Very exciting tonight! I've made my first batch of soy container candles fragranced with Lemongrass & Lavender for the charity coffee morning - they smell absolutely gorgeous and I know from my research and development that they give an excellent hot scent throw due to the quality of the essential oils and the ideal wick :)
I've made 10 small votives and 2 large containers. The kitchen smells amazing too (nice little bonus)!

Today I bought labels for the paraffin candles I'll be making and I've ordered some raffia ribbon for the soy candles - so I need to find some time to design my labels :)

Hopefully tomorrow night I'll be able to make 2 batches of soy containers - Geranium Bergamot and Lavender as well as Peppermint Lavender and Rosemary - will keep you all posted.

Ok I must be crazy - I've signed up to take a candle stall at a charity coffee morning on 31st March! I know I always work better to a deadline but I think this one is a bit tight. I do have a good triple wick candle that I have perfected but I still need to finalise my formula for a small and large votive (soy with essential oils) and a large votive using recycled paraffin wax.

So it's busy busy in the kitchen most nights as I continue with my experiments...

Hi, welcome to my blog :)

I love candles and everthing about them! I've spent many years buying all sorts of candles from tealights to containers to pillar candles - scented and unscented - you name it and I've probably bought it.

I'm also an IT Manager and for many years I've longed to do something creative.

So it seemed like a good idea to start making my own candles :)

This log will detail my journey through the world of candlemaking - the good, the bad and the ugly!!!