Candle Making Lessons: How To Make A Sea Glass Candle

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How To Make A Sea Glass Candle

We love candle making! We met Tommy Yaley at the Craft and Hobby Show. He and his family own and run Yaley Enterprises, makers of all kinds of candle making supplies. When we told Tommy that we wanted to do a video course in how to make candles, he helped us so much! He answered our questions and shared all his best tips and tricks. He also shared all kinds of candle making supplies! So as a big thank you to him and Yaley, we made this video showing how to use Yaley’s two-part mold to make an embedded candle. Thanks again Tommy!

We love the look of an embedded candle. We’ve seen beautiful ones at Pottery Barn and Pier One using shells, flowers, and even starlight peppermints. These candles make such lovely gifts and they are even more wonderful when handmade by you! This is a fun candle to make and we’ll show you how!

This candle requires a two-part mold. The inner mold makes a core candle. This is the candle that will actually melt when you burn this candle. After you make the inner candle, you set it inside the outer mold and add the embedments, then the wax. This keeps all the shells or sea glass or mints away from the burning canter of the candle. And also keeps these items on the outside of the candle where you can see them!

To wick the inner core mold, start by covering the top edge of the mold with small pieces of masking tape. Feed the wicking through the hole at bottom of mold leaving about one inch of wick. Coil the end of the wick. Roll the mold sealer into a ball and press it over the coiled wick to seal the bottom of the mold. Tie other end of the wick to a pencil and prop it across the top of the mold. Trim off excess wicking.

It is important that the wick is centered from top to bottom so you can safely burn your candle. It is also important to choose the right size wick for your candle. To determine the size of the wick for your candle, measure the diameter of your inner core mold. Then match that diameter with the wick packaging. The size of a wick refers to the diameter of the wick itself and how wide it will burn. It is important to choose a wick that will not burn too wide as you don’t want the burning part of the candle to reach the embedments.

Once you have your inner core candle made, you can set it inside the outer mold and add the embedments and more wax. In this video, we will show you an extra trick to expose more of your embedments once the whole candle is unmolded. We use a heat gun to melt away a small amount of the wax. this lets more of the sea glass in our candle show. It works like a charm!

We have an entire course on candle making at Curious.com. If you’ve never tried Curious, check it out. It’s a great site for learning all kinds of things. All our lessons on Curious include a printable how-to and a place where you can ask us questions. And we always respond! We love to help! Here's a 20% off coupon for Curious, but it is also free just to try it out. http://tinyurl.com/CURIOUSTEACHER20

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