Christmas & Candles have been associated since beginning. Candles add a warm & holy glow to the surroundings. These glowing & colorful candles add a special and unique touch to nearly every occasion. Especially Christmas candles are always hot favorite in every season. Lit candles, singly or in groups, offer an ambience that electrical lighting simply cannot simulate. Christmas Candles are a boon for both budget-conscious homemakers and luxury-level interior designers alike. During Christmas, one can lit candles through each room in the house by artfully decorating each with its individual style.
Here are some hot tips for Christmas Candle decorations:
Especially self made candles not only make us proud of our artwork but look fabulous along with all other seasonal decorations. They are considered as perfect Christmas gift items and are especially loved by those who love to keep collectibles. One may choose a simple to highly elaborate design for your candle depending on your skill level. Beeswax is most used & appropriate to make a candle as it easier to handle and has a nostalgic fragrance to it. However, it is very fragile and thus, must be used at room temperature only.
Christmas Candles can be kept like simple pillars wrapped with red velvet. To make them, you need two squares of white colorless beeswax, a large roll of wicks and a roll of red velvet ribbon, a pair of scissors and glue. Set the squares diagonally on a flat surface. Cut the wicks to the length of the wax, tuck the wax over the wick and gently roll it up. Similarly, make one another candle. Gently push on the bottoms to have a flat end to stand. Now wrap your candles with red velvet and seat it with glue on its edges. Decorate it with ribbons and beads as much as you like.
There is an alternative candle idea here too. Take two squares of dark green beeswax, wicks and a box of silver headed or gold headed pins. Set the squares on a flat surface and fold each in half and break them lengthwise. Place the wick inside the edge of wax and roll up gently. Push up the bottoms just like you had done for the first candle to have a flat end. Then place a circle of pins around the top and bottom of the candle at regular spacing. You may experiment with wax colors, design ideas, ribbons and other decoration items too. Listen to your creative urge. You may use a small holly berry wreath to make a candle base for your candles too.
Seaside Candle Decoration
Pour wax, with a wick, into large seashells, and light the Candles in the bathroom, for a seaside theme. It will soothe your senses as well as give a tropical feel to your Christmas Decorations. Tea Lights Decorations Light Christmas candles by the side of treasured artwork and unique pieces on the mantle. Tiny tea lights are the best choice for this type of Christmas candle Decoration.
Christmas Candles and Vases
Lighting small candles inside milk glass vases and place them high on shelves for ambient lighting. It not only gives a pale whit glow but also creates the perfect atmosphere for a quite Christmas evening. Lantern Candle Decoration Planning to give your house the Christmas look? Place lighted candles in hurricane lanterns on each step of foyer staircases, to provide architectural height and interest. Alternatively, small votives can light the path from an entry hall into the rest of the house. You can also put these Christmas Candles around the Christmas tree to give a special glow to it.
Christmas Candle Holders
Household objects can make great candle holders – mis-matched china cups and saucers, terra-cotta flower pots from the shed, old candy and tart tins – whatever you have squirreled away, or whatever you dig up at garage sales. You can paint these items with Christmas colors to give them a festive look. Fireside Christmas Candle Decoration Filling the fireplace with lit candles of all sizes and shapes to enhance your hearth. Not to mention it will set you apart from the usual Christmas fireside decorations.
Floating Christmas Candle Decoration
Mix floating candles with tiny, lovely wildflowers in clear glass vases. They even suggest floating a few lemons in vases, with the candles and yellow flowers, for a kitchen citrus theme that delights the nose as well as the eyes.
Nighttime Christmas Candle Decoration Filling Mason jars with sand and inserting tapers, and placing around outdoor porches for a night time glow.
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