You would have had candles made of either tallow or beeswax. Beeswax was the preferred material because tallow burns black and can even leave a residue on your walls.

@dianee5375

2 жыл бұрын

In addition, tallow candles smell *awful*!

@katm5903

2 жыл бұрын

Was it extremely expensive at this time period for beeswax? I know it was during the medieval period.

@alyceweirick3916

2 жыл бұрын

I have some questions. Would they have reserve the mug used to pour the molded candles exclusively for this task alone? How would you scrub all the wax out of the cooking pot? Im sure that a cooking pot like that wasnt used exclusively for melting wax (I could be wrong though). How much would a candle sell for? Would it be typical for the Lady and Lord of the house to allow their cook to create candles for profit for themselves?

@lorisewsstuff1607

2 жыл бұрын

@@alyceweirick3916 I was wondering that myself. Dipping candles takes so much wax. It would be tempting to leave it in the pot. But on the other hand pots were super expensive.

@erinsquire2749

2 жыл бұрын

wow it really turn out amazing

I'm a beeswax candle maker, I use modern tools but the method is still the same all these years later. Every time I make my candles I feel connected to the past. 💛

There are so many reasons that I adore this channel. I just realized that one reason, I think, is that the narration is minimal and realistic, as if we are watching. Many channels have hosts who talk endlessly, and they don’t always have any knowledge. I enjoy hearing you both talk, but I learn from watching and reading the subtitles. I’m sitting by my own fire right now, marveling at all the cooking you do. Thanks for all the hard work you all put into these videos.

@cattycorner8

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. It is like ASMR

@LouisTheTraveler76

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed Ronda.

@indigowolf556

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@valaues

Жыл бұрын

Je suis tout à fait d accord

@joyfulmountainfaithhomestead

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more! I have sensory issues and too much sound and talking is very overwhelming and overloading to me. This channel is quite enjoyable and I love the captions and interaction when there is. Lol. Many times I find myself chuckling because I can follow along much better and catch the humor in a lot of the videos and details as well.

When I was little,we had a school field trip about the days of old and we made candles. We would form a line and we each had a wick and we would go to the pot of hot wax and dip our wick in and go around to the back of the line and do it again until we had a nice candle. It was so fun and to me is the best way to do it!

You can make the dipped candles straight by tying a small weight like a metal nut onto the bottoms of the wicks. After enough dips that the candles are stiff, you can cut off the weights and heat them up to reclaim the wax.

@cattycorner8

2 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@landomilknhoney

Жыл бұрын

Is that so?

@jocarson5310

Жыл бұрын

You can also dip them in cold water between dips to harden the wax before the next immersion.

I discovered your channel randomly when I was searching for some ideas for my story. As someone who dreams of being a housewife (that is if, the circumstances call for it), I find your videos to be a detox for the mind from this technology obsessed complex world. Subscribed 👍

@giraffesinc.2193

2 жыл бұрын

I, too, wish to be a housewife!!!

@Iceis_Phoenix

2 жыл бұрын

I would never wish to be a housewife it seems so boring. Besides i make my own 💰 and live independently.. but this channel is GOLD. So relaxing.

@countrystyle5076

2 жыл бұрын

@@Iceis_Phoenix oh my it's never boring. Slow paced sometimes but never boring. Just keep learning new things and it keeps life at home fun.

@mg8642

2 жыл бұрын

@@Iceis_Phoenix it's as interesting as you make it, being a housewife means you are too busy to be bored 😊

@Kaytka

2 жыл бұрын

@@Iceis_Phoenix I am a housewife. It’s by no means boring. I am a mom of 3, whom I homeschool. I run and manage the house. I also make extra money by doing side hobbies. It’s not for everybody, but trust when I say it’s not boring. I’m so busy that I seldom have time to just relax unless it’s late at night. (Such as right now, as I wait up for my husband who will be home within the hour, it’s past midnight currently.)

I liked the dip method of making candles, best! They may look a bit crooked, but it gives the candles Character! Many years ago, I made dolls' house sized candles using that dip method. They turned out beautifully! It was fun to make miniature candles using the dip method. I love these videos, and learn a lot about the "good old days"! ~Janet in Canada

I roleplay as a hobby and I find channels like this so informative for helping me learn the historical low-tech stuff for my writing. I really like this channel's simple no fuss no frills approach.

Bees wax candles smell amazing too!

The amount of work they had to do in those days for things we don’t think twice about now. Much respect to all the housewives who laboured from dawn to dark behind the scenes for their families ❤

when i saw the title, i thought it said "candies" instead of "candles" and when she started melting the wax i was very confused, so... you should totally make candies next!

@michelleblose226

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!!

