Light Up Your Creative Side!
Some afternoons call for coffee. Others call for mixing a few fragrances, pouring hot wax, and leaving with a candle nobody else has on their shelf. Across Tennessee, candle making classes are making a strong case for the latter.
Pour Decisions Encouraged
At Flower Fire Candle Making & Tea Company in Knoxville, fragrance gets a little more room to play. Guests can book a candle-making experience that combines scent blending with hands-on creating, with options including massage oil candles. Add tea to the equation, and you’ve got an afternoon that feels considerably more interesting than wandering the same shops again.
Head east to Gatlinburg, where Southern Timeless Candles puts the nose to work at its candle bar. Guests can build their own fragrance and pour a custom wood-wick candle, giving everyone at the table permission to get very particular about what “cozy” should smell like. Reservations are available online for those who’d rather have a plan before heading into town.
Find Your Signature Scent
Middle Tennessee has its own place to play perfumer. At Sweet Tea Candle Co. in Thompson’s Station, guests can choose from a wide selection of fragrance oils and experiment until they land on a combination worth pouring. The shop offers candle-pouring sessions that work just as well for a friend outing or date as they do for anyone who simply wants an excuse to make something.
Over in Jackson, Pure Scent Essence brings the experience to West Tennessee with custom candle making of its own. That statewide spread is part of the appeal. You don’t need to be particularly crafty, own a glue gun, or know the first thing about fragrance notes to give candle making a shot.
A little experimenting is half the fun. Maybe you leave with something warm and woodsy, bright and citrusy, or a combination you wouldn’t have picked off a shelf. Whatever ends up in the jar, you made it yourself, and that makes lighting it at home a little more satisfying.
Explore more ways to get creative with art classes and workshops across the state at https://www.guidetotennessee.com/art-classes-workshops!
