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Gel Wedding and Party Candle Favors

May 1, 2008 by SandraW

 

flute gel candle

Planning a wedding or any other special event can be both exciting and stressful, but finding the perfect wedding favors can add an extra layer of stress. You want something unique and memorable, yet affordable and easy to make. That’s where these gel candle favors come in!

I stumbled upon these beautiful gel candle favors on Wedding Reception Ideas and immediately fell in love with their simplicity and elegance. The best part is, you can easily customize them to fit your theme or color scheme.

One design that caught my eye was the flutes with fall leaves. The combination of the clear gel with the autumn leaves creates a stunning visual effect. If you’re not a fan of the fall theme, you could easily swap out the leaves for other plants or flowers to match your event’s theme.

Another design that stood out to me was the fuschia orchid gel candle. This design is perfect for a summer event with its bright and cheerful colors. The simplicity of this design is what makes it so elegant and eye-catching. You could also switch out the orchid for another type of flower to match your theme.

If you’re feeling crafty, you can easily make these gel candle favors yourself. All you need are some glass containers, gel wax, wicks, and any decorations you want to add. You can find these supplies at your local craft store or online. Simply follow the instructions on the gel wax package to melt and pour the wax into the containers. Once the wax has cooled, you can add any decorations you want, such as flowers, leaves, or even small figurines.

Customizing the color of the gel wax is another way to make these favors unique. You could match the color to your event’s theme or go with a color that’s meaningful to you. Adding a scent to the gel wax is another way to personalize these favors. You could choose a scent that reminds you of your event or go with a classic scent like vanilla or lavender.

These gel candle favors are a perfect addition to any wedding, shower, or party. They are affordable, easy to make, and can be customized to fit any theme or color scheme. You can find more design inspiration and instructions on Wedding Reception Ideas or get creative and come up with your own unique designs.

I found them at Wedding Reception Ideas but they would work for almost any occasion.

The flutes with fall leaves are beautiful and you could customize it with other plants so don’t have to go with the fall theme. I love how they used red colored gel at the top of this design.

orchid candle

 

 

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Book Review: 200 Japanese Cross Stitch Designs

If you like repeating cross stitch designs, borders you can use on other projects or as bookmarks, florals and Japanese-inspired designs, you’ll want to check out 200 Japanese Cross Stitch Designs by Saeko Endo. This collection of 200 cross stitch charts is low on instruction but big on inspiration for those who are comfortable taking a chart and running with it. 

The book includes a brief introduction to the needed supplies and basics of stitching, but mostly is just photographs of finished designs and the charts that go with them. The charts vary widely in size and there can be anywhere from one to six charts printed on a single page. 

Many of the designs are repeating patterns, but the chart shows a larger version so you can see how the repeats go together. Each chart has marked what portion is repeating and how many stitches and rows it includes. Other than that the charts are not numbered, but there are darker lines every five rows to help you count. 

The patterns all range from one to three colors, and some include half cross stitches or back stitching, but most are full stitches. 

The book is arranged into categories of motifs: geometric patterns, retro patterns, traditional Japanese patterns, floral and fauna and borders and pictorial motifs. 

My favorites are the Japanese designs, many of which are recognizable from woodcuts, kimono designs and traditional shashiko embroidery.  You’ll find cherry blossoms, suns, knots, and simple line designs that would be lots of fun to stitch. 

There are a few pages devoted to different ways to modify charts such as changing colors, changing the way to design is repeated, flipping and rotating designs.

Other than that you’re on your own for how you actually want to use these designs. Of course they can just be stitched and framed but it might have been nice to see some of the projects stitched and staged in a way you might use them in everyday life (repeating motifs as coasters, or a bigger design turned into a pillow, for example). 

Sometimes it helps to see designs used in different ways to get you thinking about how you might use them yourself. If you don’t need that creative push, this is a fine book full of patterns you’ll have fun playing with in different ways. 

About the book: 112 pages, paperback, 200 patterns. Published 2025 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $24.99.

 

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