Sticks aka tapers!

Stick candles are by far my favorite! I know others call them tapers but I've gotten so used to calling them stick candles so I'm just planning to roll with it.

Anyways, these are the first candles I learned to make. Alex taught me standing over the oven at his mothers place, and it was love at first dip! The smell of the liquid gold wax is good enough to eat, and I would if it wasn't so darn hot!

These candles are easy to make but take much longer and more labor then any other candle we make. Each of our stick candles is hand dipped. First I cut all the wicks and dip them once to make starters. Making good starters is important, you need to let the wick absorb the wax so that the candles burn well and for a long time. Most starters are not straight, so you roll them between your fingers to straighten them. Then you dip and dip and dip until you have your desired width of candle.

All our stick candles are alittle different. The color is always different depending on the batch of wax and the heat of the wax at the time of dipping. The height is always different depending on the length of wick that I cut. And the width is always different depending how you like it. But with our stick candles you are always getting the same amount of wax. I weight each of my stick candles at 100g. Some are shorter and fatter and others are taller and thinner. That is the beauty of hand craftered goodness!

Our stick candles are $8 a pair.
And I should say that we have yet to master the art of making drip less candles, so make sure they are in a stand and on a old plate or something that will catch the wax when it falls (ps. save the wax and give it back to make more candles!)

Thanks for reading,
Blessed bee, Melissa