Evergreen
After three attempts, this candle is finally finished! The first time, I tried to put the pine piece inside the mold and pour the wax over it; it was too embedded, so it didn't show up the way I wanted. So I chopped it up and remelted it. The next pouring, I tried to take it out of the mold before it was completely cool, and yanked the wick right out of the candle. So when it DID cool, I chopped it up and remelted it again. I didn't get the deep green color I was going for, either, but I was afraid to add too much more dye and keep fiddling with it, so I just used it as-is (and there was no way I was going to melt and pour it yet again!). The embellishment took me a long time, but I think it looks nice. And, I added pine essential oil, so it smells faintly of pine.
posted by Jodi Selander at
4:27 PM
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This is soooo cool. Are you going to be selling any of your candles? I would love to buy one or could I commission you to make me one for Yule? Let me know how much you charge.
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