DIY Cocktail Candles + Wine Bottle Cutting
- All levels
- 18 and older
- $50
- 1100 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL
- 2 hours
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Classes are back! 10 students or less, hand washing station and sanitizer available. We ask all students to keep in compliance with face coverings, let's stay safe and have some fun together!
A class that offers not only candle making but also the art of cutting a glass wine bottle for your vessel! Join Chicago Candle Company and choose from one of our upcycled wine bottles or bring your favorite bottle from home and we will show you how easy it is to repurpose it into something amazing. This is the perfect girls' night, date night or team-building experience!
We will be covering introductory glass cutting and hand pouring of each candle with soy wax. Choose from different cocktail scents such as Barrel-Aged Bourbon, Old Fashioned Cocktail or Whiskey & Sweet Tobacco! Have fun learning something new and feel great that you will be taking home a soy candle you made yourself!
How to find us
Enter and/or park on Carpenter (parking is safe and free) and then walk in where it says "ENTRANCE TO COURTYARD" off Carpenter. You will see a big loading dock area, go up the wood stairs and there is a glass door on the RIGHT corner- you will enter there. Code for the door is *1079 and come up to the 4th floor, hang a right and walk all the way down. You will smell candles...follow your nose! ;)
What to Bring
Optional: A wine bottle if you have a favorite or empty one laying around. We do provide them as well. Feel free to BYOB. We have wine glasses!
Prerequisites
Anyone is welcome, no experience is necessary.
What's Provided
Glass wine bottles for filling and all necessary ingredients/tools.
Please Note
This experience has a minimum of 2 students required to go forward. You'll be notified if it is below minimum 7 days in advance. If the minimum is not met 24 hours before the event, you’ll have the option to pay the difference for a private event amount, transfer to another date or Dabble experience, or receive a refund.
In the event that an instructor or the school needs to cancel at the last minute, students will receive a refund less a 5% non-refundable registration fee.
In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.
Students praise the DIY Cocktail Candles + Wine Bottle Cutting class for providing an insightful and enjoyable learning experience. They appreciated learning how to cut wine bottles through detailed instruction, highlighting the value of bringing a flat-bottomed bottle to ease the candle-making process. Students enjoyed being able to personalize their creations by choosing the scent and wax color. Furthermore, they noted the supportive and enthusiastic teaching style of instructors Fernando and Sara. The class encouraged creativity and independence, with some students even feeling inspired to make candles at home. Overall, students recommended the class for its informative, fun, and relaxed atmosphere. 1. "The instructor was very detailed on how to cut your own wine bottle and wanted to make sure you understood how to do it on your own if you wanted to repeat the process at home." 2. "They make sure you understand and experience each step in the process and clearly care about the quality of the candle and class." 3. "The class was perfect, I learned a lot and am inspired to make my own candles at home."
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Hi! We're Sara and Fernando Velarde, two young entrepreneurs and owners of Chicago Candle Co. We launched this candle company in 2013 out of our home. More than 5 years, 50 retail partnerships, and thousands of online sales later, our small business has become something much, much larger and we couldn't...
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Chicago Candle Co
Pilsen, West Side
1100 W Cermak Rd 4th Fl, Ste D419
Btwn S Carpenter & May Streets
Chicago, Illinois 60608 Pilsen, West Side
1100 W Cermak Rd 4th Fl, Ste D419
Btwn S Carpenter & May Streets
Chicago, Illinois 60608
Enter and park on Carpenter - parking is safe and free- then walk into an opening where you will find a big loading dock area. There is a glass door in the right corner and you will enter there. Look for the Bank of America Marathon banner. Code for door *1079 and come up to the 4th floor, hang a right and walk all the way down - you will smell candles - follow your nose. :)
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