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	Benito Lugo BellaOnline's Candlemaking Editor

A New Twist on Sand Candles
This sand candle project will get rave reviews, but be careful you might just be making some for friends too.

Adding pressed flowers to a candle
Adding pressed flowers to the outside of a plain candle can create an eye catching piece of any room.

Adding pressed flowers to a candle
Adding pressed flowers to the outside of a plain candle can create an eye catching piece of any room.

Candlemaking Fun For Kids!
Looking for fun crafts to keep the kids busy this summer? Try these featured candlemaking projects!

Candy cane candle
This is the season to be jolly and you can make your candles part of the holiday season. Highlight your candles can be done in many ways to reflect the upcoming season. This project will be to make a pillar or container candle to look like a candy cane.

Celebrating Spring with Outdoor Candles
With springtime just around the corner consider giving new life to simple pillar candles by decorating them with nature's amenities and create a warm feel on your patio or terrace.

Corrugated candles
Using corrugated cardboard to give a candle a ridged texture can be used to add a different look to your latest candle making project.

Embellishing a candle with bamboo
As you know a candle may be embellished in many different ways. Previously we have discussed various botanicals, such as dried flowers, leaves, sticks and twigs. Bamboo can be used to embellish the outside of a standard pillar candle and that's what we're going to do today.

Embellishing Candles
A description of different techniques you can use to turn those plain, inexpensive candles into works of art.

Giving your candle a cracked appearance
We all have seen candles that have a cracked surface. They are unique and give a rustic looking appearance. Have you ever wondered how they do that? Today, we will be making such a candle.

Holiday Luminaries
Luminaries are candle lanterns made with small brown paper bags. They can add an accent to your landscape during the holiday season.

How to make a candle tart
Candle tarts are small wickless like candles that are melted in a special container or candle warmer. They are simply placed in a wax potpourri warmer and lit below by an unscented tea light candle or electric warmer.

How to make a double-molded candle
Making a candle inside a shell of wax, containing embedded objects can add a unique touch to a candle. Using a lighter colored pillar candle for the interior part of this double-molded candle will help light up the outer shell as the candle burns down.

Making a Bead Wax Candle
A fun and easy way to make a candle is using Beadwax. This is a great introduction into the art of candlemaking for all ages.

Making a Decoupage candle
There are many ways to embellish candles, as you may see from my article entitled, "Embellishing Candles." This particular candle making project will deal with the exterior surface of your free standing candles.

Making chunk candles
Making chunk candles can be a nice change of pace to your pillar candles. They are fun to look at and always turn out slightly different. Chunk candles appear harder to make than they look, some may say that they add an appearance of sophistication.

Making floating candles
Floating candles are small candles made with the top portion larger than the bases, just like a bowl. Floating candles lit in a pool of water can add a pleasant atmosphere to any room.

Making Gel Candles
How to make Gel candles is very easy and fun to do. It´s something I have not covered much of since I truly enjoy working with wax candles. A gel candle is a nice change of pace and can add a different touch to any room. The appeal of making gel candles is the transparency of the gel.

Making Hand Dipped Candles
Hand dipped candles or tapered candles is easy and fun to make. They were the first candles to be used for providing daily lighting. Of course we no longer have to use tallow and reeds with the advent of paraffin and wicks. So, let´s get started and gather our materials.

Making sand mold candles
Making Sand mold candles is an easy and fun way to add a different touch to you homemade candles. It adds a change of pace and each sand mold candle is unique and allows you to creatively add a different touch to a room. This is one candle making project that the whole family can enjoy.

Making Tallow for candles
Tallow as you know was one of the first mediums for making candles and soaps. Tallow is made from various animal fats that are melted down and clarified. This process is called rendering, which is a process for separating fats from other organic materials.

Multiple wick candles
The making of a multiple wick candle is done by spacing several wicks an equal distance apart. This particular candle making project contains five wicks. The additional wicks will add a magical touch to any room. You may choose to use a circular, oval, square or rectangular mold for this project.

Never throw away old wax
When you deal with candles on a daily basis you are sure to have burned-down, beat-up or lopsided candles. never throw them away. These can be re-used to make new candles.

Overdipped Crystal candles
Putting a crystal overdip finish to a candle can be achieved with the following technique. It can be used with almost any candle made at home or bought at a store.This crystal overdip will add an almost dew like, frosty, shimmering appearance to your candle.

Rejuvenating Candles
Here is a project that can rejuvenate or add character to some of those old candles you have milling about the home. From time to time we all have candles that we would like to add some accents to, whether it be for fun or to compliment the d�cor of a certain room it is to be placed in.

Snowball candles
Winter is rapidly approaching and in some areas it may seem like it has already arrived. Snowball candles can be fun and easy to make and can be enjoyed by the entire family. This project will let you be creative and add a festive tone to your typical winter décor.

Snowflake Candle
The Snowflake candle may have been discovered by mistake, but has become increasingly popular. The mottled appearance adds a unique touch to the look of the candle.

Staked Citronella candles
The time is approaching for warmer weather, meaning that we´ll be spending more time outdoors. Sun and fun come with some unwanted guests. Aside from using topical bug repellants we can also use candles scented with Citronella.

The Basics of Making Container Candles
A popular and simple method for creating beautiful candles every time is making container candles.

To Wick or Not to Wick
With the popularity & improvement of candle fragrances today and the use of candle/coffee warmers many people have opted for wickless candles.

Wine glass candles
Using wine goblets as a container for your next candle making project will add a special touch to any occasion.

Wooden wick candles
Every once in awhile candle makers run into new and exciting products. New to the candle making scene are wooden wicks.

Your First Pillar Candle
Here is a basic pillar candle project, for those of you that are new to candlemaking.