@amanigilbert4432

2 жыл бұрын

Me too 🌚

@betsyr4724

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Iceis_Phoenix

2 жыл бұрын

Focus people focus. F o c u s

@melisaarmstrong2293

2 жыл бұрын

Me too lol 😂

This is like going back in time! Thanks for doing these videos!

Lovely! Imagine living and working in that era. Ah, time travel. Thanks for the tutorial.

Does anybody else watch these videos for an ASMR effect? They are so relaxing to me!! 💤

@Sunset1705

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I sure do!

I love how every single mouvement She makes it's full of love and grace

Beeswax candles cost a fortune but they are so worth it. They are non toxic and burn very slowly.

whenever i get the notification i become so much happier

Times back then might of been harder because more work was required to obtain anything ,but i believe hard work keeps the mind clear and with purpose....the exact opposite of life today

I make candles using the dip method, yet after each dip in the wax I dip in tap water just repeat dip wax, dip water, ...... I do have a mold as well, but have not used it yet. Making candles is a very soothing project. So much enjoyment in each video, thank you for doing them. In Joy

@salyluz6535

Жыл бұрын

It is not necessary to dip in cold water, as long as the candle has time to cool down between repeated dippings. Moisture on the candle surface can actually lead to a bumpy candle surface, But perhaps that is what you want? In my family, if we need to cool the candles down more than just a couple laps walking around the room will achieve, then we take a walk around the house outdoors in the cooler air between our dips. This is always sufficient, but then again we make our candles in the fall and winter when it is cool outside.

A trick to free the candles from the molds easier is that after a few uses the molds will have a slight layer of wax left in them. Being like butter in a cake pan giving them a light dusting with flour before pouring helps to free the candle from the mold. If there's any leftover flour on the candle a quick pass over the fire melts a tiny portion of the wax over it. Masking the four from view.

Oh my gosh I want to live there- you really capture the vibe!! 😄

@audm.5946

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I actually think I would have liked it. Who has a time machine?

@-mediocremoni-

2 жыл бұрын

@@audm.5946 i know right!

@islandgal500

2 жыл бұрын

@@audm.5946 I also daydream about having to live in those times, but I think it would be hard work. I like being able to choose to recreate a craft or chore when I am in the mood and in these times. I like to use my machines - washer, dryer, etc. to do my tasks, and then I have time to play with baking, making candies, embroidery, lace-making, soap-making... Much more fun when I don't HAVE to make something.

@jocarson5310

Жыл бұрын

You all should look to see if there is a Living Museum in your area. Old World Wisconsin was always looking for people to work as reenactment actors. That would be a fun summer job.

@salyluz6535

Жыл бұрын

There’s a big one on the west side of Des Moines Iowa, on the north side of Indianapolis Indiana, Carriage Hill at Dayton Ohio, Johnston Farm at Piqua Ohio, another one at Zoar Ohio, and so many others all across the country where I have stopped on my travels! They all have special events at different times of the year, and they are well worth spending 1-2 days in the area. ♥️🌻🕯

Everything you do is with thought and intent. These days is so easy to go through the motions without thinking. I'm going to try and slow down and use your teaching of thought and intent. I know this way I'll live a better life! 😇🌸

I just recently found a method for making candles using vegetable shortening like Crisco. I bought the Walmart brand. (Just make sure you buy all vegetable shortening and not a vegetable blend.) Melt the shortening in a glass pyrex measuring cup (the kind that has a pouring spout on it) in the microwave on a lower heat setting. You don't have to keep it in the microwave until fully melted, It will continue to melt as you stir it. Using votive candle holders, pour the melted shortening into them until they are about a half inch from the brim. Let them cool and harden completely. Stick a birthday candle into the center of each. Doesn't matter if they are colored or not. You won't see the color as they burn. You can also use taper candles with a ball glass canning jar. Just cut the candle (from the bottom using a sharp knife and scissors to cut through the string. Measure the taper candle so that the wick on the top comes just to the rim of the jar. Fill the jars until about an inch from the top. Same thing, just stick the taper candle in the cooled, hardened shortening right down the middle. Just the wick should be sticking out of the shortening. It has no smell and burns a very long time.

Mozart! Educational, peaceful, and beautiful.

This channel is far better than wonderful !

I ABSOLUTELY love this channel. It's so peaceful. Even though my people were enslaved during this time in history, it's still nice to learn of history during that time.

I am a soap maker. Have you done a video on making old fashioned soap? They used tallow and ash I believe. Would be cool to see if you’ve not done it!

@brandylou9132

2 жыл бұрын

Justine mentioned homemade soap if tallow and ash in one of the videos. "A working woman's usual morning routine" (or a title close to that). She didn't say if she made it, but I also wonder.

@jocarson5310

Жыл бұрын

Old timers put hardwood ash in a bowl with a very small hole that very slowly drained into another bowl. This gave the ash had time to leech into the water and make a lye solution. If I am not mistaken the water was run through the ash twice to increase the strength.

