Handmade Eco-Friendly Wedding Favors Soy Wax Candles

We’re this close to our final DIY wedding favor project, but fret not. We have another great project in store for you today, and it’s so timely with Earth Day coming up next week. These soy wax candle favors were made using recycled materials, natural ingredients, and it’s also very budget-friendly. Sounds like an all around winner, non? What you’ll need: - Soy wax flakes (can be purchased in bulk in places like here…or at your local candle supply shop since we’re talking green) - Wick (here + here) - Containers. Melt soy wax flakes in a double boiler, add in your favorite scents and dye. For the packaging, we used recycled handmade gift wrap and watercolor tags. We added a label on the lids of the jars for guests to easily find their favorite scents. You can use the leftover unscented wax to make tea lights for your reception tables! View all step-by-step photos

How to Make Funnel Pour Soap on Soap Queen TV Learn the magical funnel pour process in this episode of Soap Queen TV. I think you’ll be amazed at how easy it is and the results you will get. I try to break down the steps and show some of the tricks I have figured out that make this process really easy. Get everything you need to make this project (except the mold) with the click of a button! Ingredients used in this video: 13 oz Coconut Oil 29 oz Olive Oil 13 oz Palm Oil 4 oz Palm Kernel Flakes 8.5 oz Lye 20 oz Distilled Water 4.8 oz Cranberry Fig Fragrance Oil 1.5 oz Sweet Almond Oil 1/2 teaspoon Bubble Gum Neon Colorant 1/2 teaspoon Tangerine Wow! 5 pound Wooden Log Mold Funnel Small Plastic Container Stick Blender Whisk 3 Bowls with Pour Spouts 91% Rubbing Alcohol

New Online Video Alert! I’m so excited to share a big project I’ve been working for the past year: How to naturally color your cold process soap. There has been lot of buzz lately about naturally coloring cold process soap but I couldn’t find very much information on the subject so I decided to do some experimenting myself Now that I’ve figured out what works, I’m ready to share everything! Learn to make a truly all natural cold process soap for just $7.95. I’ll show how to infuse oils to make intense colors using only natural herbs. This video is nearly 15 minutes long and gives you all the basics of how to make your own natural color infusions for use in cold process soap. Find the video here at Bramble Berry! Buy everything you need to make the soap featured above in the video Natural Colorants with the click of a button! I also wrote a book with an in-depth explanation of infusing techniques and notes on how 104 different herbs, spices, teas and clays will work in your soap.

Gorgeous Ways to Package Your Creations So much time is spent planning and executing your soap recipe. Don’t you want your packaging to reflect that? Your answer should be YES! Lisa Johnson, from Poppy Paperie, shows us some creative and inspiring examples of charming soap packaging over on her blog. Learn how to embed toys HERE on SoapQueen.TV. Gasp! Check the other Bramble Berry resources on soapmaking…