By Patti Smith, Design
Artist
BioMax Candle Supply ~ www.biomax1.com
Springtime brings many
new opportunities for exciting, creative gel
candles ideas. Just as we watch the new re-birthing
of the Earth, we also watch our children (not limited
to biological) bounce through their different 'ages
and stages', as they become the next generation of fresh
ideas and new enthusiasm.
The Earth
gives us colorful flowers to brighten our spirits, and
something much bigger, gives us a new vision-- through
gentle eyes-- as we watch our children blossom
.
yes, these are true gifts of life. This
month we feature our Springtime Daisy Candle along with
our Graduation Theme Candle, which can be customize
to incorporate high school and college color themes.
Please Don't Pick
the Daisies
We started our Daisy candle using a fresh green sand
base...
...Remembering first
to thread our glass bead onto the wick to snuff the
candle flame within the last inch, for safety.
We poured a thin coating
of melted gel on top of the sand to lock it into place
use multi-colors and shades of sands and glitters for
added interest for your candle base. Customers love
those unique looks.

Our next step is to
drop those chunks of unmelted gel AROUND the wick..
remember we want our wick to remain super straight and
professional-looking.
Using the 'chunk pouring
method' gives several benefits
you can sprinkle
nonflammable glitters and foil shapes to add depth and
character, creating the look of suspension to your candle.
The chunks also give you substance to hold wax and glass
pieces in place . A third benefit is to save time; no
need to melt ALL the gel. The gel chunks also give you
a quicker cooling time so that you don't melt wax embeds.
We sprinkled our celestial
gold glitter on the chunks and over-poured the liquid
gel (scented with our Top-Rated floral scent: Flowering
Laurel). This makes just a fabulous, yet a very simple
and elegant look.

We wanted our candle
to have a '2-looks-in-1'... so we selected a yellow
daisy for one side and a pink daisy for the other, and
chose some loose green wax leaves to position two leaves
on one side of the flower for a realistic look.
After our gel begins
to thicken, we can slide our flower down into the gel,
pushing close to the glass surface.
Next we use our BET (embedding
tool) to position the leaves where they are most attractive
to the eye. We do a final 'tug' on our wick and we are
finished with another masterpiece that will be a favorite
for customers.
Graduation!!
Life
is just beginning
... We have a very special family
member graduating High School . She has been accepted
to her First-Choice college so we have incorporated
her college colors into her graduation candle.

You can also use the
high school colors for the base of the candle and then
use the college colors for the top half of the candle
perfect to show the transition.
We used purple stones,
glitters and foils in the base of our candle, again
installing our snuffing bead to insure the flame will
self-extinguish at least 1" above the bottom. We
poured a thin layer of gel to seat the color base.
Our next step was again
to drop our chunks of unmelted gel around the wick.

We sprinkled celestial
purple and gold onto the chunk and poured liquid gel
scented with our newest Tranquil Nights FO, which is
a special Wonderful new blend of lavender and vanillas
plus more.
We then added more chunks
and more glitters and fuchsia diamond shapes, and did
the remaining pour of liquid gel. We allowed the candle
to cool slightly because we have a glass Graduate and
Diploma to add and they are somewhat heavy glass embeds.
Again, having our chunks
in the body of the candle will give the necessary strength
to help hold our embeds in position, but we still want
to wait for the gel to thicken.
Then we install our graduate
and diploma, using the embed tool to position where
we want. Add the top 'Congratulation Grad' garland on
the outside of the glassware, and you have a finished
candle with a great theme, while also customizing for
school colors.
We hope you enjoy these
designs, and they will find their way to the very special
people in your lives. The floral candles will be wonderful
for Mother's Day
more on that and Wedding Candles..
coming next month.

http://www.Biomax1.com

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