How To make Scented Candles With Flowers

Candles are a beautiful and versatile way to add warmth and ambiance to any space. They can be used to set the mood for a romantic evening, to create a cozy atmosphere for a relaxing night in, or simply to add a touch of beauty and fragrance to your home. If you’re a fan of candles and love DIY projects, you’ll be delighted to learn how to make these adorable candles with dried flower petals.

These candles are not only beautiful to look at, but they also smell amazing. The secret lies in using soy wax, which has a clean and natural scent that won’t overpower the delicate fragrance of the flowers. Soy wax is also a great choice for candle making because it burns more slowly and cleanly than traditional wax, making it better for the environment and your health.

In this candle making tutorial, you’ll learn how to use soy wax to create a beautifully scented candle that’s embellished with dried flower petals. You’ll start by melting the soy wax and adding your choice of essential oils to create your desired scent. Then, you’ll pour the wax into a jar and add the dried flower petals, pressing them gently into the wax to create a unique and beautiful design.

The result is a stunning candle that will fill your home with a delightful fragrance and add a touch of elegance to any room. These candles also make great gifts for friends and loved ones, and the process of making them can be a fun and relaxing activity to do with family or friends.

You can see the full candle making tutorial here.

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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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