August 07, 2011

Easy Candle Makeover

I just got back from an after-wedding-party. It was an all nighter and love was certainly in the air. Not just for the bride and groom but for everyone who attended. There was a feeling of a new day for all guests and a renewed sense of love. I guess this is why, all of a sudden, I feel so poetic. I just want to sit and write or read poetry. It's always amazing to me how a single poem can move you emotionally in a way that you don't expect it.  One of my favorite poems is by Edgar Allen Poe, Annabel Lee. I love the thought that you can love someone for ever...."in a kingdom by the sea". Death is no barrier for love and life is our freedom to love. 
Do you have a favorite poem? have you ever been inspired to write a poem?  let me know in the comments below.

Now on to today's fun craft.  I transformed this plain candle with a little embossing powder, love that stuff. Here's the plain candle:
here's what you'll need: candle, scissors, heat craft tool (a blow drier won't work)
a pigment ink pad or versa mark pad, embossing power, velum paper or parchment paper, and tissue paper (the one you use inside gift bags), you also need a rubber stamp (not pictured)
first, stamp your rubber stamp image on your tissue paper and add the embossing powder, lift the paper to slide embossing powder off :
Take your heat tool and wave it around the image in a circular motion until it melts:
cut around your image and place on your candle.

Wrap velum or parchment paper, holding your embossed image close to the candle:
wave your heat tool over the image through the parchment paper to heat a few seconds at a time to melt the wax.  It will absorb the tissue paper as it melts and will give a "wet" appearance when it's done:
 immediately, peel parchment paper off or velum, what ever you decided to use and wah-lah! a beautiful candle:




Thank you for coming by and visiting.  Happy Summer Of Love to All!



18 comments:

  1. Now this is something I could actually do, Maria. Thank you for sharing. It is just beautiful.
    Have a beautiful week ~
    TTFN ~
    Hugs,
    Marydon

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  2. Beautiful altered candle, love your image!

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  3. Great idea and beautiful work, I lake it!

    Have a nice week, kisses:)

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  4. It has been a long time since I did these candles, they turn out nice. I love that poem too.

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  5. Now, this I know how to do - I have made a few with my friends - but yours is extremely lovely.

    I don't have any special poems - glad you had a good time at the wedding.

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  6. I think I can do this too. Thanks for the great idea. Very nice.

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  7. Beautiful candle! I have done that with waxed paper and regular ink, but not with embossing powder. Will so have to give this a try!

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  8. What a classy yet easy way to jazz up a candle. Very cool! Thanks for the idea!

    I too have been in a poetic mood since a wedding on Saturday! :-)

    Hope your summer has been fabulous!!
    Hugs,
    Coreen

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  9. That turned out beautifully, Maria! Really gives personality to the candle!

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  10. This is darling Maria...I just saw a candle like this while shopping. Yours is cuter.

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  11. That looks great,and seems easy enough,I think I might could do!
    ~Jo

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  12. What a fun and easy trick...

    Poems? I always love the poems in a Child's Garden of Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson they capture the essence of childhood to me.

    I've had various favorites over the years - I can tell you author's that always move me Philip Larkin, William Carlos Williams and Frost.

    One by William Carlos Williams that I always find poignant is Arrival.

    Love this by Tennyson

    The splendour falls on castle walls
    And snowy summits old in story:
    The long light shakes across the lakes
    And the wild cataract leaps in glory.
    Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying,
    Blow, bugle; answer, echoes dying, dying, dying.

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  13. Hi Melissa,
    I can see you are a poetry lover too, didn't know that about you. I love Arrival too, I find it very lyrical, in a sensual way.

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  14. Well, that's cool! I think it would be fun to do this with some Christmas themed decorations.

    I don't read a lot of poetry, but I really love the words to some old hymns. "Come Thou Fount" are is my favorite. It reads like poetry.

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  15. Hi Maria! just had to see what you were up to. My you've been busy. Love that simple candle.

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  16. Your candle looks super terrific!
    Thanks for the wonderful instructions.

    Dee

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  17. Hi Maria,
    You are such an awesome teacher...I have not done this before and I will have to buy a heat gun.
    Your candle is just beautiful.
    Hugs to you
    Simply Debbie

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