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Candle Making Techniques: Decorating
with Botanicals
To Apply Pressed Flowers - start with a warm candle
base and have your pressed flowers laid out. Heat a spoon and use the
back of it to soften a portion of your base where you want to place the
first flower. Immediately press the flower onto the softened wax. Keep
applying flowers until you are finished. Now you are ready to overdip
your candle (do not use stearic acid or it will opacify your surface).
After overdipping, immediately plunge the candle into cool water to give
it a glossy finish.
To roll your candles in herbs/petals - Spread
out your finely minced dried herbs. Use lavender buds, calendula petals,
finely crushed rosehips, hibiscus, and other colorful herbs. Coat one
half of your candle base with regular craft glue and roll in the herbs.
Repeat on the other half and let it dry for several hours. Go back and
fill in the bald spots.
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