The ceremony of lighting the family hearth is one of the most touching moments at a wedding celebration. The parents of the bride and groom are closer than ever, and mothers breathe life into new family like they once gave it to their children!
In order for the lighting of the hearth of a new family to be especially beautiful, you should prepare for it. You can select beautiful slow music in advance that the DJ will play at the ceremony. And, of course, you need beautiful candles, which will then be kept in the newlyweds’ family for a long time, and warm them with their soft warm glow.
If you decide to make candles for the family hearth with your own hands, you will have many options for making these accessories. From a variety of techniques and decoration options, you will definitely be able to choose one and create a family hearth and candles for lighting it, which are ideal for your celebration.
But no matter what method you choose, you will definitely need 1 large candle for the family hearth and 2 small long candles for your mothers to light it. You can choose the rest of the materials depending on the technique you will use to decorate the candles.
Decorating candles
The most common way to decorate candles is to decorate them with a variety of ribbons, lace, and beads of different sizes and shapes. Candles decorated in this way look very elegant and luxurious, and thanks to a wide range of different accessories, you can create your family hearth in any style that your imagination tells you.
So, you will need:
- 1 large candle for the family hearth;
- 2 small long candles for lighting the hearth:
- satin ribbon 1 cm wide;
- various accessories (lace, rhinestones, beads, pieces of fabric, ruffles);
- glue or pins
First of all, you can decorate candles for your mothers. It is important that they are comfortable to hold in your hands, and for this it is best to wrap the lower part of the candles tightly with a satin ribbon. Note that to paraffin candles It is quite difficult to glue the fittings. You need to choose a quick-drying glue and press the tape tightly onto the candle. If you still cannot find an adhesive that will reliably stick the decorative elements, then you can attach the tape using small pins in the form of nails. The caps of these pins are very tiny and will not be visible, especially if you plan to place other decorations on top.
Next, you can glue a variety of decorations onto the already attached ribbon. For example, you can choose lace to match the ribbon and make two-color bows to match the overall color scheme weddings To complete the look, the candles can be placed in a small candle holder and decorated with artificial flowers and beads.
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A large candle for the hearth should be decorated in the same style. The same ribbons, lace and artificial flowers will do. However, when decorating candles with textile accessories, you should remember that a family hearth is not only a beautiful wedding accessory, but first of all a candle that will be used for its intended purpose. Therefore, all decorative elements should not be placed too close to the candle wick, since if it melts a little, the candle will shrink in size and the textile may catch fire. In addition, glues and paints used for decoration can also be flammable.
Fashionable decoupage technique for candles
Another way to make a beautiful candle for the hearth is the decoupage technique. To make a candle for the family hearth using this technique you will need:
- candles;
- napkins for decoupage with the necessary images and motifs;
- decoupage glue;
- circuit;
- spoon;
- lighter or floating candle.
Craft supply stores offer a wide range of napkins for decoupage. You can choose from a variety of motifs to suit your wedding theme. For example, figurines of the bride and groom, floral patterns or hearts. You can also choose some neutral design that matches the color of the wedding or with some special image if the wedding is themed.
Once the design is selected, you need to cut out the motifs you like and separate only the top layer.
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Next, you can use special glue for decoupage, which can also be purchased in specialized stores. In this case, you need to glue the cut out fragments of the napkin to the candle and let it dry a little.
Or you can use another method. For this you will need a lighter and a spoon. Fragments of napkins need to be attached to the place where you plan to place them, and then carefully, starting from the center, iron these pictures with a heated spoon. The wax under the picture will slowly melt, and the napkin will be slightly immersed in the layer of wax, thereby sticking and becoming part of the candle. You need to move the spoon carefully and confidently so that the napkin sinks evenly into the wax. There is one more little secret: The candle flame will cause the spoon to smoke, and soot may stain the picture. To prevent this from happening, you need to heat it up. inner part spoons, and move along the picture with the outer convex side.
When registering, you should also remember general rule decorating candles that will be used for their intended purpose and do not place the design too close to the wick.
And so, with a little effort and all your imagination, you will get a beautiful, and most importantly exclusive candle, which will be pleasant to use at a wedding celebration, and then keep at home and light on special days for your family.
Candles for lighting the hearth with mothers can be decorated in the same way using this technique, it is the same for candles of any shape and height.
