Embedded Candle Tutorial

The trees are beginning to adorn themselves in colorful autumnal coats. For the next month we will watch their leaves turned many vivid shades of crimson, orange, golden yellow and brown and crisp before finally allowing the early winter winds to carry them away. The colors of the season inspire us endlessly as we seek creative ways to take the spirit of the season into our homes. Inside Hidden Bluff our mantle is decked with autumn leaves, baby white pumpkins, deep red apples, and crimson pomegranates in a moody red autumnal display. As I decorate Hidden Bluff other ideas come such as this favorite diy of mine. Embedded candles are a wonderful way to inject autumn hygge into your living space. They are also easy to make. Today on SomeTyme Place is an easy embedded candle tutorial to preserve some of the fall beauty in your home.

Fall leaves are the star of this post, so collect some beautiful smaller leaves that will fit on a pillar candle. It is also recommended to use soft leaves for a better result. Japanese Maple leaves were my choice for today’s post. They are easy to work with and arrange beautifully on the candles. However, feel free to use the leaves you like. I have used ivy, hydrangeas, ferns and other botanicals to make embedded candles. The trick is to keep the items flat and soft, so they embed quickly and easily into the soft wax.

Embedded Candle Tutorial

For this tutorial you will need:

Pillar candle

Wax paper

Heat gun

Assorted fall leaves

Step 1: Take your candle and create an arrangement with the leaves. When it is just the way you like move to step two.

Step 2: Take a big enough piece of wax paper to cover the candle leaving extra paper to hold behind candle (see photo) and carefully lay wax paper on top of arrangement, gradually pulling paper tight around candle. This may take a couple of tries. It is important to hold the wax paper tight and keep it smooth without wrinkles or creases, especially in the front.

Step 3: Holding wax tightly behind candle take heat gun and turn on, blowing top of wax paper covering leaves. Within a few seconds you should see the leaves darken as the candle wax begins to cover the leaves under the wax paper. Don’t overheat or you will end up with a lumpy candle and scorched leaves. Just heat it enough till it is covered, moving along to cover the whole arrangement.

Step 4; Let cool for a few seconds and then start peeling off the wax paper. You should have an embedded candle.

Happy Autumn!