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Embossed Votive Holder Shade

Create the look of a Stained Glass Votive Holder

Supplies Needed:

Most items can be found in the Scrap booking/Stamping section of your local craft store.

Straight-Sided Clear Glass Votive Holder

Vellum

Craft Markers of various colors

Hole Punch

Decorative String

Embossing Powder in your choice of color

Versamark Ink Pad

Embossing Heat Tool

Scissors

Tape Measure or Ruler

1. Measure the height and circumference of your Glass votive holder with a tape measure or ruler. Use these measurements to cut out a piece of vellum. It is important to make sure that the vellum does not extend past the top of the votive holder because this will increase the risk of a fire hazard.

2. After you have planned your design with your stamp(s), use the Versamark ink to stamp the design onto the vellum. At this point the design will be clear.

3. Now sprinkle the embossing powder onto the stamped design. Turn the vellum upright and make sure all stray powder has been shaken or tapped off. Also make sure that your entire design has been covered in powder. You will be able to see this because the embossing powder will stick to the design that you stamped with the Versamark inkpad.

4. Use your Embossing Heat Tool to heat the powder. But be careful because the heat tool can get VERY hot! You will now have a beautiful raised design of the stamp you chose! Let cool for 1-2 minutes.

5. Now you can just color inside of the design on the opposite side of the vellum. Darker Colors look better for this as they give a bolder appearance when the candle is lit. Allow to dry for aproximately 5 minutes or the colors may smear.

6. Finally, use your hole punch to make holes in the center of the shortest sides of the vellum. Run your string through these holes and tie around your votive holder!

And, VOILE! A One-of-Kind Votive Shade that was fun and inexpensive to make! You can find more candle decorating ideas at www.ExpressiveCandles.com

About The Author

This Article was written by Michelle Gauthier of www.ExpressiveCandles.com. Michelle owns and runs Expressive Candles. They offer hand poured scented candles and shaped tarts. Michelle also has written other candle decorating articles, tips and candlescaping articles.

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Party Favors

A party favor is a gift that will generally be low in cost, and it will be provided at parties. A common party favor that will be given to young children is a package that is composed of candy, a toothbrush, and toothpaste. Most party favors can be purchased at dollar stores or similar places. Party favors are generally given to children, and are composed of gifts that many children will enjoy. A child who is artistically inclined will enjoy receiving party favors that come in the form of colored pencils or markers.

In addition to this, bubblegum, rubber balls, bottles and stuffed animals are good examples of party favors. In addition to toys, party favors could also come in the form of food. Pizza or popcorn is very popular, as well as baked cookies. You will also want to make sure you provide party favors which are consistent with certain holidays. For example, if you are celebrating Easter or Christmas, you will want to make sure you choose party favors which are related to these holidays. Another popular party favor that can be given to guests is fortune cookies.

Giving fortune cookies to guests will allow them to open them to find out what their fortunes are. In fact, some companies will custom bake cookies for you that will feature personalized fortunes. This can allow you to put a special message or photo into the cookie. After you have baked the perfect cookies and placed messages in them, you will next want to put them in a nice package. Party favors are great gifts to give at various events throughout the year. These include birthdays, weddings, holidays, and other important events. Many children love coloring books, and they can be purchased for low prices. Not only will it keep children occupied, but they will enhance their artistic skills as well.

Children also love balloons, and you won’t want to give away party favors without including them. Instead of using plan balloons, why not use balloons that are shaped like animals or other objects? Balloons are great products to use and party favors, and many children enjoy them. If you enjoy arts and crafts, another great gift that can be given as a party favor are beads. There is no limit to the number of designs you can use for your beads, and children will enjoy the beautiful colors that you can add to the design.

Party favors are great gifts to give, because they don’t cost a lot of money, but they can do a lot to show that you care about someone. With homemade party gifts, the amount of money you spend is not as important as the thought and work you put into designing a specific gift. There is no limit to the number of different ideas you can use for party favors. The only thing that limits you is your imagination. These gifts can be given multiple times per year, and are good for virtually any party.

Michael Colucci is a writer for Party Favors which is part of the Knowledge Search network

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A Brief History of Candles

For centuries man’s progress has been lighted by candles. However, people know only very few things about the origin of candles. It has been written that the first candles were made by the Ancient Egyptians. They used rushlights, or torches, made by soaking the pithy core of reeds in molten tallow. Unlike the candles, the rushlights had no wick. The Romans were the ones who it is said to have developed the wick candle. They used it to help travellers at dark, and to light homes and places of worship during the night.

America’s first contribution to candle-making was made by colonial women who discovered that if they boiled the grayish green berries of bayberry bushes they got a sweet-smelling wax that burned clean. But it was extremely tedious to extract the wax from the bayberries so their popularity soon diminished. The first important change in candle making since the Middle Ages was bought by the growth of the whaling industry in the late 18th century. Spermaceti, a wax obtained by crystallizing sperm whale oil, was available in large quantities. The spermaceti wax, as well as beeswax, did not smell unpleasantly when burned. Even more importantly, spermaceti wax was harder than tallow and beeswax and it did not soften or bend because of the summer heat. Historians write that the first candles as we know them were made from spermaceti wax.

During the 19th century, people made most of the changes in candle making. In 1834, Joseph Morgan, invented a machine, which allowed continuous production of candles by the use of a cylinder, which had a movable piston that ejected candles as they solidified. Today, they are no longer a major source of light for people, but candles continue to be very popular and useful. Candles mean celebration, romance, ceremony, and can be an object of d

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