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.

To pare down the base of a candle, you put the candle into the Taper Tipper as shown below. Next, while holding the Taper Tipper steady in one hand, you simply twist/rotate the candle around and around in the other. It’s a lot like sharping a pencil, only you’re whittling down a candle instead of the point of a pencil. 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) 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.

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Have you ever used a Taper Tipper? I wish I’d had one years ago because they are definitely a time saver. A lot safer than a knife, too!

Looking forward to all the wonderful Before and Afters linked for this week’s Metamorphosis Monday!If your candle is too small for the candle holder, why not look at our aluminium foils or adhesive wax grips. 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. 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!

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? 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 ShaperIn 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! 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.