Candles!

Since I started my witchy practice, one of my favourite things to do, other than burn candles, is to make them!
Yes, I've been making my own candles for about 6 months now. It such a fun activity for myself and for enriching my pagan practice. I love mixing scents and colouring the wax to end up with a unique combination for my personal use in ritual, or any other use.

Up to this point I have only made tea lights and votives. They are the easiest to make, and have the fastest burn times. I use tea lights for almost everything; I even found a tea light cup with a special base to place in candlestick holders. In the future I might try making pillars, but so far I am perfectly satisfied with tea lights and votives. I've never been fond of candles that take forever to finish burning. It seems like such a waste of wax. Plus I feel safer burning a candle in a container, so tea lights are perfect for that purpose. No leftover wax in the bottom of the container to clean up after, either.

So today I made some votives; pink for love, healing, or the Goddess, and also green candles for money spells. They turned out quite nicely, and I made a dozen of each kind, so that should last me well into the summer months. I'm not quite done yet, still have to make some working candles and a few dozen plain tea lights for all-purpose uses.

On Imbolg eve, I will be making some votive candles to represent Brigid and her sacred flame. I'm not sure yet what colour they will be, but I will post some photos when they are done.

Blessed be!