The easiest way to make a family hearth
And finally, we’ll tell you about a very simple way to decorate a candle for a family hearth. This is probably the easiest way if you decide to make a family hearth with your own hands.
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To work, you will need a candle suitable for the hearth and a beautiful candlestick, which can be made from any beautiful jar or glass. You can buy a ready-made painted or decorated jar, or you can decorate it yourself, in any way available to you. Even in a simple colored glass frosted glass a burning candle will look original and mysterious. And in this case, you can leave the candles for mothers simply laconically white, in combination with the “magic fire” in the glass, they will look very stylish. Therefore, if you have a minimum of time, then you can safely follow this advice.
Wedding - the birthday of a new family - is one of the most significant days in the lives of all newlyweds. Every couple wants to make it perfect and memorable, individual and stylish. Usually, wedding decor is thought out in advance and down to the smallest detail. Rarely is a wedding complete without candles, which play the role of table decoration and are components of various rituals. DIY wedding candles will help make this day unforgettable and luxurious.
Often the bride herself prefers to make candles, but it happens that her close friends or future mothers-in-law take on this task. Skillfully made candles that match the overall style of the holiday will be an excellent and valuable gift. They will also harmoniously complement wedding photos newlyweds, reminiscent of a taste of the atmosphere of this big day every time they look at the wedding album.
The tenderness of pearls and roses
It’s not at all difficult to make a chic candle for a wedding celebration; the main thing is to decide on the style of the celebration and the color scheme of the bride and groom’s outfits, tablecloths and the festive hall. The proposed master class will show one of simple ways creating the most romantic and delicate candle that will fit into your wedding interior and become an integral element of the decor of the festive table.
To create this beauty, you will need a thick candle (ready-made or homemade), a long string of pearls or small beads, a white satin ribbon, small roses from ribbons of a different color, preferably a pastel shade (here you need to focus on the color scheme of the rest of the interior or the clothes of the newlyweds), glue, pins with beads at the ends.
The sequence of actions for decorating a candle is as follows:
- Wrap a string of pearls around the bottom of the candle to about half its length, while applying a little glue to the beads.
- Glue white satin ribbon around the candle so that it fits snugly against the beads.
- Decorate the candle with ribbon roses at the junction of a pearl thread and a white ribbon. You can buy roses ready-made in the store or make them yourself. This video will help you with this:
- The final and optional touch is to decorate the candle with pins. To avoid damaging the candle coating, it is better to warm up the pins first.
Merry flowerbed
At any wedding, flowers are almost the main decoration of the celebration. And they also decorated the candles on the wedding table, creating a wonderful mood holiday will stay with you for a long time. But decorating candles with fresh flowers is not recommended because of their fragility. It is unlikely that they will be able to last a whole day without losing their freshness and beauty.
But there is an excellent alternative - flowers from polymer clay. Such decorations will look no worse than a real bouquet, but in terms of durability they will not be inferior to the candle itself. And making them with your own hands will not be difficult.
For this we need:
- finished candle;
- polymer clay of several colors;
- thin stick or toothpick;
- rhinestones;
- glue;
- pins with beads at the end;
- nail scissors.
The process of making a flower from polymer clay is as follows:
- Roll a small piece of clay into a ball, then pull it out on one side. You should get a drop-shaped figure.
- Using nail scissors, cut the blunt end of the drop into 5 parts and unfold them using a thin stick.
- Place a pin in the middle of the resulting flower, with which it will be attached to the candle. The head of the pin will serve as the core.
- In this way, prepare the required number of flowers and place them in the oven, preheated to 120°, for 7-9 minutes.
- We attach the resulting flowers to the candle. You can cover it with rhinestones.
Personalized composition
The correct decoration of candles is to ensure that they are in harmony with the rest of the decor. So, you can make entire compositions that include glasses decorated in the same style, a large candle and 2 thin candles for the newlyweds. And if the names of the happy couple are written on them, then such a composition will be considered a real exclusive.
In this master class we will look at a way to decorate a whole set of items for a wedding using one candle as an example.
To work you will need:
- finished candle;
- acrylic paint of several shades;
- small flowers made of polymer clay or satin ribbons;
- pins with beads at the ends;
- a small flat white saucer.
Glue the heart around the outline with rhinestones. We stick flowers from ribbons around it randomly using pins.
