The  irresistible charm of its flickering flame makes the candle a universally popular choice for mood lighting.  Handmade candles also make stylish and beautiful accessories, and they are inexpensive and fun to create.  Today, the craft of making your own candles is enjoying a revival, and candlemakers have access to a vast array of wax products, molds, and decorative materials with which to experiment.  The projects in this book employ a range of simple techniques that will instruct and inspire you in the creation of beautiful, original candles to keep for pleasure or to give as gifts.

The Handmade Candle includes step-by-step instructions for making designer candles at home for a fraction of the retail cost.  Choose from a wealth of creative ideas - from the simple method for making rolled beeswax candles to frosted, iced, and textured techniques to embossing and embedding designs.

With a useful section on basic techniques, special effects, equipment, and additions, you can choose to make the projects as they are or to use them as a source of inspiration and adapt them as desired.

Whatever your interest and level of expertise, The Handmade Candle will fill you with enthusiasm and fill your home with candlelight.