anastasiav | Another Craft

I found this candle craft on pinterest, and decided to give it a try.

Gather your tools: Any picture, printed on tissue paper. A pillar candle. A heat gun.

Getting the image printed on the tissue is the hardest part. You tape the tissue to stiff paper (I had to iron it first to get it totally flat), and then print it. Plan on printing it a few times.

Then pin the image to the candle, and use the heat gun to gently melt the wax under the image. I found this was super easy - just hold the heat gun about six inches away and keep it moving. You know you're doing it right when the image looks a little damp, like dew has settled on it.

The finished candle has the tissue paper image imbedded right into the wax. I have a plan to transfer some of my own photos to candles for holiday gifts (I think my mom might like this photo on a white candle), but I'm digging this Halloween candle as well.

I'll be interested to see how they burn. I hope the tissue doesn't catch fire as the pillar burns down.