Books about Candlemaking from Amazon.com

Create exquisite, handcrafted candles at home with this comprehensive primer!

From wax to wick to wrapping, the magical glow of a handmade candle is now easier to create than ever before. With illustrated step-by-step instructions and complete source lists, The Candlemaker's Companion shows you how to:

- Create rolled, poured, molded, gel, dipped, and custom-blended candles

- Scent, color, and decorate candles for special places and occasions

- Make innovative containers, holders, and gift packaging

- Create luminaria, lanterns, and floating candles

- Use specialty techniques, such as overdipping, painting, layering, and sculpting.
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Make floating candles, herbal soaps, and even a home spa

Discover the secrets of color, shape, and scent the fun and easy way?

Whether you're a beginner or seasoned craftperson, this fun book offers everything you need to make beautiful, professional-looking candles and soaps at home. You get practical tips on dyeing and scenting wax, using unusual molds, adding embellishments to candles, working with soap ingredients, and even turning your hobby into a business!

Discover How To:
* Stock a safe & efficient work area
* Work with all types of wax
* Add color and scent to your projects
* Make melt-and-pour soaps
* Turn a hobby into a business.
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Discover How to Profit from Your Craft
Have you ever dreamed of learning the beautiful art of candlemaking? You can! Candlemaking For Fun & Profit was written with two purposes in mind: to teach you the basics of this fun craft and to show you how to turn these new skills into cash! Whether you've been crafting for years or are just getting started, you'll learn:
·The benefits and enjoyment of making candles
·The right materials, tools, and equipment to use
·How to create a special "crafting place" in your home
·Ways to sell your creations at craft shows, shops, and other outlets
·Craft-business basics, including pricing, record keeping, and copyrighting
·And much more!
Includes 6 money-making projects you can create at home!
Also:
·Candlemaking how-to's
·Fun and simple projects
·Home-business basics
·Helpful resource section
Barbara Brabec, the For Fun & ProfitTM series editor, is one of the world's leading experts on crafting as a business and is the author of six books on the subject, including Creative Cash. She lives in Naperville, Illinois..
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Step-by-step color photographs and descriptive detail make this book indispensable for beginners looking to create beautiful and functional scented candles on their very first try, and for experienced crafters who want to sharpen their skills. Precise instructions eliminate the guesswork that too often creeps into how-to books. Gleaned from the expertise of master candle makers, this guide presents everything a novice needs to know to get started crafting traditional tapers and molded candles, container and rolled beeswax candles, and interesting variations on each. Includes guidelines for buying tools and materials, preparing the workspace, and working safely and effectively, as well as suggested shopping lists. This book includes the contributions of veteran candle makers and crafters. .
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Candle gel is the hottest new product in candle crafting This new product (95% mineral oil, 5% resin) is transparent, is extremely easy to clean up, and has a significantly longer burning time than traditional waxes. Author Kaila Westerman gives the basics of gel candle crafting in ten easy steps, then explores the endless possibilities for creating special effects with layers of color, swirls, bubbles, specialty molds, and embedments such as glass, botanicals, shells, stones, and pieces of solid paraffin candle wax. Readers can create candles that look like rainbows, aquariums, seascapes, playful sodas and other drinks, and more. Since gel candles cannot stand alone, each design is enhanced by wonderful whimsical, vintage, or even sophisticated containers. .
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A complete guide to making all kinds of candles at home. For pleasure or business, or indeed both, here is a comprehensive guide to the art of candlemaking including: Selecting the right materials; Choosing the right colours and ingredients for style, texture, scent, and more; Mastering techniques, such as chip, twisted, and applique; Using regular and special containers; and much, much more.
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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life..
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