Handmade Candles shows how you can create beautiful candles, with just a few ingredients. It reveals, for example, how to roll a sheet of beeswax into an elegant taper, how to scent your candles with your favorite essential oil, and how to dip and mold. Here are step-by-step instructions for wonderful candles that will enhance your decor, light a poolside party or barbecue on the beach, illuminate an elegant dinner, and create just the right ambience for a romantic evening for two. There are also candles specially designed for seasonal centerpieces and celebrations, to accent the festivities in an individual and original manner. Many of the projects make excellent rainy-day activities that children will love.

Here’s everything you need to know about creating fabulous fragrant and rich-lathering soaps that use only natural ingredients and essential oils. Whip up each batch using seven recipes for either the cold-process method or the melt-and-pour (or “hand-milled”) technique. Pamper the face with Patchouli Complexion Soap; bathe in the sensual aroma of a Sandalwood Body Bar. There are also recipes for laundry, dishwashing, and household cleansers.

"Decorating with Candles" helps candle lovers invent creative ways to incorporate the soothing effects of candles at any time, indoors or out. Tips abound on creative placement, using candles to set a mood or draw attention to a space, as well as suggestions for creating handmade candle holders. 30 color photos. Feature in "Country Living".

This wonderful book features dozens of "recipes" for making candles that range from a simple beeswax votive to a glorious holiday pillar. Scented candles, hurricane candles, candelaria, torchieres, and candles containing herbs, dried flowers--even cinnamon sticks--are just a few of the projects included in this easy-to-follow book. 30 color photos. Resource list. Glossary.

Have yourself a merry little Country Living Christmas with this gorgeous guide to decorating, cooking, and celebrating the best holiday ever! Country Living knows how to make Christmas memorable, and that’s why this spectacular book will become your new go-to resource every year. It’s filled with more than 200 beautiful decorating ideas, recipes, and crafts, plus tips galore. Stunning photos show festive table settings; splendidly decorated trees; fun and easy Christmas projects, from wreaths to no-sew stockings; gifts from the kitchen; and gourmet-worthy recipes like Turkey Roulade with Sausage-Cornbread Filling, Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes, Slow-Cooker Apple Cider, and sweet treats like Red Velvet Snowballs and Chocolate & Cranberry Fudge.

Country Living magazine throws some beautiful light on one of today's most popular decorating items: the candle. Whether for a party or a romantic dinner, these design concepts are truly illuminating. Candles warm the heart and lighten the spirit, so enjoy their soothing effect any time of year, indoors or out, with Country Living's enlightening decorating ideas. Use candles' flickering golden light to brighten a porch, add charm to a table setting, and dramatize a space. Place candles in an alluring array of holders and arrange them on shelves. Gently illuminate a hallway with lighted candles set in traditional sconces. Try a little bathtime aromatherapy with fragrant candles that enhance relaxation. Those who need a helping hand with practical matters will find a special section devoted to the finer points of buying, using, and even making container candles and ice lanterns.