Soy wax candles: Xmas 2016 version :-)

I had a very late request for Xmas candles 😓⏳⌚😓, but the good thing is that I had been given 100% of freedom on the choice of colors, decorations, fragrance, container 😃🎉🎇

This year, I've been so into glass recycling that I've been using jam jars for almost all my container candles.

I particularly love the jars from the French brand La Bonne Maman (see HERE) because they are big, easy to work with (you don't have to struggle to stick the wick holder to the bottom of the container) and original! They have a screwable lid that helps to preserve the candle fragrance and protect the decorations on top. Last, but not least, they can be washed in the dishwasher and you can recycle them as many times as you want.

For these candles I've used soy wax (Click for an overview of waxes), cinnamon fragrance (which I've also used in other projects such as in HERE and HERE), a lead-free cotton-wick, and tiny decorations made of soy wax too (see also HERE and HERE.)

Close-up view of the Xmas tree and snowman soy wax decorations.

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Card making and papercraft magazines

Last month I had the chance to get, for the first time, a couple of Cardmaking & papercraft magazines: Papercraft Inspirations and Make Christmas card magazine. Papercraft Inspiration December issue had a Christmas window build-a-scene embossing folder and stamp free gift, as well as free festive papers . Make Christmas cards was offering: 2 embossing folder borders , 13 stylish stamps , 32 Christmas papers , 12 découpage sheets , 117 toppers & motifs and 73 festive greetings. Here you have some of the cards and tags I've made with the magazines' gifts All cards have been donated to hospitals

One more way to combine soy wax and gel!

The followings are all two-layered candles with the bottom layer made of gel and the upper part made of soy wax . Why combining the two of them? Because gel is transparent and allows you to embed objects and soy wax has an incredible scent throw and a long burning time ! Few simple rules for embedding objects: ideally they should be non flammable (like glass animals, shells or stones)! ...but if you do not exaggerate with the amount, you also can potentially use cinnamon sticks, dried flowers etc... To be on the safe side: if you use flammable objects I'd anyway suggest you to pour the thinnest layer of gel as possible (just to cover the embeds) and avoid burning this layer. And remember: never ever leave lit candles unattended! Let yourself be inspired and give it a try! Gel embeddings: glitters (blue candle) or sea shells (peach candle). Soy wax: caramel-scented. G el embeddings: cinnamon sticks G el embeddings: cinnamon sticks (left) or star

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