Candles with dried flowers
26/04/2022
"Create poetic, country-style candles by colouring dried flowers with Colorex inks and setting them in scented wax.
Materials :
- Jade Colorex ink
- Turkish Red Colorex ink
- Saffron Colorex Ink
- Gédéo candle kit
Level of difficulty :
- Medium
- Completion time (without drying time): 2 hours
- Carefully select untinted dried flowers in white or light colours
- To colour them: For the raised flowers, put then in a pot with Colorex ink; for the flat flowers, arrange them in plastic pockets with Colorex ink before placing a flat object on top of each pocket to ensure that the flowers remain flat.
- Let the colour set for at least 20 minutes
- Drain the flowers
Leave to dry (ideally overnight). Some of the flowers will close when being coloured and then reopen when dry
- Melt the wax in a bain-marie
- Add a few drops of essential oil to scent the candle
- At the bottom of the candle container, fix the wick in place by adding a little wax to its base
- Pour 3/4 of the candle wax into the container
- Leave to cool for 5 minutes and then arrange the flowers by gently placing them in the wax
- Reheat the rest of the wax and pour a thin layer overtop to fix the flowers in the wax
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