DIY Candle Making Projects
Scented Jack-O-Lantern
October 6, 2010 | 
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Here is an adorable way to turn your everyday reed diffuser bottle into a festive holiday piece! The gorgeous glass Jack-O-Lantern will brighten up a room while filling the air with a wonderful aroma!
Materials:
- Reed Diffuser Bottle (our example used Amber Matic Rectangle Diffuser Bottle)
- Reed Diffusers (our example used Black Reed Diffusers 12 inch)
- Enhanced Reed Diffuser Oil Base
- Fragrance Oil (our example used Pumpkin Souffle Fragrance Oil)
- Paper
- Black Permanent Marker
- Scissors
- Tape
Directions:
- Using the Permanent Marker, draw the face of the jack-o-lantern on the piece of Paper. Be creative as you can!
- Cut the eyes, nose, and/or mouth out of the Paper.
- Fold over small pieces of Tape and adhere to the back of the eyes, nose, and/or mouth. (This will ensure you can use the reed diffuser again even after the holiday!)
- Adhere the jack-o-lantern’s face to the Reed Diffuser Bottle.
- Fill the Reed Diffuser Bottle 3/4 of the way with a mixture of Fragrance Oil and Reed Diffuser Base. (Normal mix ratios are between 20% to 40% Fragrance Oil and 60% to 80% Reed Diffuser Base.)
- Place 10-12 Reed Diffusers into the Bottle.
- The Reeds will wick the Fragrance up and release the beautiful scent into the air!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Creative Tips:
- We simply used paper and marker for the face. Felt, Adhesive Velvet, Vinyl, Foam Pieces, etcetera are all wonderful alternatives for a professional looking Scented Jack-O-Lantern.
- If you want a permanent Scented Jack-O-Lantern that you can use every Halloween you can securely glue the pumpkin’s face onto the glass reed diffuser bottle.
- You don’t have to use a pumpkin scented fragrance just because it’s a Jack-O-Lantern. Try any of our Autumn fragrance oils! For example: Autumn Splendor, Brandied Pear, Fall Foliage, or Warm Apple Crisp.
- If you’re allergic to scents, skip the scented diffuser base and reeds, just decorate the reed diffuser bottle with a spooky Jack-O-Lantern face. After Halloween, take the face off and the colored bottle can then be used as household decor!
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Poorly Made Candle Recovery
We’ve all had it happen. We follow the instructions, perform all of the steps to a ‘T,’ create the perfect cooling environment, and then we burn the finished candle only to find that it turns into an utter disaster that cannot be saved! Here is a wonderful way to give new life to a cracking pillar, an insufficient container, or a lousy votive.
Carefully cut or break the wax into small chunks until the entire candle has been demolished. Since the fragrance is still alive and well in the wax, use the chunks in a tart warmer! Your home, office, or work space will continue to be full of the lively scent the original candle had, but the danger of the candle’s disaster has been removed.
Product Review – Fall Reed Diffuser Kit
The Fall Reed Diffuser Kit debuted in early August for the purpose of getting ready for the harvest season and Autumn days. It comes with everything that you need to create a beautiful Reed Diffuser decor!
Just like in the stores, the Fall Reed Diffuser Kit comes with a reed diffuser bottle, wooden reed diffuser cap, 10″ reed diffusers, Fall Festival scented reed diffuser oil, and silk leaves for added flair.
The scent is amazing! It is a Yankee Candle type that boasts of a warm earthy, nutty aroma with rich, buttery vanilla notes. The colors of the diffuser oil and the silk leaves bring out the greens, golds, oranges, and reds of the Autumn season. Its simple, yet chic appearance blends in with any type of decor.
The Fall Reed Diffuser is great for sprucing up your house in preparation for the brisk days and cool nights. It also makes a great gift for that hard to shop for person.
Advanced Candle Making Diary
Here is another wonderful candle making diary! This diary is the most detailed candle making diary and is designed for the advanced candle maker. It allows you to record specific details such as weather, materials and products you used, lengths of time for melting, pouring, and cooling. Use it to judge the finished candle in detail, record your multiple test burns and colorfastness, and decide on a final review of the candle.
Click on the link below to download the diary.
This candle making diary is provided by Nu-Scents for the personal use of our customers. No portions of this document may be reproduced for distribution, sale, or publication of any kind without the expressed written consent of Nu-Scents Wholesale, LLC.
Customer Question: Sanitizing
We had some customers ask how one would sterilize containers for bath and body products. In many of our recipes we mention to use a sterile container. When you purchase a container from a store, they are not necessarily sterilized. They could have been sitting in dust and dirt on shelves for who knows how long.
