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It’s funny how some things that were a chore at one point in time become a hobby and craft at another time. I think we’re seeing that with home candle making. I recently visited a page (Home Candle Making) that made it pretty clear.

It used to be that making candles was a necessary household chore, at least if the family wanted to be able to have any light after sunset. Home candle making used to be a rather unpleasant task. For centuries, the most common candles were made from tallow, a processed animal fat. Tallow candles couldn’t “hold a candle” to today’s candles (my apologies – couldn’t help myself).

Candle making moved out of the home with the development of paraffin and candle making machines. People readily gave up the chore of making hundreds of candles to light their home for the year once affordable, clean burning candles became commercially available and affordable.

As you well know, incandescent electric lights have become the preferred way to light our homes, but people still enjoy using candles. For years people were content to buy their candles rather than make them as a household chore.

Candles are used is today in rituals, such as religious services, weddings, and of course birthday parties. People also use them in their homes because they enjoy the ambience created by the flickering candlelight. And of course candle light is always associated with the romantic dinner, whether at home or out at a fancy restaurant.

So candles have always remained popular, even if no longer purely utilitarian. However, for many years almost no one made their own candles.  Now the cycle is moving full circle and candle making is moving back into the home. This terrific craft is increasing in popularity and hobbyist candle makers are producing wonderful candles that are every bit as good or better than commercially made candles.

Some people even make candles that are much better than anything you will find in a store.

If you want to try making a candle at home, the simplest way to get started is to make a rolled candle using a purchased sheet of wax.  This is a good way to start because it is so simple and you don’t even need to melt the wax. you form a candle from the wax by rolling it tightly around a wick.

Once you try that method, you can expand your repertoire to other techniques. A good place to find out how is: How to Make Your Own Candles.  That site also offers a free candle making mini-course that’s well work signing up for.

If you think you’re interested in trying candle making, probably the best resource I can point you to is Home Candle Making Made Easy. That ebook tells you everything you need to know to start making all kinds of candles.

Making your own candles is an increasingly popular activity for people interested in crafts. While candles aren’t the household necessity they once were, candles have always remained popular. People enjoy decorative candle even more when they’ve made it themselves.

Contemporary candle makers are The standard bearers of an historic craft. Although the candle may appear like a simple object to us, it took endless experimentation to produce candles anything close to the quality we routinely enjoy. Candle making continues to evolve today. When you get involved, your joining a long lineage of artisans.

But where to begin? We’ve all seen beautifully crafted candles in specialty boutiques that are obviously beyond the capabilities of to a beginner. But even making a simple candle such as a pillar candle can be quite involved. There are more ways to go wrong than you might think.

There are a wide assortment of techniques that can be used. And of course you need to select which candle wax all wax blend you going to use from the dozens available . Each of these behaves differently. When you’re making a candle, you need to to select the wax that you think will work best.

{But experienced candle makers don’t stop there. They often use additives to change characteristics of the wax such as opacity or hardness. That’s another whole range of decisions that need to be made.

Wicks are another area that’s more involved than seems obvious. Picking the correct size is crucial, but their other considerations as well. Should the wick be primed? Round or square weave? Cored or not, and if cored, with what?

As you can see, there’s a lot to know about just picking the right wax and wick. Beyond that there’s a whole question of dyes and fragrances and decorations and…

I think you can see how it might be easy for a beginner to make some mistakes and become discouraged.

I found a new e-book that I believe is the answer to this dilemma. It’s called Home Candle Making Made Easy. It’s a great book.

The author, Jeff Beckwith, has been a candle making enthusiasts since his childhood. He has enough experience that he could choose to come across as a no-it-all, but he doesn’t. Instead, it’s kind of like having a buddy tell you about silly mistakes they made so you won’t do the same thing yourself.

Having insider tips and secrets handed to you on a silver platter avoids an incredible amount of frustration and wasted time. This book is chock full of such information.

Before you try making your first candle I strongly recommend that you get this book. It will shorten your learning curve tremendously in virtually guarantee success from your very first project. You will get the details at:

Home Candle Making Made Easy

And if you want a short introduction to candle making, go to the homepage on Jeff’s site

http://www.candlemakingconnection.com/

Be sure to sign up for the free candle making mini course.

Candle making is a wonderful hobby and I encourage you to get this book and discover for yourself how quickly you can become an expert if you start with the right advice.