and sliced while still warm.
First, melt 1260 wax and dye with ivory dye chips. You can add vybar if you would like to scent the shell with vanilla or butter cream. Pour into the tin at 160F and set up for apx. 10 minutes. Dump out the liquid wax to use for frosting, leaving the shell. While still pliable, crimp edges like you would pastry (assuming you bake-unlike me!) |
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Melt #4786 wax and add rust colour and spiced pumpkin pie fragrance. Pour into the shell at 160F so you dont melt the shell and wick with a self centering votive wick. |
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When the "filling" is set, soften the remaining 1260 wax dumped out earlier and whip with a fork. Spoon onto the top of the candle and trim wick.
Happy Thanksgiving!! |
Margarita Glass
These drinking mugs were purchased at our local Canadian Tire. You will need 1 lb of IGI 4786 wax, Yellow or cerise dye, 30 ml Pink Lemonade fragrance oil (on sale for $12.99/lb!), and 2-3" diameter wick . Melt wax in a double boiler until 180F. Add just a fraction of either a yellow or cerise dye chip. Stir until completely dissolved. Add fragrance oil, stir and pour immediately into jar, except for 2 ounces. Let this set in jar until it starts to "thicken" on the base. Straighten a wick and lower in the jar, until it "catches" in the thicker wax. Tip: A wick stick would make this job much simpler. Keep an eye that the wick remains straight as the wax cools. Let set for 2 hours, then reheat the wax set aside from the initial pour and retop the candle.
The jar can later be dipped in hot wax and then vegetable stearic acid to create the sugared rim shown here.
Have fun!
Dipped Bears
These little smelly critters are the new rage! For all the places you love to smell a candle, but can't have an open flame, this little guy does the trick. The teddy is immersed in scented wax and when finished, it becomes a room deodorizer. Great for closets, cars, stale basements or any room that you would burn a candle in. Also excellent for nursing homes and dorms.
Recipe
You will need:
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4625 Wax (1/2lb per bear) , plush animal, 30-40 ml scent, pour pot
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rubber gloves, foil pie plate, hair dryer, fork
Melt wax in pour pot to apx 160F. Add scent. Immerse bear in scented wax and squeeze out excess. Use a fork to comb out the fur. Place bear on pie plate and pose. Use hair dryer to clean up eyes and nose and to clean up any unwanted bits. This part can get pretty smelly, so make sure your room is well ventilated.
These critters will smell for up to 6 months. When the smell fades, simply blow again with the hair dryer to revive scent.
Enjoy!
Irish Spring Chunk Soap
(basic melt and pour chunk soap)
Materials Needed:
1lb Clear glycerin and 1lb cocoa butter soap base
Bath and body soap dye chip
Irish spring tpye fragrance oilLoaf pan
Knife
Soap mold
Microwave
Skewer
Glass measuring cup
Jojoba beads
Cut 1/2lb cocoa butter soap into one inch cubes. Melt in glass measuring cup in microwave, watch that it "just melts", you don't want it steaming. Add one dye chip of green soap dye and 2-4 drops of irish spring type fragrance, no more. (even skin safe scent can irritate your eyes when washing) Stir with skewer. Pour into loaf pan and let cool. Cut into cubes and place in soap mold or plastic dish. Follow the same instructions and make white cubes. (use no dye just scent) Cool, cut and place in mold. Following the same instructions, melt 1lb clear glycerin, 6-8 drops of scent and pour over the chunks that are in the soap mold.You can sprinkle jojoba beads over the soap before it cools to make an exfoliating bar. Let cool and release from mold. If you have troubles, put the soap/mold in the fridge for a minute. This soap can be packaged in cello and tied with gold twist ties.
Shaving Bar (for legs or beard)
Material needed:
Shaving Soap
Orange essential oil or your favorite skin safe essential/fragrance oil
Soap mold or 2oz enamal cup
Melt 1/2lb shaving soap in microwave until liquid. Do not over heat, it will crumble and burn. Add 10 drops of orange essential oil or your favorite skin safe essential/fragance oil and stir well. (At this point you could add 3 to 5 drops of skin safe dye), I do not use dyes in my facial soaps. Pour into 2oz square molds or enamel cups (when using the cups you need to use a shaving brush. Label as you desire.
Embed Pillar and Core Candle
Material needed:
1 3x4 and 1 4x4metal mold and sealer
1 1/2lbs of 4625
2/0 cotton wick
dried apple slices
cinnamon sticks
30ml fresh apple fragrance
skewer
pour pot
Basic pillar core candle
Using a double boiler, melt 1 1/2lbs of 4625 wax to approx. 180 . Wick 3x4 mold using 2/0 cotton wick. (Normally you would use a #1 cotton wick with this size of mold, but you want this candle to tunnel burn so we down sized the wick). Add 30mls of fragrance oil to wax and mix well. Pour into 3x4 mold and set aside and let cool. Set aside remaining to use on outer shell.
Embed Candle
Plug the wick hole on the 4x4 mold with a magnet or silicone. The wick hole is not needed as the core candle will be what is lit. Center the core into the 4x4 mold. Space the apple slices and cinnamon sticks evenly around the core. (Do not get the embeds close the the wick of the core candle, this will cause a second point of ignition). Get the embeds as close to the wall of the mold as possible, using small pieces of wax to support the embeds will ensure a tight fit. Melt remaining wax to approx 180 and carefully pour over the embeds. Let cool and remove from the mold. Using a hair dryer melt away some of the outer wax shell to expose the apple slices and cinnamon sticks. Place candle on a plate and decorate with left over apple slices and cinnamon sticks.
Bath Bombs*Using Vcc Bath Bomb Mix
