NancyJo

Believe it or not, my BF wishes I was more like you..."this packaging is cool, why don't you buy it?"

I ask what I am going to do with it and he says "I don't know, it is just neat!"

So maybe when he starts on one of his searches to "help me" he should call you....LOL

Fillmore has a shipping calculator on their shopping cart to give you an amount for shipping

Maybe Im blind LOL But where is the brochures section...I print out a 8 page brochure and would love to have some easier ideas!

I think there was more talk of brochures in the archives

Do you have the tubes that newspapers are placed in? My BF and I have placed flyers in those for his business with no problems.

Are you reusing the jars? I found that if I reuse the jar to test, I sometimes have a hard time with the tabs sticking due to a light wax film on the bottom of the jar...just a thought

oh honey, brace your self for a fun time!!! go on the website and start picking out your colors...

I use these colors also and just a note about the color charts--

Make sure you choose the correct coloring chart--one is for less olive oil and one for a high content of olive oil.

If you use the wrong coloring chart, the colors will turn out icky and not what you are looking for---ask me how I know!!!!

Terri--I emailed New Directions about picking up shipments in Cheektowaga and this is the email they sent me:

What I did after whipping my wax was take a fork and starting around the wick, place little dollops around and working out. I don't know if this is what you are looking for but here are how mine ended up

Where in the state are you? I am by Niagara Falls and get my wax from Wholesale Supplies Plus in Ohio. I usually try to pick it up from them to save on shipping.

Ok, one of my projects for 2007 is to start selling pillars. I have been playing around with them to get the feel of pouring but now I am looking to get serious.

I think my basic question is when do you feel comfortable selling them? Do you test X number of them and then feel comfortable? I think I am more concerned about pillars being a free standing candle as opposed to a container.

I am not sure if I am asking this question correctly but I would appreciate any advice you guys can offer!

Thanks

Your labels are AWESOME!!! Those look great!

I do not feel this thread is embarassing at all. I find it very informative. Everyone has a different opinion of what good customer service is, some customers are more demanding than others.

If Jenny feels she needs help or ideas on how to better serve her customers to imporve her business, good for her. I feel this is no different than asking on how to sell your product, securing accounts, etc.

I for one appreciate threads like this, because I appreciate everyone's constructive input. I feel this improves my business as well as everyone else.

Caught this on the morning news...

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20061211/6040805.asp

No kidding... LMAO!

I just put a few things in my cart, one lousy box (maybe oversized?)

and the shipping was eeeeeeee gads. I am one state away, that is ridiculous.

This was my first order. It scares me.

If I decide to use them as a supplier, I can tell you that freight carrier will be the way for me.

I blame this on UPS, mostly.

I hate them with a passion, and the rates are off the chart.

Now that is funny because I just got my first shipment from them yesterday.

I think your box was oversized. I was playing around with ordering different jars and discovered that 2 separate orders were cheaper in shipping than one order for the whole thing. Call and ask if their freight charges on line were correct and the girl said yes. The difference was $20.00. So being 15 minutes away from you, that is what it sounds like!!!

I am testing this jar and yes it needs to be double wicked. With a heavy oil I used (2) LX 14. I am thinking of dropping down to LX 12. HTH

OMG don't even talk to me about labels LOL I was pulling my hair out for hours yesterday. I give up. Taking a break today. Hmmmmm how many labels did I waste. Many:cry2:

What I do is print the labels I make on a plain sheet of paper and then put the plain sheet over the labels, go to the window and see if they fit. I do a whole sheet to see if they all line up and what needs to be tweaked.

A little more time consuming but saves on labels!!!

I just went thru this. I also have Print Shop and make custom labels. I first printed the template on the Labels by the sheet website--the one with the spacing. I think if you click on the picture of the label, it will give you the spacing.

Then in Print Shop, go to Tools then custom label wizard. I found the template the closest matched the format I was looking for. Just go thru the wizard and it will take you step by step. **Remember to rename the labels when it asks for it**

It still took some tweaking, but that is how I did it

I prefer liquid over chips, more control for creating colors I feel.

That is so totally awesome!!!

Not sure what you are looking for but if you search on gift boxes, there are a number of sites that show up. Some are

http://www.americanpaperandplastic.com/Gift_Boxes/home.shtml

http://www.packagihttp://www.fetpak.com/whstore/main.pl/slist?15ngsource.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=10

These might get you started. I also found this site for a list of distributors

http://www.retailpackaging.org/packaging/distributors/index.asp

Thanks for the sites, I'll have to try some of those techniques

Just wondering,

I am looking into doing favors with soap and even though I am not opposed to using MP, I was trying to look for some consistency with my soaps. I wanted to use the same ingredients in my favors as in my regular soap.

When rebatching, is it as versitile as MP? Are you able to do the "details" as with MP, such as outlining or detailing in a different color? I tried using individual molds with CP and could not get the hang of it. I was looking in the gallery and all I could find were pictures of log or slab molds.

P.S. All the soaps look really great but not what I was looking for!!!!!

Is this something like you were looking for?

http://www.packagingsource.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=10_562_563

There are alot of places, I think I searched on "gift boxes"

Warting is caused by too much FO, coloring or water. Try cutting down on all of those and then give it a try.

I just had a whole batch of Get Fresh wart on me last week - so I feel your pain!

Now I don't feel so bad, having the Queen of the Bath Bombs getting warting!! LOL

I used less liquid than usual, don't know what happened. Thanks for all your help, will try again at a later date.

Lately I can't make a bath bomb without them "worting". Is it possible to place them in the oven on the lowest setting for a while to try to "dry" them out?

Thanks