Showing posts with label Craft's Projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Craft's Projects. Show all posts

Saturday, July 6, 2013

How to Make Soy Candle Jars

Hi Everyone,

I have other craft project share with you today how to make soy candle jars, this is my first time making it myself.

Please Click on the Video Below: 

Please just beware in my video I keep saying 18oz jar instead 8oz jar lol.

"Color: Ivory & Scent: Pina Colada"

"Color: Orchid & Scent: Hawaiian Breeze"

The List of Things You Need to Get Started:
1. What size of glass container you like to use.
2. Type of wax you like to use, I use Golden 464 soy wax, because ECO friendly and NO SOOT also highly recommend.
3. Any Scale will do.
4. Melting Pouring Pitcher.
5. Any thermometer will do.
6. Dye Chip, you can make the candle with no color.
7. 1 oz fragrance oil
8. You can use unwanted clean stir like wooden chopstick or spoon.
9. Wick Bar, some people like to use chopstick or cloth pin to hold the wick.
10. Wick Sticker or you can use heat glue to hold your wick in place, but I prefer wick sticker because easy to remove and re-use the glass container.

Here is the link where you can get your candles supply from: www.candlescience.com or www.peakcandle.com

when you purchase one fragrance oil they send you other one as free sample fragrance oil or pick one your choice fragrance oil with your order.

How To Make Soy Candle Jar:
1. You can use hot plate stove or double boiler in middle fire.
2. Weight your wax in a bowl or melting pouring pitcher in 1 lbs.
3. Apply the wax from melting pouring pitcher to pot of boiling water and wait for the wax to melt, make sure to stir it time to time until the wax turn to form of liquid.
4. Use the thermometer to check the temperature for 185 F before add your dye chip and fragrance oil, people recommend 2 table Spoon fragrance oil per a pound of wax   and mixed in together, but I pour the whole 1 oz fragrance oil bottle in, so will give me better scent throw. Also depend on what wax you need, some wax can use lesser fragrance oil to better scent throw as well.
5. Let the wax temperature cool down between 135 F to 125 F before pour it in to your glass container.
6. Preheat your glass container with any heat gun and temperature need to meet around 120 or 125 F before you adding your wick in the glass container and position the wick bar to hold wick in place, so your wick don't move around before pouring.
7. Stir it again before slowly pour in to the glass container, so the fragrance oil won't be in the bottom of wax.
8. Let it sit overtime in a room temperature, cut the wick in 1/4" of inches after harden, make sure use heat gun to remove unwanted bubbles and the candle ready to burn after a week or 2 to settle.

If you see some frost inside of glass container that mean something wrong with temperature issue must need to do some adjustment with the temperature like cooling to fast or not in the right temperature. Pretty much you just need to play around with it to see the finish candle how it turn out.

Happy Candle Making !!!

Friday, April 1, 2011

Baseball Season is Here 2011

Today is opening day for the regular baseball season. I'm so EXCITED. I'm big San Francisco Giants Fan and as you all know my team went to the world series first time for long time since 2002 with the Los Angeles Angels from Anaheim. This year I will try to attend some of the home games and I hope the Giant's will make it all the way again this year.

"Pennant cut @ 5" Inches with the Shadow & Font cut @ 1" Inches with the Shadow"

Occasion: Team Spirit
Cricut Cartridge: Locker Talk & Plantin SchoolBook

Material I use on this pennant flag are:
  • Stampin Up Card Stock Current Color, Retire Color and Texture
  • Dry Adhesive and 2 ways Glue Pen
  • Swarvoski Crystal Flatback "Crystal" ss16 (4mm and Hotfix)

Monday, March 7, 2011

Altere Scientific Calculator Cover

Last Night, I altered my Scientific Calculator cover the old version I have since High School that is 11 yrs ago lol. I use sticker with math related and Swarovski Crystal Flatback glue on it with E6000. There are alot of scratched on the cover and old stickers that I have on there, so I decided to give it new look.
Side of the Calculator Cover. Swarovski Crystal I use are Blue Ziron and Rose SS 16 (4mm) =0)

Friday, February 4, 2011

Altered Composition Notebook

I seen some of craftier altering their composition notebook for fun, make as journal writing or class notebook. This is my first try altering a composition notebook, it's came out perfectly and I like it.

"This was my first one I did with first try, then I give it away before I took the picture."

  
"This was my second one I did for my neighbor, that she needed for work this pattern paper I pick out so her."

Composition Notebook is 9 3/4" x 7 1/2"

Materials you need on this project are:
  • 1 Piece of 12 x 12 or 8 1/2" x 11 Card Stock or Pattern Paper
  • Dry Adhesive and 2 ways Glue Pen
  • Corner Round Punch
  • 8 1/2" x 11 Solid Card Stock for the binding and inside cover
 12 x 12 pattern or solid card stock cut in half 6" x 10 1/2" so you have enough space cover edged. After put the pattern or solid card stock on the cover If you don't want to cover the edged then cut rest off. On the corner I cut little, so I can fold it in the cover. Binding cut @ 3 3/4" x 9 3/4" Inches make sure score it before put adhesive on it. Inside cut 2 pieces @ 7" x 9 3/4" Inches and I use corner round punch chop the edges, so it will catch up and you can decorated anyway you like on your cover.

Happy Crafting !!!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Personalize Name With Swavoski Crystal


"Crystal colors are Rose (Aloha), Light Sapphire (College Rocks), Clear Crystal (Disney Rocks), Blue Zircon and Light Amethyst (Lucy)"

This is a personalize name key chains made by wood, I purchased on E Bay 2009 and one of them was 2010 (Aloha) this key chains made by David from wood.gifts (E Bay ID). The only thing I did was hand put the crystal both side of the key chains to see what it look like with it. It came out very nice and I like it.


"Light Sapphire (ALOHA) and Amethyst (Love)"

I got these one in 2010 and I hand put on the crystal on Sunday Night (1/9/11).

Materials I use on this project are:
  • E 6000 Glue
  • Tweezer
  • Tooth Pick
  • Swarvoski Crystal Flatback SS16 (4mm) or any stone sizes