Tutorial - CANDLES

So here is how I make my candles. My candles have only been featured in one post, Uncle Ketterly's Attic. 

You'll need a scrap of paper, clay/stick/ whatever you want to use, Q-tip, string, paint, two buttons, and Mod-Podge.

Begin by adjusting the Q-tip to about this length.

Take your paper and cut it in a long strip, wide at the top and skinny at the bottom.

Twirl it around the centre of the Q-tip, gluing it down as you go.

It should look a bit like this:

Then take your two buttons and glue them to either end of the Q-tip.

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I sealed it with Mod-Podge. This step is optional!

While it's drying, you can start on the candle. You can use any cylindrical shape you want, like a wooden dowel, or you can do what I did and form the candle in clay.

Then I painted it.

For the wick, it is possible to just use black string, but string frays easily if not sealed. So I always paint the string black, even if it already is black.

While waiting for it to dry, the first piece should be done drying. That gets a coat of paint.

When the candle is done drying, I like to give it a coat of Mod-Podge to mimic wax. Then cut the string to the right length, dab a bit of Mod-Podge where you want the wick, and set it in there to dry.

 Let it dry, then glue the candle onto the stand.

 Done! 

There is another way to make the stand that I use. You'll need a button, a candle (you already know how to make that), a clear plastic straw, and Mod-Podge.

Make your candle. I prefer to make it a shorter one when I use this method.

Glue it onto the button.

Snip the clear plastic straw to a length a little taller than the wick. Then, using Mod-Podge (or some other glue if it will work; I've found that hot glue is too messy for this), glue the clear plastic straw to the button.

Done! :D

So sad that break is over. Thankfully, I've taken the time to make one bed, a bedside table, a desk, the beginnings of a house, some Christmas items, six dining room chairs, a dining room table, the beginnings of a typewriter, that blue modern chair, the tea supplies with all the polaroids, and a complete bust of Cicero. And don't forget that weird head thing... actually it might be better if we just forget about it.

'Til next time! :D