It is 1:45 am, and yes I am still messing with the candles. I came up with a new wonderful scent. I mixed spiced cranberry with french vanilla, I know it sounds like they wouldn't mix, but the scent is wonderful. My whole house smells like it.
The planned colors were white and red. Well the white is actually ivory, which I am okay with. The red however turned out bright pink...yuck! The problem with this was you couldn't tell till the wax was in the mold and in the middle of drying! I had to put all the red candles in the freezer so that I could rush them and be able to unmold them. Then I had to remelt...did I mention that melting takes f-o-r-e-v-e-r? Hubby told me I should ad black to make them darker....did I listen? Nope, not at first. I put several more cranberry chips in...stil bright pink. Then I added straight red, several...still pink. I look down the hall..no hubby, I sneak and drop a black chip in and pray I haven't screwed the coloring up.....It FREAKING worked! Perfect color! Next time I am going to listen to hubby. Yes, I told him and got the I told ya so. I have since repoured the molds and now I am waiting on them to cool.
Remember me worrying about the house temp and would it make a difference? Yes it does. It makes them sink in the middle. They are not cooling evenly. I have been cheating with a blow dryer. The trick is to heat them up again before they get too cool so you can level them out. I still have to level the red ones. I've got about 45 minutes before I have to absolutely stop and get ready for work. I am dead tired and running off of 5 hours sleep. I won't be able to go to sleep when I first get home cause I will have to finish up the candles, get the basket set up, and put the finishing touches on them. I totally forgot have long this takes. I use to be able to whip them up and have no problems. I am apparently way out of practice. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the red's won't sink too badly and it will be a quick cheating process.
maybe I will take a pic of the basket when I'm done..that is if I have time.....
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2 comments:
1. I had no idea making candles was such a science!
2. One of the best gifts I ever received was a candle-making kit for my 12th birthday - I LOVED it and wish I had experimented more.
3. Butterflies, duh...OF COURSE I should have gotten the reference. I'm blaming the heat for temporary insanity. :)
I love making candles...it's such a reward to me when the come out just right.
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