@salyluz6535

Жыл бұрын

@@jocarson5310: Yes, that is how my grandma and great grandma did it. Eventually, I think by the 60s they just bought lye at the grocery or hardware store because they were such busy farmers and it was much quicker, not to mention safer with lots of little grandchildren always underfoot. At butchering time we’d save that good hard white flaky beef & sheep fat for soap making. Grandma would usually make three varieties of lye soap: plain, oatmeal and lavender. She made gigantic amounts, several thousand bars at a time, and then it didn’t need to be made every year. After it had cured she distributed among her seven children and their families in large old shoeboxes and boot boxes. It seemed to keep forever! If you got low on funds, you could grate it and use it for laundry or dish soap! I remember if we were going to use it this way, we would grate it and then blend it into a hot bowl of water with a whisk until it was all dissolved and sudsy, and then use that to mix into the laundry tub or the sink of dishes.

So Happy I randomly came across your channel. My favorite by far! The only one I’ll stop everything for just to watch! 💗

I love watching how the simple things we take for granted are done with ease, even tho it's really hard. Justine you make it look so easy. Love the videos.

i like your lifestyle and your used old items, thanks for sharing this beautifulness with us...

So relaxing to watch. They are adorable!

I can remember making homemade candles with my mother's supervision of course, so much fun and interesting, brings back memories ❤❤❤

Once again another interesting video to watch. The convenience that we have today just going to a store and buying a candle even if it's for a dollar or more. But just think of all the hard work that people back in the day went through just so that they could light a candle for a nice dinner or a holiday or just to have light in a dark room. Thank you for doing these videos. ☺️☺️

Nice watching, attractive surroundings around candle stands,viz smiling portrait & flowers vase.Thanks

I want to live the similar life style with my man❤️

I have even as a kid been fascinated with candlemaking, not sure why, but I have. That and candle clocks, which is a whole different adventure.

My daughters and I live like in the days of the Early Settlers. We find it as a preparedness for up and coming days ahead. I was buying lots of candles every month, until the tornadoes collapsed the candle factory in Kentucky (candles were difficult to find), and so we found the same candle tin mold you have at Lehman's. Threading the wick seems a bit tricky, so, alas, we are awaiting a wicking needle in the mail. Thank you for your patience, teaching, and knowledge. ❤️-A little flower in a big field

The hinge system for the pot in the fireplace is very cool, wish I had one for my modern fireplace lol.

Verry good teaching.I have learned something. I will keep on watching. David Back from Menifee county Kentucky,

Before I found a vintage candle mold at a flea market, I made my candles solely by "wick dipping"...its a long&tedious process, but also very fulfilling at the end!! 😊 Love your Channel, and Ron's too! 🖒🖒💕

The candles look great!

I enjoy candle making. I tried the dipping method when I was in Middle School.

Beautiful video, I collect candles, old and new, books about candles. This video is fantastic for me

Thanks for the good video. May Jesus continue to bless you and your family

Because candle frames are expensive, they can be sold at high prices. Candles made pretty in molds are mostly made of beeswax. The quality is so good that it can be used even today. Beeswax candles have a uniform shape with less soot and a nice smell. Skilled artisans also added color to the candles or molded them into a variety of interesting shapes. Of course, poor citizens mainly used cheap dipped tallow candles, except for special occasions.

Thank you for showing us how you do candles.

It so very relaxing and satisfying video . I really like the nail of this girl😊

Seriously, I've learned more about history through Google and KZread, than I ever did in elementary and high school.

@emanimarie4505

Жыл бұрын

Same

I loved this video so much 🍓🦋💗 It made my day!

I love American history. Particularly 18th and early to mid 19th century. I've been wanting to make beeswax candles for awhile and this was cool to see. I knew about the dipping method but wasn't aware there was a pouring method of the era. Very cool to learn something knew. Also I subscribed

The music is wonderful,i Will try to do like this.

The mantle caught my eye. Nicely constructed. Cool vids.

I did Bee wax Candle dipping one time. It was fun! It smell great and I stay have it somewhere in my house. :)

Very beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely love it. I think mold method is easier:)

@islandgal500

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought before, during, and after watching. I'd rather pour than keep dipping, and dipping, and dipping.

@salyluz6535

Жыл бұрын

@@islandgal500: Beeswax can be expensive, and I have not had good success with having them come out unbroken from the mold. Also I have arthritis and using the mold has become challenging and even dangerous for me. I have cut myself badly a few times. I much prefer dipping, but do dip in a different method than she does. We use a circular form with slots around the edge. So I have 1 disc on each hand, held by a central loop, and 10 tapers are slid onto each disc into the slots. A knot at the top of each taper holds them in place, and this way I can dip 20 tapers at a time. It is quite fast, and much less stress on my hands. We have beginner or starter thin tapers, and we dip, then we walk around the room and dip again and proceed until it is the size we wish, the size that fits our candlesticks. If our room is too warm and the candle doesn’t cool down enough between dips, it may begin to melt wax off! In that case we take a walk around the house outside between dips to cool the candle down. It really doesn’t take very long, and when you can do 20 at a time, you can get quite a lot done in one day!

