DIY Candle-Making Starter Kit for Beginners

COMPLETE SET FOR BEGINNERS: Instead of spending your time looking for each item, purchase this ready-made kit that’ll get you started on your newfound candle making hobby in no time. One of our favorites is the pre-waxed wicks, which ensure your candles will burn well and clean.
ALL-NATURAL SOY WAX: Synthetic materials in candles release carcinogens into the air, triggering allergies and causing health problems. Make safe and toxin-free candles that everyone at home can enjoy, including the environment, with our organic soy wax.
INDUSTRY STANDARD TOOLS AND MATERIALS: The tools included in this set are built to withstand high temperature, so there’s no worry of damage for several uses and would last a long time. Supplies included in the kit will help make candles you’ll fall in love with, you won’t be able to wait to make the next batch!
WHAT’S INCLUDED: (1) Wax Pouring Pitcher, (3) Wick Centering Devices, (20) Pre-Waxed Wicks, (20) Wick Glue Dots, (1lb.) All-Natural Soy Wax Flakes, (2) Gold and Teal Candle Tins, (2) Gift Boxes, (1) Crafter’s Guide to Candlemaking
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You can purchase this kit via Amazon

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One of my favorite ways to introduce new crafters to cross stitch or embroidery is by having them make a bookmark. They’re useful even if they don’t turn out that pretty, and it’s a small enough project that it can be done pretty quickly, even if you don’t have a lot of stitching skills.

For little kids I love to have them start stitching on burlap because the holes are big and forgiving, and they can play with cross stitch or other kinds of embroidery all in one place. These are usually finished with duct tape on the back both to hide the stitching and knots and to seal in the edges so the fabric doesn’t unravel.

There are, of course, prettier methods for finishing a cross stitch bookmark, especially if you are working on Aida fabric. A common thing to do is to fold the fabric over on itself and then sewing down the edges. You can do the same thing with regular fabric or felt sewn on the back, but if you’ve planned to have extra cross stitch fabric on your project that makes it even easier.

If you need help making your cross stitch bookmarks pretty, check out this post with a tutorial from A Stitch of Blissfulness.

The post has plenty of photos to make it clear what you need to do. You can finish all the edges in the same way so that they are closed, or you can make fringe along the top and bottom of the bookmark by unraveling a little bit of the fabric on the ends. She shows how to do this too, and it’s a cute look though I don’t know that I would always do it this way.

If you like to stitch bookmarks, how do you finish them? I’d love to hear about it.

[Photo: A Stitch of Blissfulness.]

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