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Canton, Ohio
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Interests
Creating all things wax, antiques, gardening,sewing,music, painting, writing
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candles
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full time wax hippy / suzy homemaker
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About You
I love rock/metal music, racing. I enjoy gardening & posess wicked skills in the kitchen ! I also write and am currently working on a biography-betcha didn't know that !
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Love patchouli stuff !! do not care for overly floral stuff
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Placed an order with WSP on 3/17, as of 4 /9 I'm still waiting. I didn't order bulk or during a sale. According to their website , my estimated ship date was 3/28 . I'm literally 35 minutes away from them, I could pull the order myself if they would let me. In my former life ,I worked in a warehouse that pulled orders daily for over 500 stores nationwide (Camelot Music). Everything else I've ordered from other suppliers has arrived within a few days or sooner. I'm thinking that WSP has bit off more than they can chew with all these buy outs. I was really hoping to do more business with them ,but I cannot risk not knowing when I'll recieve my orders. I do hope they get their shipping dept. issues straightened out. Until then , this is my last order.
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It's really good,you won't be disappointed ! It's pretty true to it's name. The nutmeg is really good as well, it's a nice warm fragrance, not super spicy.
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Actually NG zuchinni bread is really about as close as I can get right now to that scent. It has the right bakery depth, scent wise. I'll try adding a splash of cookie to see what it smells like. Thanks so much Belinda 😊
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So far a lot of the cake samples I've ordered are way too light- cherry, almond ,white cake . Patti Cakes was more like a banana nut bread, but without the bananas. It was an amazing mixer !
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@Jasmine M Candles & Supplies and Community Candle Supplies carry the kraft paper caps you're looking for. I used to order those for a line of tumbler jars I used to carry. HTH
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No Customer Complaints is ... a “bad thing”?
chevcher replied to TallTayl's topic in Business Side of Things
@TallTayl thanks ,I will definitely check into that. I started to build one last year on WIX, then I got really overwhelmed with everything and aborted the mission. I'm thinking that I need to watch some tutorials to get over my fear of screwing things up . The hardest part for me is figuring out shipping costs. I don't want to gouge people but I also don't want to lose money. -
I made a testing template you can use
chevcher replied to FlamingGlitter's topic in General Candle Making Discussions
Very cool ! I can't see anything that you may have missed, Looks like you pretty much covered everything. Thanks ! -
I couldn't agree with you more ! This is my #1 pet peeve at some of my shows. A few years back, it got so bad with internet misinformation ,I had a few people dash out of my booth because I carry para-soy & paraffin products. There were also some newbie competitors that were literally carnival barking the gospel of paraffin doom & gloom to passersby , that was unreal 🙄 Since then I've made hand outs to educate existing and potential customers 😉 Makes me think of the saying..."Blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make yours shine any brighter".
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No Customer Complaints is ... a “bad thing”?
chevcher replied to TallTayl's topic in Business Side of Things
I've always been somewhat of a "People Pleaser", so naturally customer complaints was something that made me a bit fearful. In recent years I've changed my mindset on that fear and accepted it as a way to keep me grounded, because we're all human and mistakes happen. Since most of my business is done at festivals , I've had to deal with complaints face to face. Thankfully, they've been few and far between and those customers were very gracious in their approach. I agree, it does create opportunities to improve as well as potentially grow your business by learning from those mistakes. I've been creating candles & scented wax products for 24 years now, I'm still learning new things and enjoying all that comes along with it. Now ,if I could just get motivated enough to put together a website , maybe cast my net a little wider -
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Very intriguing combination: mint + musk + patchouli
chevcher replied to Darbla's topic in Fragrance Discussion
I wonder if Oakmoss would be a good blender ? One of my candle maker friends gave me a full pound from TFC and I haven't done a thing with it yet. I wasn't sure how it would sell on it's own, but I'd be down for mixing it with something to make it faboulous ! -
So far Cake from CS is pretty good, but that rich baked smell is missing
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There may be some vapor left in the bottle 😢 Last time I was able to get this was not long after RE took over KY. I guess they had too many problems with this oil and just decided to drop it. I have samples coming from a few different suppliers to compare. I used it as a mixer for a blend that my customers want me to bring back. If I can find the right baked cake scent I can make that happen. So far everything I'm finding has too much cherry / almond , Patti Cakes was more of a deep baked yellow cake scent which made it perfect for blending.
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Renting workshop space or work shop space
chevcher replied to Laura C's topic in Business Side of Things
I'm excited for you ! Hope you find something amazing and affordable.