@islandgal500

Жыл бұрын

@@salyluz6535 Good to know another perspective and why. Thanks.

I love how nowadays people soften store bought candles to reform them while then they made candles from scratch😮

Please make longer videos. I love them! From an English fan x

I love your channel and even though I don't speak English very well I encourage you with the comments, very good video

@pickledjalapeno9482

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect English... you should be proud! There are people born here that don't know how to put a sentence together the way that you did! (I'm being 100% serious.)

I once took a string off of a dog food bag and some duct tape and taped the strings to a split bamboo. The bamboo was 5" inches long and i split it in half and put a little bit of cooking oil on the inside and melted some leftover candle wax that I had been saving from old candles and poured it into the two halves of bamboo and let it cool and harden and then slowly pull it out. It looked like a half moon shape everybody was asking me where I got them when I told them that I made it they laughed at me and didn't believe me. Someone threw the bamboo away when I was moving.

@no_one_211

2 жыл бұрын

That's very creative! I love it. Too bad it got thrown away :(

I love your videos!! :) keep on posting!❤️❤️

Well, those molded candles are straight, but the hand dipped method looks more fun.

I love the music. It reminds me of my childhood.

Wow I've never done this before but the first method to me seems alot let tedious so more easier great video

I have been at re enactments and living history museums where making candles was a participatable activity. The kids always have fun, even when their candle does not look like a candle.

You gave him a heck of a nice free bowl with his candles 🙂

Love this. I want to try. Wondering how you managed to get the two candles who's wicks broke off the bamboo stick out of the mold. I'm sure this is something that will happen to me. ERG! lol.. Love your videos. They are always so peaceful and takes me back to a simple time! Thank you!

🔥 🕯 🪄 I love beeswax candles they can actually cleanse the air. 🌬

Thank you for this wonderful video ❤

I used to read Back To Basics By Readers digest To get this info. NICE TO SEE IT ENACTED!!

She is the village candlemaker. She should be making a good living.

So relaxing.

Really enjoyed this ❤️

How beautiful they are 😉😲🦋💞

Very interesting, thank you!

I'm going to give this a try!

Cool … I just asked about this ! Love this channel ❤️

Hello! I loved this video, will definitely be making these :) could you please make a video on children’s 19th century night routine? I know you made a night routine a while ago but how different would it be depending on age? It’s ok if not I was just wondering. Have a nice day ♥️

Amazing, well done Justine. Nth Queensland Australia 🇦🇺

Love fireplace.

Lovely, thanks.

I thought you made the candle molds look SO easy!!!!

Awesome!

I made candles when I was younger!

There is a lot of work involved in making beeswax candles . We can not forget the bees for making the wax to begin with . The process from the hive to the candleholder is a busy one .

I would love to make candles and use them in my home. BUT, I have little ones and my 3 year old in particular is really rambunctious, basically a tiny cave man. I'll wait a few years. It might be a fun idea to make tiny hand made birthday cake candles. Some of the store bought ones have a bad smell.

Interessante que eu gosto das duas coisas.....a antiguidade e a modernidade rs

Looks like Justine had a side hustle going on!👏👏✨️

Amazing channel. We might be returning back to this soon. XXXXOOOO fr Canada

Hello! Wonderful video. I would like to know if one could use used oil to make candles. Would they last longer or shorter? Thank you!

We always used alligator clips with weights. It straightens the strings out and after a few dips you just remove the weight

People especially from once modern and rich states like new york and california want to go back to this lifestyle.

Hi, fantastic. Can you please tell me where you got that candle mould from. Blessed be.

I need to make candles!

to avoid holes forming in the wax when pouring in molds, u need to let the wax cool a bit before pouring. i dont remember the exact temperature, but its when a skin starts to form on the surface of the wax. thats when using a double boiling method (bowl with water being heated, not the pot wax directly). waiting to see a skin form might not work with larger quantities of wax. a thermometer should be used in that case. not very old fashioned. perhaps try double boiling instead with a small soup pot-sized quantity of wax, and see whether holes form

This channel is great 👍

To make them colored, did they put the colored powder in the wax?

Glad I found this. Do y'all have a fb page by any chance? I'm into this time period

Great video!

YOU TRULY ARE A TALENTED LADY.

I wish you Merry Christmas 🤶 🎄. And Keepsafe ☃️☃️☃️☃️