Secrets Of Candle M a k ing Cr afts.
Candle Making Crafts' Best-Kept Secrets Candle making crafts can be exciting and rewarding, especially if you know the secrets - the tips that experts use. A candle project such as colonial candles, for example, can go from ordinary to awesome with this tip from an expert. Instead of standard paraffin wax, use bayberry wax. Leave the natural scent and color so that your craft remains colonial and doesn't change to a modern bayberry candle craft. Your eyes and nose will celebrate the exciting difference in your candles! Candle making crafts vary widely. Candle creation tips are just as varied, and tips that work well for one candle project won't always work for another. Tips and Secrets A collection of all the candle tips and secrets known would fill a book, but here are a few of my favorites. · Candle making crafts such as oil candles can be as humdrum as a cotton ball in a small, nondescript jar of oil. They become "cool" and different, however, by using an unusual container with the proper inserts. · Votive candle crafts are often more successful if you wait as much as eight hours or more to fill in the natural craters. · Room air quality, especially temperature, makes a huge difference in candle crafts. Maintain proper temperature and humidity and you get better results. · Chandler classes aren't limited to giving instructions in a room filled with people, equipment, and supplies. You can teach your classes long distance with modern technology such as your cell phone. · Candle classes can be a great work-at-home source of income for responsible teenagers. Neighborhood children can learn a candle craft after school. Candle Making Crafts You Should Avoid "Crafts I should avoid?" you ask. "What kind of best-kept secret is that? Why would I want to avoid a particular candle craft?" Several secrets might make you want to avoid a candle making craft. · Those that use paraffin are not eco-friendly. If protection of the environment is important to you, you'll want to avoid those crafts. · Candle making crafts that require hot, melted wax can be dangerous. You'll want to avoid them if you're teaching children's classes. · You might want to avoid projects that involve synthetic candle fragrance if you are allergic or sensitive to their ingredients (usually kept secret). · If your only heat source is a microwave, you'll definitely want to avoid all candle projects except those using soy wax. Other wax should never be heated in a microwave. Candle making crafts' best-kept secrets can sometimes be learned by trial and error - by experimentation. Some people will learn them from teachers in chandler classes. Others will glean tips from short articles such as this one.
As observed before, a collection of all the candle makers' tips and secrets known would fill a book. You may not think of every tip as a secret, but whichever you choose to call it, discover those that are most helpful to you, and you will have more fun with your candle making crafts. Š 2009, Anna Hart. Anna Hart invites you to discover more of her favorite candle creation tips at http://www.secretsofcandlemakingcrafts.com. Anna has also posted articles on that site about a variety of candle making crafts. If you want more secrets of candle making crafts, you won't want to miss her article on that specific subject. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Anna_Hart Secrets Of Candle M a k ing Cr afts.