Fragrant Candles (Milner Craft Series) [Paperback]

Rhondda Cleary (Author)

Book Description

Series: Milner Craft Series | Publication Date: January 1998

This work explains fully, yet simply, how to make candles and how to enhance them with fragrances. Including recipes, step-by-step instructions and photographs showing both the method and the end results, it explains creative ways of usng candles to decorate both house and garden.

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Amazon.com Review

Aromatherapy remains tremendously popular, and candles are of course natural components of this practice. Rhondda Cleary discusses the basics of essential oils and perfumed candles, including brief guidelines on what scents enhance what mood. But this is really not so much a book about fragrance (which it addresses almost glancingly) as it is about general candle making and decorating with candles, which it covers quite well. Cleary explains exactly how to make a molded candle and many variations thereof (striped, mosaic, ice, embedded, floating), as well as dipped and beeswax candles. The second portion of the book offers suggestions for using candles in the home and garden: for everyday decorating, holiday celebrations, table arrangements, and so on. Although the step-by-step instructions and photographs are adequate, they are not outstanding; where the book really shines is in its approach to making candles part of our daily lives and in encouraging us not simply to make candles but to use them. --Amy Handy --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 82 pages
• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1863512055
• ISBN-13: 978-1863512053
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,502,281 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginners or experts, July 22, 2000

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Davidnjxn (Jackson, MS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fragrant Candles: A Practical Guide to Making Candles For The Home & Garden (Paperback)

This book explains most of the terminology involved in candle-making, as well as explanations of different techniques and step-by-step instructions for getting started. Each style of candle described includes a list of equipment needed and great photographs of the finished product. There is a detailed description for each style of candle and hints on how to overcome more difficult steps. Each style of candle is followed up with the exact making process, including notes on the author's personal experiences and failings (and how to avoid repeating them.) This has been a very enjoyable book. It was also my first candle-making book.