Sometime back in the summer I got a Kirstie Allsop candle making kit from a charity shop and wondered why I'm often tempted by craft making bits.
I've now made them for the Christmas Hampers....ta da!
I can't stand scented candles - some give me a headache and others make me feel sick - but it didn't really dawn on me that making them would be just as smelly.
I had to put the extractor fan on and shut the kitchen door until they'd set.
I shall wrap them in cellophane - if I've got any - label them up and put them somewhere out of the way until Christmas.
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Sue
Good morning bright and early Sue but still not light. I love to read of yur Christmas planning which I am sure begins on New Year's Day!
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DeleteThose candles look lovely - loving seeing what you are gathering together to put in your Christmas hampers. Last Christmas our eldest Daughter made up a hamper for me and my Husband and it was the best present we had. Lot's of food bits we both like and a half bottle of champagne!
ReplyDeleteI hope they like what I put in the hampers - yours sounds good
DeleteTurkey roasting bags from the poundshop are a good source of inexpensive cellophane
ReplyDeleteOoh, thank you for that one, Ang!
DeleteI remembered I had some small cellophane bags in the Christmas drawer bought umpteen years ago when Lakeland did craft stuff. But the roasting bags are a good idea.
DeleteWhat a wonderful addition. I got a roll of cellophane from the Range and is a handy addition for Christmas packing.
ReplyDeleteThat's another good idea
DeleteWhy don't you wrap your lovely candles in an eco friendly tissue paper instead of cellophane? I'm sure someone of your talent could print some to add to the impact of personalised hampers.
ReplyDeleteShe needs something to block the smell, which makes her feel ill. Tissue paper will not block smells.
DeleteSHE is the cats mother was what I was always told!!
DeleteA nice idea to put candles into your hampers, I know my daughter loves candles I saw some ones at the fare on Sunday but they were very expensive.
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Some candles are crazy prices - I avoid the smelly ones
DeleteI love watching your hampers as they develop each year. Your commenters have left some great wrapping ideas too.
ReplyDeleteThey certainly have
DeleteA very lovely gift but a shame they upset your system so much.
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Lots of smells give me a headache - I avoid smelly washing up liquid and washing powder, soap, shampoo as well as candles and incense
DeleteWhen I worked on checkouts in a supermarket I could smell two different brands of washing powder being put on the conveyor belt. They were overpowering. Too many chemicals.
DeleteA lot of folk seem to love scented candles but I'm inclined to avoid them as much as possible as the chemical-type smell always makes me feel ill. Incense is the same. Strangely, though, I do love the smell of true essential oils in an infuser!
ReplyDeleteIf I go anywhere with candles burning I have to ask for them to be put out!
DeleteThe perfumed ones affect me in the same way and some make me cough too. Are you just making two hampers this year?
ReplyDeleteYes, I only do 2 each year for my sister and BiL and Colin's sister and husband
DeleteI am not a scented candle fan either - everyone at work loved them and often exchanged Yankee Candle gifts with one another for birthdays and I could smell them all day through the wrapping paper. Essential oils are fine for me though and don't seem as pungent. They will look nice in your hampers though.
ReplyDeleteThose giant Yankee candles are really expensive too as well as being very smelly
DeleteWhat a lovely addition to those hampers.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Hope they like them
DeleteI love candles but not the strongly scented candles. Your candles look quite lovely. I also like using ribbon to decorate Christmas gifts. A bit of ribbon to tie a cellophane enclosure adds to the packaging.
ReplyDeleteBits of ribbon is something I definitely do have!
DeleteI thought I was the only person in the world who hated scented candles (and for that matter, most potpourri). There's a candle shop in town that I can't even walk by because it smells so much. People will love your unscented versions.
ReplyDeleteThese two are scented with cherry blossom so I'm glad I am giving them away
DeleteYou did a great job making those. They will make a wonderful gift for the Christmas Hampers. I'm sorry the scent bothered you but I can understand as the smell was probably stronger when melting the wax.
ReplyDeleteIt was certainly a strong smell when the wax was melting!
DeleteI don't use candles very much as high fragrance gets me as well. There are things in candles that aren't the best for us. Especially some of the fragrance. I have one made with Young Living essential oils that is good. Hand made. I use a diffuser with essential oils that makes my room smell good. Glad you survived your craft.
ReplyDeleteSome people have them lit all the time - but not me!
DeleteAnother not a smelly candle fan here! And I really don't like those strong smelling plug in diffuser things either, in fact I think they're worse than candles.
ReplyDeleteGreat job. You couls try natural beeswax for a scent thst doesn't rely on chemicals - do you know any beekeepers? Smelting and straining the wax yourself before you make the candle is quite fun. And you can slways wrap them in waxed paper.
ReplyDeleteQuite agree about scented candles which must be quite bad for the lungs too,
ReplyDeleteWhenever stay in a holiday home the first thing I do is collect any scented candles and diffusers and put them outside for the duration. In one tiny place I found twenty!
I remember making candles as a Girl Scout - not only were they too fragrant but I think we burned ourselves with hot wax!
ReplyDeleteBut the satisfaction Sue...think of the satisfaction! x
ReplyDeleteI love smelly candles, but they make me and my daughter itchy! We are scratching our face all day if we have a smelly candle in the house. Same for smelly hangers in the car.
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