Making Ordinary Candles Prim

 First of all I would like to say that IT IS COLD!!

I woke up to -1 degrees this morning!  It has warmed up to 6 degrees now.  That is very cold for around here.  I know it is cold everywhere in the US, and I am very glad I am not any farther north!

I hope all of you had a Happy New Year!

We started it off with the flu, and it is still going around our house.  

I wasn't able to do a year in review post or anything about my wonderful Christmas. 

 Alas I am going to have to try to post those another day.  

I did want to share with you a little project that I did for part of a Christmas present.  I needed 5 or 6 Prim-looking candles, so buying them was NOT in my budget.  I found these little white ones in a pack of 7 at the Dollar Tree.  Just what I needed.  By the way, everything in there is $1 just in case you weren't sure ;)

 Here are the supplies that I used.  I always save all of my old wax and store it in an old coffee tin.  As you can see I have a wood spoon that I use only to help dip if necessary. Next I dumped some inexpensive cinnamon into a plastic container.  Finally I made sure I had pliers to help dip and wax paper to lay the hot candles on to cool on the counter.

 I heated my wax up right in the coffee tin.  I use a saucepan that I bought at a yard sale and use the combination as a double boiler. 

CAUTION:  You are working with hot wax!  Be careful!

 Using pliers:

1.  Dip the candle in the wax

2. Right away roll the hot candle in cinnamon

3. and dip one last time to seal the cinnamon onto the candle.

 Repeat these steps until you have the desired prim look you want.

Here are what my candles turned out to look like.  I think I dipped them at least 5 or six times.  I dipped them half way sometimes, because I needed the bottom to be bigger to fit into the candle holders.

My $1 solution to Prim Candles.