Making Candles

Sarah Ditchfield’s candle-making journey started after her husband bought her a candle-making kit one Christmas.   She developed her skills and began to experiment with different types of waxes, containers and moulds. Sarah sold many of her initial creations to independent shops, hotels and restaurants. In 2012, Sarah launched her company, Candle by Events, which runs candle-making workshops for adults as well as birthday parties for children. Her company also runs team building candle-making workshops for multinational corporations, plus family fun days, hen parties and activities for schools and clubs.  Sarah loves sharing her passion for candle-making with others, and hopes you enjoy making the projects in this book.  Sarah lives in Marlow, Buckinghamshire with her husband Philip, her two children Louise and Christopher and Welsh Springer Spaniel, Amber.

Introduction 6

Tools and materials 8

Techniques 14

Projects 20

Beehive candle

Coconut shell

Flower pot with wood wick

Mason glass candle

Octagon pillar candle

Rolled beeswax candle

Valentine heart tealights

Wax bead candle

Clamshell rose petal wax melts

Wedding votive

Butterfly candle stack

Gel candle

Halloween pumpkin

Floating maple leaf candles

Christmas pudding

Dipped taper candles

Ice pillar candle

Layered glass tumbler candle

Wax chip pillar candle

Upcycling and recycling 72

Decorating your candles 74

Packaging your candles 76

Burn-testing 19

Trouble-shooting 78

Index 80