Have you ever had the problem where your candle is too big for your candleholder? This usually happens assizes can vary from manufacturer to manufacturer or there may be asize miss-match between your candle and candleholder because one is metric and one imperial. The candle on the right was whittled down with the Taper Tipperthat’s laying next to it. The base on that candle looks much nicer than the other two, doesn’t it? Update: Sandra just found something similar here: Taper Candle Shaper.Here’s another one that catches the wax pieces as you’re turning the candle: Candle Shaper Recently I shared this summer table setting for Tablescape Thursday. Thanks so much for all the lovely comments you left on that post–appreciated those so much! Looking forward to all the wonderful Before and Afters linked for this week’s Metamorphosis Monday!

In that post I mentioned how I had used a knife to carve down the bottom of each candle so it would fit tightly down inside each bottle. Afterwards, a very smart reader of BNOTP told me about something called a Taper Tipper. Have you ever heard of a Taper Tipper? I never had but I can tell you, they are awesome! If you ever use taper style candles in your home, you need a Taper Tipper! The centerpiece for that table was all about candles, lots and lots of candles. (Tablescape can be viewed here: Romantic Candlelight Dinner on the Porch) Candle sharpeners, alsoknown as candle shavers, area great candle accessory for every candle adict. Candle sharpeners allow you to easily trim and reduce the base of a candle, where they are larger than your holder, to help make them the perfect fit in the candle holder.So how does it work? See the candles on the left? Those are candles I carved down with a kitchen knife to use in the bottles for the centerpiece seen earlier in this post.

If your candle is too small for the candle holder, why not look at our aluminium foils or adhesive wax grips. To pare down the base of a candle, you put the candle into the Taper Tipper as shown below. Next, while holding the Taper Tipper steady in one hand, you simply twist/rotate the candle around and around in the other. It’s a lot like sharping a pencil, only you’re whittling down a candle instead of the point of a pencil. Always use a proper lighting taper or lighter as this will prevent any unwanted debris falling into the candle wax which can result in burning problems. Hot water should be used to clean wax from metal, glass or ceramic holders but care on some coloured glass holders not to remove the colouring. Be aware not to burn candles too close to flammable items with a suggested two feet vertical clearance between the flame and material or surface.

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My Taper Tipper didn’t come with any instructions, but it’s so easy to use, you really don’t need any. The candle only fits into the Taper Tipper one way. I was curious to see if it would also work for candles with bases like the one you see below on the left. I gave it a try and it worked great. It was a bit bumpier to use since that type candle has a lot of grooves/ridges around the base, but it definitely worked as seen on the candle on the right.

Only link up Before and After posts that are home, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking or DIY related. With a candle sharpener, there is no need to trim the base of the candle with a knife, instead,use acandle sharpener to reduce the base to fit the candle to the holder. Simply size the base of your candles using the candle sharpener in the same way you would a pencil sharpener. Have you ever used a Taper Tipper? I wish I’d had one years ago because they are definitely a time saver. A lot safer than a knife, too!