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NATURAL FIRELIGHTE­RS

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There’s no reason why your firelighte­rs can’t be pretty as well as practical. Simply fill each well of a steel, non-stick cupcake baking tin with soy candle wax and put in a preheated oven at 170°C (150°C fan oven) gas mark 3 for 5 minutes or until the wax has melted. Carefully place your natural finds, such as dried flowers, leaves, cones, hay and wood shavings into the hot wax. Also add a wick so they will be easy to light. Leave at room temperatur­e to set, remove from the tin and store in a basket near your stove or open fire. Parasoy profession­al melt wax, £4.42/1kg; tealight wicks, 90p/ set of ten: both Supplies for Candles. Vintage basket platter, from a selection, Sunbury Antiques

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