Death Stars for Christmas

Hi candle friends.  Yes, I know it's way to soon to be thinking about the holidays...or is it?

I've spent a lot of my August gearing up for the season and honestly that's about 3 months behind where I should have been...but I was enjoying my summer so much the last thing I wanted to think about or spend anytime on was Christmas!

So August first hit and I literally had to force myself to sit at my dusty desk and write out a list of what I should offer this year for Christmas.

I started the list with molds that I've bought or made and never used.  For one reason or another I have a ton of really cool designs that have never seen the light of day, or better put, poured with wax.

This Star Wars candle is one of them.  I picked this mold up from Amazon of all places and in the drawer it went where it was properly ignored for close to THREE years!

Poinsettia Candles

By this time next Friday I'll be in Bisbee walking off all the turkey I ate the day before.

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and if you're spending next Friday in the chaos of Christmas shopping I wish you the best of luck and stay safe.

gingerbread candles

Sometimes you find things in the most unlikeliness of places.

I came across the molds for these on a clearance rack at a kitchen store in the mall.  I walked by them a few times, I was looking for a garlic press..

What caught my eye was the 19 cents sign they had in bold black lettering hung on the metal rack. I had to stop and look at what junk they were offering for a meager 19 pennies.

At the bottom of a box containing bent up metal cookie cutters I found a stack of these gingerbread muffin molds.  I bought everyone they had and the case in the back!

two months away

two months from now on this very day, I'll be sleeping in and not thinking about candles at all!

I know, I know, but a girl can dream right?

The puppy will have me up at 6am which means the kids will soon follow.

Hippo Candles

He's just too cute!
This sweet little hippo is going to be great for the christmas holiday this year.
Who wouldn't want a hippopotamus for Christmas?

Naked candles

As the big holiday approaches there's that one last push of orders that sends us working overtime to get everything made and packed and shipped out.

These are what I've been pouring and dipping non stop for the past few months.

The novelty and figurine candles are rather stark when pulled from their molds. They're called "cores" which is just plain ole wax poured with a wick.  Many of our designs have their own unique core color based on what type of finish they get.

Some have multiple steps to the finish such as dipping in secondary wax colors, staining or even painting before their final glossing some are simply glazed with no over dipping.

Today and well in to the evening hours I'll be pouring and demolding the little angle candles, by tomorrow they'll have their gold and silver finish added and will be hung up ready for glazing. 

Snowflake floating candles

The first time I saw a real life snowflake I was 24 years old.

My husband and I had taken our family on holiday up north for Christmas.  I had our eldest daughter on my hip while hubby was pushing our youngest in a stroller down an empty Prescott Az sidewalk.  
The cold that day was something I had never before experienced.  And certainly not prepared for as our winter wear consisted of jeans and hoodies.  Being a native of the low desert..and sure it gets cold in the valley but desert winter will cut through you, this winter chill seemed to seep in to your bones and stay there forever.

I was turning to my husband to say "it's time to go" when I saw the tiniest paper snowflake flutter around in between us and then another and then a larger one.  I looked to my daughter who had her face burrowed in my jacket and saw a few of the pretty flecks laying softly on top of her brown mop of hair. When I went to pull it off to show her, it vanished at my touch.  She looked up at me accusingly, wondering why was pulling at her hair when one fell on her eyelash.

It was surreal and lovely and enchanting.

It was but a moment and then the snowflakes disappeared only to be replaced by blobs of snow falling faster and faster. At which time my daughter was getting excited and her eyes where nearly bulging from her head at the sight of all that snow, she was begging to be let down so she could build a snowman and snow angle.  At the tender age of four those where things she saw in cartoons and said as much as she began scooping up the mushy white stuff along with the dirt and gravel from the walkway.  By the time her and her dad were done their snowman was more twigs and rocks and leaves than snow but she was thrilled.

On our drive home we talked about how we both wished we had a camera.   And instead of driving immediately to the house we detoured in to a Best Buy and bought one.  Connived that with that in hand we would never again miss out on preserving those little moments in time.

It was with that camera that I took this picture. And every-time I make these little snowflake candles I remember so clearly her brown eyes looking up at me and that tiny, yet perfectly formed snowflake kissing her eyelash.

Capturing winters artful kisses in wax is a pleasure.  These little candles aren't as tiny as real snowflakes, they measure about two inches in diameter and are 5/8 inches thick.
Burn time 2 hours.
I add a sprinkling of candle safe iridescent glitter on top and you should see how the flame bounces of it as it glows.  Something my camera skills aren't able to capture.

If your planning a winter wonderland wedding or a New Years bash these would make great reception table centerpieces, buffet and mantel decor and gifts. 

If you are in need of a larger snowflake candle don't worry I got ya covered.
Measures 2 and 3/4 in diameter and are 3/4 inch think
Burn time is 4 hours

These are a perfect size for the tall cylindrical vases and would look beautiful grouped in three of varying sizes.

Fill vases with water and add seasonal foliage like spruce and pine cuttings, pine cones, cranberries and top it all off with a snowflake candles for a lovely yet simple and elegant centerpiece

Snowflake candles as well as more winter holiday candles are available on our website and etsy store
Glowlite Candles online
Glowlite Candles on etsy

Angelic candles

I'm still struggling with how I want these to look.   The gold and silver dipped finish isn't as metallic as I hoped for, add the coating of glaze and they loose a lot of the fine detail that make these sculptured angel candles so stunningly beautiful.

This sweet baby angel cherub is finished in a spray on candle safe metallic paint.   I first started using this finish back when I was selling the molds.  I really like it and it doesn't hide the fine details of the candles, but I abhor spray painting.  My poor index finger hates me for a week and the only time there's a breeze is when I start shaking that can. 

My absolute favorite are the un-dyed  No glaze, no dip.  Just wax  in it's purest form.