Tissue Paper Your Candles

This was a similar project to what Photo Jewels had done at the beginning of the week. I enjoy doing this with plain candles because then I can personalize them to my own liking. All I did for this was take a cheap plain white candle that I picked up at Wal-Mart took some plain red tissue paper that I had left over from Christmas and used my heat gun from my old painting days.

This was actually a candle that I had done for Valentines Day but with candle week coming up I waited to post till now. So this was really easy to do and pretty quick. I cut out a couple hearts from the red tissue paper. I cut them free-handed so there would be a slight difference between the candle.

 After I cut out my hearts I took a couple drops of water and slightly dampened the back of the tissue paper so it would stick on to the candle until i could get the heat on it. After I positioned the heart on the candle I took my heat gun and on the lowest setting possible. I have a heavy duty heat gun which is a little more intense then the one i should have for this project. I learned that you should just quickly fan over over it slightly then pull away for a min so that the candle doesn't bubble up. Do this a few times until your tissue paper is fully covered by wax.

I think this makes for a great effect on decorating candles. You can use spice leaves for your kitchen candles. This is something I will do for Husband once his fresh spices grow in.

 Another thing you can do to decorate your candles if you don't plan on burning them is to use glitter. If you are like me and love alot of sparkly and things that are a little on the blingy side this is a cute idea.

Just recently I found a candle that had a really long wick on it and thought it was kinda nifty. This candle with out burning it has a strong aroma and so decided for the time being to keep it the way it is. I had found one of these bead pieces and tied it on their as to add just a touch of decoration. I think it looks nice.



 Remember tomorrow is the last day you can sign up for the Mystery Candle Giveaway. Click on the link below will take you to the giveaway page to get the details on how to enter.

candle giveaway

Candle Giveaway

It's Time!!!

We are very happy to announce that we are launching our first giveaway here at Smalltown Dreamz. In celebration of our move to Blogger we will be having giveaways for the next 4 weeks. Along with the giveaways you will see some great tutorials done by the writers at Smalltown Dreamz and some featured tutorials by some our blogging friends.

This week is Candle Week and my new Co-Writer Photo Jewels kicked it off by writing a great tutorial on how to Jazz up those plain colored candles. Here is a quick link.

So now on to the Giveaway  Entry Details. 

Our Newest sponsor is helping us give away a Mystery Candle Gift Package (Valued at $25.00)  

 - Independent PartyLite Consultant - Victoria Miller - you can find her personal site at www.partylite.biz/vickymiller So hop on over to her site and check things out. 

There will be 2 ways to enter with 1 bonus entry. 

1. Become a follower of Smalltown Dreamz on our Blog site and leave a comment that you are or have been following us. 

2. Go over to Vicky's site and look to see what PartyLite has going on come back and leave us a comment with what your favorite scent is. 

****Bonus Entry**** As we have recently found out is not allowed to make LIKING our Facebook page a requirement we do feel it would benefit you to do so. This way you can get exclusive updates and join in our private games and giveaways that we do on Facebook. 

If you do become a Facebook Follower comeback and leave us a comment that you are now one of our friends and this will get you a bonus entry into the giveaway. 

This giveaway will go till Friday 2/24/2012 at Midnight Central Standard Time and the winner will be announced here on the blog on Saturday Afternoon. The winner will be chosen by Mr. Random. 

I have to say that I spent the morning with Vicky at her regional meeting for PartyLite and I got a sneak peak at the new summer line. I have a long wish list after today.  It was such a fun event to go to with some very awesome people. I can't give any details about the new line, however I know that you are all going to love what they have coming out. 

Candle Week

Welcome Everyone 

We are Officially Home!!

We will be celebrating our move with 4 weeks of giveaways and great crafting ideas.

Week 1 - Candle Week 2/18/2012-2/24/2012

Week 2 - Stamping Week 2/25/2012-3/2/2012

Week 3 - Yarn Week 3/3/2012-3/9/2012

Week 4 - Fabric Week 3/10/2012-3/16/2012

This week is Candle Week!!

We will have a giveaway that will be kicking off this afternoon here on the blog. Entry details will be announced this afternoon. Our sponsor is helping us give away a Mystery Candle Gift Package (Valued at $25.00) from our - Independent PartyLite Consultant - Victoria Miller - you can find her personal site at www.partylite.biz/vickymiller So hop on over to her site and check things out. 

I will be spending my morning with Vicky looking at the new summer line. I can't wait to be her guest and take a look at what PartyLite is all about. I know I love their lines so this will be an exciting day for me. When we get back today I will post the details about my day with Vicky and then give the details on this great giveaway that we have going on. 

Have a great morning and look for details later today on how to enter into the giveaway.

P.S. To kick off candle week today our new writer Photo Jewels is going to have a great candle crafting idea on how to dazzle up those plain colored candles. You will be amazed at what you can do with a plain colored candle.