A while back at the auction house, I won four large totes of nothing but candles. I mean little candles, big candles, tea lights and all. I gave $7.00 per tote. Just take a look at these totes below.
Seriously, there's layers of candles in each. So I know I have enough for crafts for a while.
So to get started selling some for profit from my $7.00 totes, I decided to grungy up a batch of them.
I've done it a few different ways before,
But this time I wanted a faster way, so I decided to use my candle warmer and an old candle to just dip these in. This will give them a smooth and grungy look.
Oh, I've done this dipping in wax method before with the cinnamon, grungy candy canes too!
But now onto the Wax dipped, grungy candles.
Just dip the candle down in the melted wax,
then give it a quick roll in some cinnamon.
And dip it again to set the wax in!
Then just sit it on some wax paper to dry.
I repeated the process on some to give it a more grungy, primitive look. Others I didn't.
And that's it.
How super simple is that? And I think they look super cute.
Here's a few more pics to see how different the colors turned out.
Oh, the candle in a jar that I melted to dip these in was a Fall scented candle, (I can't remember the name,) but it was a melted dark brown.
Remember, if you're gonna use the jar of melted wax also,
just DIP, ROLL and DIP again to set it in.
That's it!
Sorry, right now I don't have any pics of these packaged up. But I think I'm gonna price the votives a pack of 2 for $1.50 or so.
The grungy tealights maybe 4 for a $1.50 and the tall skinny ones probably 2 for $1.50.
However I do it, I'm sure to make tons of profit from my $7.00 totes!
Hope this gives ya some ideas and