To tighten the pattern of flowers and rhinestones, you can glue beads and seed beads.
We will draw patterns around the entire composition with acrylic paints or nail polish.
We tie ribbon bows at the base of the candles. Inside the heart you can write the names of the newlyweds or paste a photo of them together.
We also decorate a saucer that will serve as a stand for candles.
This way you can create any composition design in a variety of styles.
Video on the topic of the article
We invite you to watch the video for this article to see additional ideas and ways to create unique candles for your wedding celebration.
A wedding is a celebration that can only happen once in a lifetime. Therefore, it is important that everything goes perfectly. Every detail is important when decorating a wedding. Therefore, the choice of candles that participate in several rituals is very important for newlyweds. You can buy ready-made candles in a specialized store, or you can order a craftsman to bring your decorative ideas to life. It would be better and cheaper to make them yourself.
DIY wedding candles
At a wedding, candles are used to celebrate and light the family hearth. For a wedding, they should be simple, with modest decoration. A candle that symbolizes a family hearth should be luxuriously decorated. After all, there is a belief that the richer the “family hearth” looks, the richer the family will be. The main candle should be lit from two small ones that the couple will have.
To make a candle for the hearth, you will need:
- plastic juice or ketchup bottle;
- regular candles (4 pcs.);
- container to melt paraffin;
- beads, pins with beads and roses;
- acrylic paint, nail polish, glue.
Try making your own candles for a wedding, following the instructions step by step:
1) Cut off the top of the bottle. Cut teeth evenly across the top of the cut container.
2) Connect the triangles by inserting a wick in the middle. It can be taken either from one regular candle or from a new one. Secure the structure with tape.
3) Wrap the assembled end of the bottle in polyethylene, turn it over and place it in a glass.
4) Tie the end of the wick to a pencil so that it does not move anywhere. Grease the walls with vegetable oil.
5) Grind 4 candles. Melt the paraffin and pour it into a cut-off bottle.
6) Let the candle cool. If necessary, add paraffin.
7) When the candle hardens, carefully pull it out of the bottle by the wick. The candle is ready.
Time to decorate
Stock up on beads, glue and other decorative elements and follow the instructions that describe how to decorate your candles:
1) Draw a heart on the candle.
2) Cover the contours of the heart with beads, randomly insert hairpins with beads and roses. To insert them without harming the candle, it is better to heat the tip of the pin.
3) Additionally, you can decorate candles in this style for the newlyweds, with which they will light the hearth.
4) Glue beads and beads, arranging them in a romantic mess.
5) Paint curls with golden varnish or paint. Tie ribbon around the base of the candles.
This decoration of wedding candles looks quite luxurious, revealing good taste. In this style you can decorate both candlesticks and glasses of the newlyweds.
Another option for decorating wedding candles with your own hands
To decorate the newlyweds’ candles, you can use other decor:
1) Cover the bottom of the candle with a ribbon made of beads. Wrap it around several times, secure it at the middle level.
2) Glue satin ribbon around the candle. Close the border between the beads and the ribbon satin roses different sizes. These beads and roses can be used to decorate other items of the newlyweds.
There are many options for decorating candles for a wedding. Check out the simple but romantic candle decor this tutorial shows you:
1) Make roses to decorate the candle: use a needle and thread to form two satin shells, one of which is a shade darker. First, wrap the light frill into the shape of a rose and sew it well. Wrap the dark frill around the light rose, forming new petals. Make 3–5 of these flowers.
2) Tie a thick candle with a thin satin ribbon, gluing the ends.
3) Attach the bow to the joint with a pin and bead.
4) Glue the candle onto the stand. Place and secure the flowers on the stand near the candle. The symbol of the family hearth is ready.
5) Paint the candles that the newlyweds will hold with nail polish or a special outline, decorate with a ribbon and a bow.
This mk is quite simple, but even such modestly decorated candles in stores are quite expensive. By making decorative elements for a wedding, you can not only enjoy the process, but also save your budget.
Educational video lessons to help the craftswoman
Decorating wedding candles with your own hands is very symbolic, since the Family Hearth, which is represented by a candle in the ceremony of removing the veil, is quite an important and at the same time intimate element of the wedding. It is given to the young and kept by them as a memento and guardian-talisman of their family happiness.
