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Title: Beeswax Luminaries
Post by: The15thMember on November 26, 2022, 10:24:51 pm

For our Thanksgiving centerpiece this year I made some beeswax luminaries.  I got the idea from one of my favorite books for bee product projects, Beeswax Alchemy by Petra Ahnert.  To make them I filled some balloons with cold water and dipped them like tapers, setting them on my cold granite countertop between dips to create a flat bottom.  Then I untied or popped the balloons, which let the water out and peeled the balloon off the inside of the wax.  It was super easy and really fun.  I put my homemade tealights in them to light them up. 




 

Title: Re: Beeswax Luminaries
Post by: Ben Framed on November 26, 2022, 10:53:00 pm

Nice Reagan.. I like it.... Do you have something similar lined up for Christmas?

Phillip

Title: Re: Beeswax Luminaries
Post by: cao on November 26, 2022, 10:59:51 pm

Good job.  I like them. :happy:

Title: Re: Beeswax Luminaries
Post by: The15thMember on November 26, 2022, 11:35:54 pm

Quote from: Ben Framed on November 26, 2022, 10:53:00 pm

Nice Reagan.. I like it.... Do you have something similar lined up for Christmas?

Phillip

I usually do full on candles for the Christmas table, but we may incorporate these into other decorations around the house, since they are so pretty and we have them around.

Title: Re: Beeswax Luminaries
Post by: Bill Murray on November 27, 2022, 10:02:12 am

Those are really nice thanks for sharing. Nice project for Marley for Christmas.