For Christmas, our friend Beth gifted us all the ingredients to make gel candles. After reading a bit more of the lovely book Mister Monday which Mel gave Mark and me for Valentines Day, we were in the mood to make candles. These were some of the easiest candles to make and Beth gave us everything that we needed including a pamphlet full of instructions and ideas. Mark got started with a seashell filled bottom and added some blue wax from his favorite smelly candle. We were mesmerized as the gel candle wax melted the blue parifin, creating ribbons of blue parifin floating to the surface of the container.

I used the tall skinny glass to create alternating layers of white sand-like wax and blue chips of Mark's candle. I put some silver stars in the gel, but most sifted to the bottom to give it a sparkly top. I also made a mini seashore with an old six oz glass - putting some white sand-like wax in the bottom and strewning colorful seashells all over the bottom. Both of us were mesmerized with the effects and the slowly emerging bubbles floating to the top. What a wonderful and enjoyable present!