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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2011-12-03 05:03 pm

Try 2!

Second try at the candles (see previous post for the first) - and yes this one was after I realized I could make inexpensive decor for the wedding from these.

Not as successful.






Not as successful with this one - it'll still pass muster at a quick glance, but on the previous one the musical notes helped hide the tissue paper and there was much less image here. I also printed out the plum branch and our names (not shown) on one piece of tissue paper so as to space them evenly on opposite sides. The expanse of non-printed tissue is a bit obvious if you look at it, and you may be able to see on the lower right of the candle the end of the tissue paper that I just could not get to saturate with wax. I also managed to put too much heat on some area, I think, so the wax is looking a bit blobby.

I was going to try to hold the paper on with wax paper while I heated it, as some bloggers do, but discovered we had none. I think this will work much better if I (a) use the wax paper and (b) put on my big girl panties and stop worrying about getting the placement exactly right and just put on each image separately so I can cut the tissue paper as close to the graphic as possible.

The printer ink also ran a tiny bit, but the barely-perceptible berry-colored halo it gave the flowers and our names works, IMO, so I'm not going to worry about it.
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[personal profile] movingfinger 2011-12-04 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
An all-over pattern of branches and plum blossoms would work, though.
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[personal profile] jinian 2011-12-04 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
The halo is an Artistic Effect.

If you're melting the wax a bit anyway, could you lightly pin the separate paper pieces to the candles to get the placement right? I do have big-girl panties, but somehow they're not the kind that make me less of a perfectionist...

[identity profile] lady-ganesh.livejournal.com 2011-12-03 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you going to try putting just a subtle background on it? That might work better, like the musical notes. Looks pretty good for the second one, though.
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[identity profile] lady-noremon.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
:-( I do not see a previous candle attempt post

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
The cross post failed. I just redid it.
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[identity profile] lady-noremon.livejournal.com 2011-12-04 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Huzzah!