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Candle baskets as gifts

When you are planning to gift someone, why not try candle gift baskets? After all, candles enhance every setting, enriching every experience. These candles supply warm and tender light for romantic settings, gives soothing glow in winding down a busy day, or shows flames dancing when you celebrate a festive and joyous occasion. The energies and moods that these things can create are almost endless: their light can be calming or uplifting, their scent subtle or powerful.

As you might also know, candles can serve as a complement in any decor in any setting. They can immediately transform an otherwise ordinary room into something that is full of spirit and life. A nice line of elegant votive candles spread across on a mantel or complementing down a staircase can add excitement and drama; a candle on an entry post or table seems welcoming your guests not to hesitate in coming in; the taper candles atop your nice dinner table urge everyone gathered to enjoy themselves, sit, relax, and appreciate their meal.

The fine art of decorating a setting with candles depends on your individuality and creativity. Use the imagination that you have to have that perfect candlescape which brightens the surroundings around and reflects the mood that you have.

While candle gift baskets are always a good thing to give someone, you should remember some safety tips. It would be better and nicer that you also inform the person you are giving a candle basket some of these tips.

- Always keep an eye on a burning candle. Burning candles should be within sight. When exiting a room or you are about to go to sleep, extinguish the burning candles first.

- Do not burn a candle on anything (or nearer anything) that can easily catch fire. Keep candles that are burning away from items like bedding, carpets, furniture drapes, books flammable decorations, paper, among others.

- Keep the candles out of reach, especially from children or pets. Do not put burning candles on places where children or pets (or anyone for that matter) can easily knock them over.

- Make sure that you read and follow carefully all instructions of the manufacturer.

- Candlewicks should be trimmed to one-fourth inch every time before you start burning. Crooked or long wicks can cause uneven and incessant burning and dripping.

- There should always be candleholders that can be used in holding candles. These candleholders should be specifically made to hold candles. Holders should be sturdy, heat resistant, and are large enough in containing any melted wax or drips. Make sure that candleholders are placed on surfaces that are stable and heat resistant.

- Keep candles that are lighted away from vents, air currents, and drafts. Staying burning candles away from them will help avoid uneven and rapid burning, smoking as well as excessive dripping. Drafts can cause also papers or lightweight curtains to be blown into the candle's flame, easily catching fire. Ceiling fans actually can cause the drafts.

- Make sure that the wax pool is free of matches, wick trimmings, and debris.

- Candles should not be burned longer that what the manufacturer said.
- Candles should be always burned in a room that is well-ventilated.

- Extinguish the candle's flame if it has become too close to the container or candleholder. To be safe, stop the flame when there are only 2 inches of candle wax remaining (or one-half inch of the container or holder). Doing this will also avoid probable heat damage to the surface and prevent containers made of glass from breaking or cracking.