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How to Make Soy Candles

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If you have ever wanted to learn how to make soy candles, The Pretty Pauper’s recent tutorial is a great resource to get started. Even as a beginner, the blogger was able to create candles that look amazing and smell great. The tutorial includes a step-by-step guide, making it easy to follow along and create your own soy candles.

The tutorial begins with a list of supplies that you will need, including soy wax, a wick, a container, fragrance oils, and dye (optional). The Pretty Pauper explains the benefits of using soy wax for candle making, such as its eco-friendliness and ability to hold onto scents. The blogger also provides tips for selecting the right container for your candle and choosing a fragrance oil that complements your personal tastes.

Once you have gathered your supplies, the tutorial provides clear instructions on how to melt the wax, add fragrance and color, and pour the wax into the container. The blogger also shares helpful tips for keeping the wick in place and preventing air bubbles from forming in the wax.

What makes The Pretty Pauper’s tutorial especially helpful is the inclusion of photos at every step of the process. The photos make it easy to follow along and ensure that your candles turn out just as they should. The tutorial also provides a troubleshooting guide, in case you encounter any problems during the candle making process.

The Pretty Pauper shared a tutorial this week hooking you up with the details! This was the blogger’s first candle making project and they look great – check out the how-to.

 

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These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.