15 Minute Valentines Day Candle Idea

Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion to show your loved ones how much you care, and what better way to do that than with a personalized gift? Candles are a classic gift that are loved by everyone, and this DIY candle project is a great way to add a special touch to your gift.

Originally borrowed from a Christmas project, this candle-making tutorial is perfect for Valentine’s Day too. It’s a great way to get creative and make something special for your loved ones. With just a few simple ceramic pots and some sharpies, you can create beautiful and unique candles that will impress your loved ones.

If you’re feeling particularly ambitious, you can make your own candles from scratch using wax and fragrance oils. This will allow you to create custom scents and colors that are perfect for Valentine’s Day. However, if you’re short on time or simply prefer to take the easy route, you can also pick up a ready-made candle and decorate it with sharpies.

The possibilities for decorating your candles are endless. You can draw hearts, write sweet messages, or even create intricate designs using different colors and patterns. The key is to let your creativity flow and make something that truly reflects your personality and style.

Once your candles are decorated, you can light them up and enjoy their warm glow and beautiful fragrance. They also make great gifts for your friends and family, and are sure to be cherished for years to come.

Full tutorial here on Happiness is Homemade.

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One of the fun things about cross stitch is all the different surfaces you can stitch on. Of course regular cross stitch fabric is the most common, you can stitch on anything with holes (and even sometimes on things without holes, if you use water soluble cross stitch fabric.

An option that has become more popular with the widespread availability of laser cutting machines is wooden blanks, which are often cut in shape to be bookmarks, holiday ornaments or other simple shapes. They can be keychains, picture frames or necklaces.

(While not wooden I even have a stitchable journal that I cross-stitched on.)

Stitching on wood or heavy card stock isn’t the same as stitching with regular cross stitch fabric, so Craft with Cartwright wrote a post about how best to work with these wooden blanks.

The main thing to know is that you don’t need a sharp needle because the holes are drilled. She also has tips on how to manage your thread (she recommends one strand of embroidery floss folded in half) and finish your project if you need help with that.

Check out the post at Craft with Cartwright for tons of tips and ideas for working with wooden blanks.

Ready to try it out for yourself? You can get rectangular pieces your could mount to a journal yourself from Toms New Old Things.

Fiore Designs has square blanks that come in different sizes and colors for your crafting needs. I am putting some stamp shaped blanks from Lunari Woods on my wish list (they also have gift tags in different sizes and colors).

You can get stitchable keychains from Millions of Stitches, circles from Geniuses of Wood, baubles from Pip and Chip and Christmas ornament shapes from Happy Stitching Time to name just a few.

Have you ever stitched on a wooden blank? I’d love to hear any tips you have!

[Photo: Craft with Cartwright]

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