Wedding candles for the family hearth

Lighting a family hearth at a wedding is one of the most sentimental and lyrical rituals. The flame of a candle is a symbol of family warmth, comfort and happiness, therefore it is the parents who give part of their home to the new family. To make this ceremony look even more touching, you can add more romantic paraphernalia to it, for example, decorate candles.

For the ceremony, you will need three candles - two thin candles and one voluminous, beautiful product. During the ceremony, the parents of the newlyweds go up on stage. The mother-in-law and mother-in-law are holding in their hands lighted thin specimens, the lights of which light another, the most beautiful candle - a symbol of the hearth of the newlyweds. The main candle can be in a special candlestick and stand on the table, or it can be in the hands of young people. The lighting of the hearth from two mother's candles symbolizes the transfer of the family warmth of the parental home to the home of the married children. It doesn't matter when the ceremony is performed - at the beginning or at the end of the evening, but it is important to create twilight in the hall.

In some cases, the ceremony continues. Guests can help with this. They form a circle around all the participants in the ceremony, with a candle in the hands of each guest. The bride, the new owner of the family hearth, walks around the guests and sets fire to each candle, thereby sharing the warmth of her new family. If such a continuation of the ceremony is planned, then it is recommended to choose a convenient and reliable option as the main symbol, which will be convenient to set fire to other wicks. By the way, in this circle of guests with burning candles, the first dance of the young will look very impressive.

As already noted, for the ceremony it is necessary to purchase three candles: one is the main, beautiful one, the other two are simpler. Products can be decorated with ribbons, rhinestones, coffee beans and other elements - there are no restrictions here. And it doesn't matter what the models are made of - wax or its substitutes, although wax is still used more often, it is not toxic, does not smoke and burns for a long time, unlike paraffin. Size, color and shape don't matter. It is worth adhering to the following recommendations for choosing candles:

• when choosing candles with a beautiful design or decorating them yourself, it is important to take into account that decorative details cannot lead to a fire and do not interfere with the participants in the ceremony to hold the products in their hands;
• for the mothers of the bride and groom, it is better to choose thin and long candles without voluminous decor, so that it is convenient for them to transmit fire to a young family; the product that the bride is holding must have a conveniently located ignition wick;
• if the continuation of the ceremony is planned, the bride will have to go around the guests and set fire to their candles, the main symbol should also be chosen in an elongated form;
• it is necessary to foresee the safety of candles in advance and prevent wax from getting on the skin of the hands, as well as provide protection from heat, for this purpose it is better to purchase models with stands and holders; to protect your hands, you can use candlesticks or napkins;
• you can keep products in glasses to protect the skin of your hands, but then it is advisable to make sure in advance how convenient it will be to set the wick on fire.

Once the ceremony is over, the candles can be left on the table where the ceremony was performed until the end of the celebration. After the wedding, the new young family takes their candle to their new home and keeps it as a souvenir. You can continue to use the product as needed, for example, light it up every anniversary and preserve it until your child's wedding to give him the warmth of your home. Parents of the newlyweds also take their copies home.

To decorate candles, especially the main family hearth, it is required to use different decorative elements in any color. You can buy ready-made beautiful wedding models, or you can arrange the product yourself, because it is more economical, since a large amount of money is already spent on the wedding, and you will also get an exclusive version that has never been used anywhere else. If the wedding is decorated in a certain color, then it is better to decorate the candles with decor in thematic shades - so they will very harmoniously fit into the wedding interior and create an even stronger effect. To decorate the symbol of the family hearth, you can use ribbons, lace, flowers, beads, rhinestones. When using flowers, you should choose fresh samples, because they will have to remain without water until the end of the holiday. Below are two options for decorating wedding candles.

Prepare the following items:

• 3 candles;
• 3 candlesticks;
• satin ribbon of the desired color;
• Natural flowers.

Manufacturing includes the following steps:

1. placing the candles in candlesticks, carefully eliminate the remaining paraffin;
2. we carefully wipe the candlesticks so that no dirt remains on them;
3. we wrap each candle with a ribbon, while trying to do it at the same level;
4. using pins and needles, attach flowers to the middle.

Prepare items such as:

• white candles - 3 pcs.;
• satin ribbons in blue or light blue;
• white lace - 3 pcs.;
• any decorative marine element as a pendant - miniature anchor, starfish, shell - 3 pcs.

Manufacturing includes steps such as:

1. we wrap each white candle with three thin ribbons to get uniform stripes - blue, white, blue, white, and so on;
2. insert the lace into the prepared pendant and knit on each candle over the ribbons a sea knot, loose, loose, so that the decoration is in the center of the knot.

A creative person can show imagination in any direction and realize the most daring ideas when decorating wedding candles. When designing products, follow a few guidelines.

• You can use artificial flowers instead of living ones, for example, make them from polymer clay. First, we form a ball, then pull it out in the shape of a drop, cut the top into five equal parts with nail scissors and use a toothpick to turn each part of the droplet into a petal.
• The overall decoration of the candles should be in harmony with the theme of the wedding and combined with the decoration of glasses, bottles of champagne, and so on. If the holiday has no theme, then it is recommended to decorate wedding symbols in classic pastel shades.
• When decorating candles, it is very important to provide a moment of safety. Make sure that the decor is not too high or too close to the wick. An equally important role in the quality of materials, you need to use such elements that do not begin to melt or fall off when the temperature rises during the ignition of the fire.

How to make wedding candles with your own hands in emerald color, see the video below.