We make loverly candles at Christmas, using paraffin from the grocers...Stand a cheap candle up in the middle of a cleaned wax milk carton...I use a half gallon size usually...Fill in around it with cracked up ice cubes...pour melted paraffin over it and let set in the sink overnight...Next day, carefully tear off the carton after draining the water out and you have a beautiful lacy candle... set it on a candle stand and decorate around the bottom as you like. As the candle burns down, melted wax will run out a hole. If you want to prolong it's life, wait till it's burned down a little then put tea candles in there and burn those....Of course if you want a candle in a hurry slap a wick between two slabs of wax , held together with a little glue or melted wax....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:24:42 -0400 "Smoochie Newton" <smoochieangelpie@gmail.com> writes: > Does anyone know how gramma made candles? Also.... If I buy parafin wax at the grocery store, can I just melt that, drop in a wick and have a candle?? ____________________________________________________________ Enter for Your Chance to WIN* The TotalBeauty.com Summer Spa Sweepstakes! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/JKFkuJi7UfiCDgVNpiIDdHK1j6jM5REdhDLhBDdEIHx79Nj6lyre2I/