The schematic was captured in KiCad.  I used the ATmega32U4 because it has a built-in USB port, which makes things pretty simple.  Of course I could have used a much less expensive microprocessor.

Two capacitive sensors are used to control the flame intensity.  The capacitive area is simply a small copper plane on the PCB.  This worked out very well, and is actually easier to use than pushbutton switches.

I laid out the PCB on a Monday morning and uploaded it to PCBGogo (China) by about 1PM.  They reviewed it later that evening (I'm on EST), I paid for it, and they started building.  I had boards in my hands 5 days later on Saturday!  PCBGogo is amazing.  Great price.

The parts came from DigiKey.  I built the boards by hand with 0603 parts.  I'm guessing about 5 hours total build time for all 10 boards.  It's a pretty simple board, and most came right up and started working.  

First step was to burn a bootloader.  I used the Arduino software platform, which made things very easy.  The FastLED library is great for driving a string of APA102s, and the CapacitiveSensor library was very easy to use as well.

There are 3 3D printed parts:

1. Shadow box, which also holds the PCB
2. A rim around the shadow box, which also holds the vellum a few millimeters away
3. A cap/rim over the top, to give it a nice finished look

These 3D printed parts are held together (and the PCB held on) with black high temp hot melt glue.

I used a right-angle USB connector, bent straight out and soldered to the back of the board, for support.  The whole thing is light enough to be supported by that USB connector, using a standard wall-mount USB power supply.

The messsage was drawn with colored pencils. The wick and candle outline is charcoal.