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!

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

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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. 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? 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. 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) 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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!

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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.