While one may consider it easier to simply purchase a ready-made Unity Candle, complete with decorations and bows, making your own Unity Candle often proves to be inexpensive, easy, and satisfying. With a homemade Unity Candle, you can make this special addition to your wedding to resemble the personalities and tastes of you and your spouse-to-be. When making your own Unity Candle, you'll want to consider the different methods you may use and making your own bows for the Unity Candle as well.
Making and Decorating the Unity Candle
Making your own Unity Candle can range from fast and easy to complex and time-consuming. The easiest way to make your own Unity Candle is to buy a plain pillar candle from any store that sells candles. Unity Candles are usually white, but any color will do. After you've bought the pillar candle, simply tie a ribbon around the candle in the middle, and you have a simple Unity Candle with a dash of color and decoration. A step up from this extremely easy method is to decorate the store-bought pillar candle more lavishly. It is traditional to put the wedding invitation on the front of the candle, but you may substitute the invitation for a photo, a poem, a quote, a Bible Verse, or whatever other inscription you like. To put the invitation on the front of the candle, lining the paper with white ball topped straight pins works wonderfully. You can also decorate the rest of the candle with silk flowers, trim, and bows. Another option for making your own Unity Candle is actually making the candle from scratch. You can get candle wax, wicks, and also great decorative items to put in the wax from any craft store.
Making Your Own Bows for Your Unity Candle
One of the reasons bows are the main kind of decoration on Unity Candles is because bows are very versatile. You can tie different kinds of bows with different kinds of ribbon. Choose the traditional satin ribbon or put an elegant twist on the ribbon bow by making a lace ribbon bow. These standard types of ribbon come in a variety of colors that are sure to match your wedding decor. Also, don't forget velvet ribbon, which also adds an elegant touch to a Unity Candle. Silk flowers glued onto ribbons make for great decorations as well. You can have something as simple as a small sprig of Baby's Breath to an elaborate lily or rose. If you're looking to make your Unity Candle bow more unconventional, you could use a bow made from a string of pearls, wire, or tulle.