No matter how romantic all this may be, before you make a Family Hearth with your own hands, you should familiarize yourself with some rules:
- It will be better if the overall design is combined with the design of the candle. This refers to the style of decorating glasses, champagne, balloons and tablecloths.
- It is necessary to take into account the size of the candle - it should not be very long and thin. Wide and low - ideal. Solidity is a must.
- Decoration for a candle must be made with high quality, since when it burns it will heat up and melt. Nothing should fall off or catch fire.
- Decoration should not be funny, cheerful, funny. A certain rigor, gravity and a little romance are required.
Satin lace, white flowers...
Decoration of wedding candles for the ritual of removing the veil and lighting the family hearth can be done using satin. This will be a gentle and modest option.
We will need:
- white satin fabric, hemmed at the edges so that “fuzz” does not stick out;
- gold glitter - paint with glitter for creating convex elements. Using glitter we will make a pattern to dilute the whiteness, introducing a second color;
- glue "Master";
- special paint for candles, pearl shade.
If desired, you can add some other elements made of tulle and beads.
Stages of decorating wedding candles:
- We take a long satin ribbon 30*15 and sew it manually in the middle with fairly large stitches. We do not cut the thread, but stretch the gathers. The satin ribbon should be made into a gathered shape.
- This gathered tape needs to be wrapped around the candle so that the base is completely wrapped with it, and then part of the tape tends upward. We smoothly move one skein and the “tail” of the tape upward.
- Having understood the trajectory of pasting with tape, we put the tape aside and begin to paint the candle. We wait for it to dry.
- We glue the dried wedding candle for the Hearth with the already mentioned gathered tape using Master Thread Stitch glue.
Important! It is advisable that the tape be double-layered. Those. It’s better to take 30*30 fabric, fold it in half, stitch it, turn it inside out, then make gathers. Then it will be lush and lacy.
Now we make three roses from satin. To do this, you need to take satin fabric and cut out squares. Needed: 3 squares 5*5, 3 squares 8*8, 3 squares 6*6.
- We fold the squares diagonally, sew them exactly along the triangular folded seam and pull the thread. We get an assembled sheet. The thread tension should decrease with each sheet. The first is the tightest, the second is weaker, the third is quite wide. Each rose has three leaves. We put them inside each other and sew them at the bottom.
- Glue roses onto the candle - a large one on the very edge of the “tail” of the ribbon and two small ones on the sides. Look at the candle - which will be better, because its shape can be very different.
- We take glitter and decorate the edges of the rose leaves - carefully (!). We wait for it to dry.
- Decorate with glitter - draw smooth stems from the roses up and to the side. Let's turn on our imagination.
Also, do not forget about thin long candles in the hands of the bride and groom. To decorate the thin wedding candles that the newlyweds will need during the ceremony with our own hands, we will need:
- satin ribbons golden color;
- white satin ribbons;
- glue "Master";
- candle paint;
- thread and needle.
Decoration steps:
- We paint these thin wedding candles with the same paint that was used for the Hearth and wait for them to dry;
- We wrap golden-colored satin ribbons around wedding candles in the same way - after all, they are paired, for the newlyweds. The winding can be from bottom to top or end in the middle. Optional. Glue the tapes.
- We make bows from white satin fabric. To do this, cut out 4 rectangles measuring 8*16.
- Fold them in half to make 8*8 squares, stitch them, leaving one side unstitched, and turn them inside out;
- We also stitch the remaining side and decorate two seams with glitter;
- We carry out these procedures with each square.
- We make bows by placing one square on top of another. One bow – two layers (squares). We sew them in the center, stretch the thread. The bow should be fluffy, very narrowed towards the center.
- We close the middle of the bows with the same satin ribbon cut from satin (1*5 cm), sew it on the side that will stick to the candle.
- Glue the bows to the middle of the candles.
Mirrors flicker in the melted candles...
Also quite fashionable option There are also wedding candles in glasses. You can buy these in the store, or you can make them yourself.
To do this, take a round glass and fill it halfway with colored melted wax (white, golden or pinkish color - pale shades). The main thing is to pour it evenly and do not forget to first insert the wick and hold it while pouring wax (from a melted candle).
The cooled glass can be decorated as you wish. There is this option:
- We decorate the stem of the glass with satin gathered ribbons, which we have already done above. There should be several ribbons so that the leg is magnificently decorated.
