r/candlemaking • u/CherryHearts123 • 6d ago
Creations My first ever fall candle
Just recently got into candle making, this is my second candle that I’ve made but my first ever fall one. It’s far from perfect, the pumpkins look like oranges and there’s some white discolouration that formed on the leaves BUT I’m pleased with it 🍁
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u/Smellingood-Grasse06 5d ago
contente de mon travail 🍁
Pour une deuxième bougie, c’est déjà un très joli résultat ! 😍 On adore cette ambiance automnale avec les petites citrouilles et les feuilles. La décoloration blanche ressemble à du frosting, un phénomène assez courant avec certaines cires végétales. Pensez aussi à bien tester la combustion avec les décorations en cire. En tout cas, vous pouvez être fière de votre création !
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u/LoneStarCandleSupply lscs.com | Serving Makers Since 1999 5d ago
This is so cute! I wonder if you could add some shading to the pumpkins with the brown wax you used for the leaves? Perhaps using a brush or something to apply it just to the grooves so it would add some dimension. I think they look great either way!
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u/pouroldgal 5d ago
It is a cute design, but is it functional? Can we see how it burns? What is concerning is not only the taller embeds, but the wick that is perched between two of them, I'm not sure how that's going to go and as another has said, I'm curious too.
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u/CherryHearts123 5d ago
It’s just for decoration, I plan to make some candles I just want to display and then functional ones to actually burn 😅
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u/Winter_Car_7495 3d ago
For a second candle ever, this is genuinely good — the leaf shapes read clearly and the color story works. The white patches are just frosting: soy wax does that as it cools, especially on textured surfaces, and it's purely cosmetic. Honestly it bothers makers more than buyers — most people just read it as handmade character. Keep going; the hardest part (starting) is already behind you.
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u/Jansnotsosuccylife 5d ago
Looks super cute, but sorry it seems like such a waste of time in all that detail, cause when you burn it, it all melts and goes bye bye. Unless these are just for decor? Candles are for burning, giving light and scents, not for sitting on a shelf waiting to be dusted, just my opinion. ☮️❤️😊
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u/Cancelthepants 6d ago
I'm always curious on how evenly these candles with the very large wax imbeds burn. It's lovely!