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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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Learn a Flower Bobble Technique to Knit a Fun Shawl

Generally I like knitting patterns where I feel like you can use whatever yarn you have (because my stash is big enough and I want to use it, thanks) and make a successful project. This is one of those times when a special yarn makes the process that much easier. 

The Floral Bouquet Shawl from Xandy Peters uses a specific extended color pooling yarn from Feisty Fibers, which allows you to place the bobble flowers with increasing frequency as you knit the project. 

It starts with a solid color yarn, then the two color yarn is added in, and you make a bobble whenever you encounter the color pops. This would be hard to replicate with other yarn that doesn’t have the extended color pooling built in.

The background of the shawl is ribbed, making the project reversible. 

The shawl uses fingering/sock yarn and comes out to be an asymmetrical triangle that’s 54 inches/137 cm long and 36 inches/ 90 cm deep and 60 inches/150 cm across the top edge. 

Xandy says the pattern is for intermediate to advanced knitters. Knowing how to work traditional bobbles would probably help, but there’s a great video tutorial for how to work the floral bobbles so you can practice on other yarn or even incorporate the bobbles into other projects. 

The bobbles are five-petaled flowers but they also kind of look like starfish to me, which could be fun on a child’s cardigan or other pattern. They’d also be fun on the leg of a sock or around the brim of a hat for extra whimsy. 

The pattern includes photo and video tutorials, and written and charted instructions. It also includes tips on what to look for if you choose to use different yarn for the project, and instructions on how to dye your own yarn to use in the project. 

If you want to give it a try, you can find the pattern on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Xandy Peters]

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