- Modestly decorate the glass itself by gluing, for example, rings (purchase in a special store) or three small roses made of satin, as we did above. They can also be decorated with gold glitter around the edges.
Here are several options for decorating wedding candles, which can be varied according to the dictates of your own imagination and the desire of the newlyweds. The main thing is quality and consistency of style. Wedding candles that are too overloaded with elements look frivolous.
We also suggest watching a video - a master class on making a home fireplace.
A wedding is an exciting, solemn and very beautiful event. It is customary to create an appropriate environment with the help of various accessories. The most romantic version of a candle. They symbolize the warmth of love between two people, a piece of the future home. How to decorate candles for a wedding with your own hands?
It's rare that a wedding is complete without candles. They participate in a beautiful and very symbolic ceremony of transferring a piece of family warmth from the older generation to the young family. Parents light a candle and bring it to the candles in the hands of the newlyweds, conveying with the fire the warmth of their relationship, the power of wisdom and the brightness of feelings. At the same time, parting words are spoken and advice is given on how to keep your love alive. long years. For such a beautiful ceremony, appropriately decorated candles are needed.
Of course, as a last resort, you can find ready-made ones, but how exciting this creative process can be! A holiday decoration, made by loved ones with love especially for the event, will become a talisman for the family hearth and will carry through many years the memory of the most romantic event in life - a wedding!
In order for the surprise to be successful, there are some rules in the design of candles: they must be in harmony with the general decoration of the room, not be too tall and thin, the decorative elements must be made of high-quality materials so that when burning they do not melt or ignite.
Decor options
How can you decorate candles? Traditionally, flowers, ribbons, beads, lace, chains, shells, coffee beans and other original materials. Candles can be used to create a composition together with other accessories: glasses, wreaths of fresh flowers. The decoration of the wedding table will be very impressive! Let's look at some photos with ideas for decorating a table with candles and flowers:
When the lights go out in the hall, the soft glow of the flame will create a mesmerizing fairy-tale atmosphere. Especially when at the end of the celebration a waltz sounds and the young couple dances their first marital dance.
Materials for decorating candles
What materials are needed for decoration? Here you should start from the execution technique. There are several of them: wrapping and decorating with ribbons, modeling decor from polymer clay, decoupage, scrapbooking and others. Depending on the most suitable option and wedding style, we select the necessary decorations. Let's take a closer look at some of the most romantic and easy-to-execute options.
Silver style candle
To work you will need:
- thread with pearl beads
- satin ribbon in soft pink color
- decorative satin flowers (you can buy ready-made ones)
- scissors
Process description:
- Glue the end of a pearl thread to the base of the candle and wrap the candle halfway.
- Wrap the candle tightly with a satin ribbon, securing the ends with glue. Leave the top part free (about a quarter of the entire product).
- Decorate the border between the pearl thread and the ribbon with satin roses. Can be supplemented with individual beads. All elements are attached with glue.
- The candle for decorating the wedding table is ready!
Decorating a candle with polymer clay flowers
To work you will need:
- polymer clay of several colors
- pins
- adhesive rhinestones
- manicure scissors
- toothpick
Process description:
- Roll a small ball out of clay and give it a droplet shape
- Using scissors, cut the top of the droplet into 5 parts and, using a toothpick, carefully turn the ends to the sides. Makes 5 flower petals
- In the center of the resulting flower you need to insert a pin with a head suitable color. This creates the middle of the flower and it will be attached to the candle with a pin.
- In the same way, we make several flowers and send them to dry in an oven preheated to 130° for about 7 minutes.
- We attach the finished flowers to the surface of the candle to be decorated and decorate with glue rhinestones.
You can show your imagination and diversify the decor with beads and ribbons.
Using these fairly simple technology techniques, you can decorate not only candles on the wedding table. The composition will look elegant in combination with glasses and fresh flowers on the newlyweds’ table.
Beautifully decorated wedding candles are kept in the family after the celebration. It will be a good tradition to light them on each subsequent anniversary. life together. And then, when the children grow up and want to start their own family, these same candles will pass the baton of love to the newly born couple.
We hope that the master classes given in the article with step by step instructions will help you create a unique decoration with your own hands as a wedding gift for your loved ones!
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