Arenh Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Hi, i've been searching of ways to making a forever candle on the site and found that someone was going to make a tutorial for them. I and even others on the site would really appreciated it if someone actually did. It would be very beneficial for the newbies and help me out a whole lot.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I know but I have been so busy I have not got to it. Between the flu this year and DH and his teeth I have had one after other of my boys down sick or hurting it seem like all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harley1231 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I know but I have been so busy I have not got to it. Between the flu this year and DH and his teeth I have had one after other of my boys down sick or hurting it seem like all the time.Gosh Vicky thats too bad! I'll be sending prayers to your family!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaP Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Very sorry I have gotten around to posting the pictures of the forever candles that I told you the wife and I do. We opened our candle shop two weeks ago and we have been swamped with work. Until I get time to take the pictures and figure out how to post them on here I'll try and quickly tell you how we do our forever candles.I use a 9" or 11" glass pie pan..usually pyrex.I sit either one or two glass votive candles in the pie pan.I then design a scene around the votive candles. I've done sea side scenes. Snow scenes. Seashore with a lighthouse. I'm a big florida gator fan...so I did a swamp scene with grass and bushes and of course a gator. Once your scene is done and your gel is poured over and around everything in the scene...let the gel cool.You can then either pull out the votive glasses and put in other votives that are filled and finished with gel...or put the empty glass votive back in and your customer can drop in wax or soy votive candles in them..whatever type candle they prefer.If you just hold your fingers on the gel beside the votive candle and pull on the glass votive steadly and gently the glass votive will pull right out.We offer to our customers ...if they return the empty votives to us ..we give them a discount on the replacement votives for in their forever candles.Hope this made sense to you how to make the forever candles. The great part is...the scenes you can make are endless.Good LuckBill Jacksonville Fla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 That is very similar to one ot the tutorial that I am planninghttp://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/barefoot_65/detail?.dir=51b4&.dnm=44d2.jpg&.src=phI hope that link works. When linking to yahoo pictures I sometimes mess up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prcandles Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Wow Vickey!That is too cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citygrl707 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 i love the forever candles, i wonder if you can add a picture to the gel and not have to worry about it starting a fire because the candle that will be burning is inside a glass. I was thinking i have seen some pictures on a web site but i forgot where. I think it would be really neat to add pictures to my candles but for me safety comes first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenh Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share Posted February 13, 2007 Thanks everyone for the help. Vicky i love the floral candles you made. they are exactly what i am trying to do. any words of advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenh Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share Posted February 13, 2007 ...Also is there a place to buy silk mint leaves or do i have to make them and if so how?Thanks again!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo848 Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 citygirl,when i make my forever wedding candles, i print the wedding invitation on a transparency sheet and then laminate it. my outer glass is a cylinder and i put hot gel in the bottom of the cylinder and roll the glass back and forth so that gel comes up the side of the cylinder. i then push the wedding invitation into that gel, so that it is close to the side of the outer glass. i then do a much cooler pour up to about 1/2" above where the bottom of the inner glass container will come. i push the inner glass container (wicked) in and the gel comes up around the side of it. i then pour the inner candle, and decorate the outside of it. i figure that the various layers of gel/glass act as insulation.if you go to www.picturetrail.com/candleheart48 - the wedding album, perhaps that description will make more sense.sorry to subject you to the whole site, but i cannot figure out how to post individuals pictures from there.cheryl` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Thanks everyone for the help. Vicky i love the floral candles you made. they are exactly what i am trying to do. any words of advice?Have a lot of patience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky_CO Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 The tutorial is done here is the link.http://www.candletech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44694 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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