A good way to sterilize the containers that you would like to use for your shampoos, lotions, lip balms, and other bath and body products is to use bleach and water. Wash the containers in a bleach and water combination and let them completely air dry (you don’t want to get any unwanted towel fuzzies in there).
Intermediate Candle Making Diary
This candle making diary is a step above our Beginning Candle Making Diary. It aids you in recording more detailed information about your candle making process. Use it to makes notes on what materials and products you used, rate the finished candle, record your test burns, and decide on a final review of the candle. This diary was created for the intermediate candle maker.
Click on the link below to download the diary.
Intermediate Candle Making Diary
Stay tuned next week for the Advanced Candle Making Diary.
This candle making diary is provided by Nu-Scents for the personal use of our customers. No portions of this document may be reproduced for distribution, sale, or publication of any kind without the expressed written consent of Nu-Scents Wholesale, LLC.
Wedding Favor – Wax Melts
Add some crystal and shine to the wedding reception! Here is a beautiful and unique favor for a wedding. The wax melt fits in most standard sized tart warmers. For those who don’t own a warmer, these make gorgeous, scentful decor pieces!
Ingredients:
- Starburst Palm Wax
- Candle Dye (our example used Turquoise Dye Block)
- Fragrance Oil or Essential Oil (our example used White Lily & Diamond)
- MW1099 Heart with Doves Milky Way Soap Mold
- Petroleum Jelly
- Paper Towel
- Melting Pot
- Thermometer
- Stirring Utensils
- Box
Directions:
- Using the Paper Towel, lightly coat the Soap Mold with Petroleum Jelly.
- Take the desired amount of Starburst Palm Wax and place it in the Melting Pot.
- Using the double boiler method, melt the Wax until it is completely liquefied.
- Allow the Wax to reach approximately 180-200 degrees F.
- Add the Candle Dye and stir until it is completely mixed in. The amount of Dye is a personal preference; remember — you can always add more, you cannot take away.
- Thoroughly stir in the Fragrance Oil or Essential Oil. We recommend 1.5 ounces of FO per pound of wax. We recommend using EO by the drop, using no more than 0.5 ounce per pound of wax.
- Allow the temperature of the Wax to cool to 160-165 degrees F.
- Carefully pour the Wax into the Mold cavities, filling them half full.
- Cover the Mold with the Box. This will ensure proper crystallization of the Wax.
- Let the Wax cool overnight.
- Take the Wax out of the Mold. (When we tipped the mold over to unmold the wax, the melts fell out so fast that one bounced onto the floor!)
- Package the Melts in a cute way. For example, use Organza Bags, Muslin Bags, Glassine Bags, Soap Boxes, or other decorative bags or boxes (maybe use crinkle fill to add flair!).
Rub On Reed Diffuser
Here is an inexpensive and elegant way to jazz up a reed diffuser bottle. Use Rub On Transfers to create a beautiful creation to match any room!
Our rub on transfer design came from a dollar store and worked wonderfully! The design we used adds a hint of sophistication, while the colors are neutral enough to blend in with even a country decor.
There are a wide variety of rub on transfer colors and designs out there. Visit a hobby store to see which selection will suite your decorating purpose. Use the decorated bottles in your home, give them as gifts, or sell them as one-of-a-kind designer pieces!
Materials used in our example:
Rub On Transfer Image
Enhanced Reed Diffuser Oil Base
Beginning Candle Making Diary
We created this candle making diary to assist with your candle making projects! Use it to document your candle’s recipe and outcome. The diary is quite useful to learn from past recorded mistakes or to recreate a candle that turned out fantastic! This diary was created for the beginning candle maker.
Click on the link below to download the diary.
Stay tuned next week for the Intermediate Candle Making Diary.
This candle making diary is provided by Nu-Scents for the personal use of our customers. No portions of this document may be reproduced for distribution, sale, or publication of any kind without the expressed written consent of Nu-Scents Wholesale, LLC.
Holiday Closing
We will be closed on Monday, July 5th in observation of Independence Day.
For the weekend, our office and warehouse will be closed from 4:30pm Thursday, July 1, 2010 through Monday, July 5, 2010. Our office and warehouse will reopen on Tuesday, July 6, 2010.
During this time, you may continue to place orders online, but no orders will be shipped. When the office and warehouse reopen on July 6th, all orders will be processed in the order in which they were received.
If you would like to push your order ahead of all others, we offer an In-House Rush Service for $15.00. Please call our office at 262-295-8530 to request this service. (If you are requesting this service while we are closed, please leave a message on our answering machine.)
Thank you for your patronage!!! And have a blessed and safe holiday!!!