{"id":11498,"date":"2011-10-10T01:57:08","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/articles\/let-there-be-light-our-diy-unity-candles\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:34:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T02:34:02","slug":"let-there-be-light-our-diy-unity-candles","status":"publish","type":"uk-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/articles\/let-there-be-light-our-diy-unity-candles\/","title":{"rendered":"Let there be light; Our DIY Unity Candles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure id=\"attachment_3382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3382 \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG00120-20110613-1958-copy.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"417\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting the stuff together to make our own Unity Candles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I found some great looking Unity candles (3 in a set) but to have them personalized would cost us a hefty $200&#8230;That&#8217;s not including the delivery either, so I&#8217;ve decided to make our own.<\/p>\n<p>There are some great ways to do this. You can either print out your design on a nice sheet of stationary\/invitation paper, which you then wrap around the candle.<\/p>\n<p>OR\u00a0print the design onto transparent decals that you can apply to the side of the actual candle.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve decided to go with the 2nd option as I&#8217;ve found a decal supplier here in Sydney<\/p>\n<p>All you really need to do is create a design template for your candles.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve set up 3 templates on\u00a0an A4 size sheet.\u00a0\u00a0This means I can print off the design for the main candle &amp; the 2 separate family candles off the one page.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4501\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4501     \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unity-Candles-AP-initials.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"427\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Had fun personalising this with our little touch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>From there it&#8217;s just a matter of soaking the printed decal label in lukewarm water till it separates from the backing paper and\u00a0then sliding it onto the candle surface, dabbing it with tissue\u00a0to dry it off and get rid of bubbles.<\/p>\n<p>Then just decorating it with ribbons, rhinestone or whatever else tickles your fancy.<\/p>\n<p>Hey Presto, the candles are done!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4503   \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0572-copy.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"366\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Unity Candle set &#8211; Total cost $54 which includes the 3 candles, the candle holders (top picture) and\u00a0the decorations (black rhinestones &amp; white silk-edged ribbon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2545,"parent":0,"template":"","uk_article_category":[6803],"uk_article_tag":[3050,4674,2144],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article\/11498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uk-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article\/11498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uk_article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_article_category?post=11498"},{"taxonomy":"uk_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_article_tag?post=11498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}