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PRESSED HERB And FLOWER CANDLES
Materials needed:
3" or 6" pillar candle-white or off white (3" diameter)
pressed herbs and flowers: leaves of geranium, rue, ferns, roses, any
flat pressed flowers
votive candle-white or off white
grapevine wreath-6" diameter
dried flowers, statice, baby's breath
glue gun
paint brush
old pan to heat wax in
Melt votive candle in old pan until melted. Use votive the same color as the pillar candle that is used. Arrange herbs on table to a suitable design for
your candle or randomly place herbs and flowers you'll use on your candle.
Take your small paint brush, and dab a little melted wax onto candle where you plan on placing first herb or flower. Quickly place herb or flower on top of dap of wax. Do this with you whole design, making sure you get just a THIN layer of wax on the top of the herb. When finished with design, brush a THIN layer of melted wax over whole design.
Decorate the outside of the grape vine wreath using dried flowers, ribbon, baby's breath or whatever, attaching these flowers with your glue gun. Take
a hot dryer to the wreath when your done and those little glue gun strings will disappear.
Place the finished candle into the center of the wreath for a wonderful herbal gift
"Having a goal is a state of happiness." ~ E.J. Bartek
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Consider making herbal vinegars with springs of rosemary or thyme, herbal soaps and creams with lavender, and herbal potpourris with dried scented geranium and lemon balm leaves as holiday gifts from your garden.
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