I can't sew, sing, run, dance, cook, paint, or garden.
But, if ever you are at a wedding and a votive candle comes flying through the air and into your lap seemingly ruining the dress you left the tags on because you were planning on taking it back to 'Department Store' because it was entirely too much money for one event, and really, it's NOT the size you want to be so why keep something so expensive.....then I'm the expert that can help.
Before you address the dress wax stains, first be sure to peel off any wax that splattered on your arms, face, hair, or any other unsuspecting innocent body parts. After you've determined that you don't have third degree burns and don't need extinguishing, leave the wedding reception. This is imperative. Really, you don't want people mistakingly thinking you're wearing the infamous *blue dress*. Ick...barf...blech....
Then, once you are home and have changed into fire retardent clothing, you can begin to remove the wax stains from your dress. It's very simple.
1) place a layer of paper towels under the fabric where the stain(s) is
2) place a layer of paper towels over the fabric where the stain(s) is
3) with your iron heated to the highest setting the fabric will tolerate, place the iron on top of the paper towel over the stain(s)
4) hold for 5-8 seconds, until the wax melts into the paper towel
5) lift the iron, cross your fingers, and take a peek to make sure the stain came up
Viola!
Before
After
3 comments:
Crucial question...what is up with the seemingly possessed votive candle flying across the room and attacking you?
And how exactly did this happen?
You should keep that dress...it's cute!!
i guess that would have been a key part of the story....
they had these TALL (like 4 feet tall) centerpieces on a few of the tables. i don't really know what they were or how to describe them. they were silver sculpted *things*. i don't think they were intended as candleabras, but they had put several votive candles on the top of this silver sculpture--which you couldn't even see, because they were more than 4 feet up! anyway, this girl that was sitting at our table came back to the table with her plate of food and when she was scooting her chair in she bumped the table and the votive came tumbling from the sky! fun times.
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