Monday, May 10, 2004
Belated Happy Mother's Day to everyone! Hope you all celebrated in style, whether with your mom or as the mom (or mom-to-be).
Borrowing an idea I saw in The Washington Post, I made photo candles for our moms this year. Here are some pictures from the process:
Step 1: Assemble materials, including clear glass straight-sided votive holders, white glue and approximately $25 of wax and related candle-making supplies. Print copies of your favorite photo and trim to fit inside the votive holder.
Step 2: Working quickly, brush face side of photo with thick layer of glue and press against inside of votive holder, taking extra care to perfectly position photo on first try, as moving the photo against the glass will causing smearing and tearing and render the photo generally unrecognizable. Attach wick to bottom of votive holder and secure wick length with a pencil. Realize that the project isn't going to be nearly as neat or easy as hoped.
Step 3: Enlist assistance of husband to melt wax. His motivation to help may be enhanced by mentioning the possibility that the wax will burst into flames if overheated. (Kitchen fires are cool.) Melt wax and add tint and fragrance. We used yellow tint because the lemon fragrance was on sale. Pour melted wax into prepared votive holders. Allow wax to set before trimming wicks, unless you really want 3rd degree burns caused by fishing for the wick ends in hot liquid wax.
Step 4: Voilą, you now have 6 candles that cost about $5 each to make. Cute little buggers, though.
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