Hi Meghan,

I am sorry that you are having problems. Maybe I wasn't clear enough with my description. When I made the candles I did wrap the wax paper around the candle very tightly. If you use straight pins, you can secure the wax paper to the candle. They may make small but barely noticeable marks. I also used an embossing heat gun, rather than a hair dryer. The heat gun emits a higher temperature than a hair dryer. Just go over the wax paper with heat until you see wetness or glossiness in the paper,then move on. If you stay in one area too long it melts the wax and makes dents in the candle.

What type of paper are you using? I used plain old tissue paper that I bought at Target, and the candle with the swirls was made from the top layer of a napkin, which I bought at Old Time Pottery. I didn't use anything fancy. Please let me know if this helps or not. I want you to get the best results possible!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Rita

Hi! I really like your craft project. My husband and I are beekeepers and were interested in doing something like this for someone's wedding but didn't know where to start.
Have you done this to a beeswax candle? If so, was it successful?
Also, where does one buy a heat embosser? Are they expensive?
Thank you!!

Hi Ariela,

Thank you for your post. Guess what! My brother is a beekeeper too. He does it strictly as a hobby, but we always get wonderful fresh honey from him.He doesn't however, know anything about beeswax candles.

I have never made this project with anything but el cheapo candles I would imagine that you could do this project with beeswax candles as long as the surface of the candle is smooth. I do not suggest trying it on the honeycomb surface candles. I would recommend just trying the project on one candle and see how it goes.

You can buy a heat gun embosser at any craft supply store such as JoAnne's, Hobby lobby etc. They usually run in the price range from $15 to $25 dollars (US) Here is a link from Amazon.com that features the heat embosser I use, http://www.amazon.com/American-Crafts-Zap-Embossing-Heat/dp/B002TM68OE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354661881&sr=8-1&keywords=heat+gun+embossing and am very happy with it.

Good luck with your candle project. Do let me know how it works out! Looking forward to hearing from you.
Rita Shehan

Easy, inexpensive and gorgeous! The perfect craft combination in my opinion! Thanks for the inspiration. I'm pinning!

Thank you Jackie!

Rita

These turned out so beautiful. I have seen a few people do tissue paper decorated candles but none of them were remotely as stunning as these. I really must look into sourcing wax paper, it isn't readily available here.

Thank you for the compliment. So glad you liked them. Where do you live? I didn't use anything fancy, just ordinary wax paper that is sold in the grocery store to use with food.

Rita

What do you mean by tissue paper? The onlytissue paper I know is like Kleenex, and Im not sure if thats what youre talking about I think these would be adorable as centerpieces at my wedding! Thanks!

Hi Summer,
Thank you for your question. Tissue paper is very very thin wrapping paper. It is like the paper that you get when you buy something from a fancy store that is then put in a gift box. Tissue paper is also the thin wrapping paper that people use in gift bags. The candle with the swirls was made out of a napkin, that had black printed swirls.

Here is a link from Paper Source that shows an example of this kind of paper http://www.paper-source.com/cgi-bin/paper/giftwrap/tissue-paper/default/all.html?id=uvQZ5dHK
Hope this helps.

You can also print a pic onto the tissue paper and transfer that onto the candle. Trial and error though but I got there in the end.
Suan from Yorkshire